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Zakariye Ashkir
MBChB MRCP DPhil
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- BHF Clinical Research Fellow, OCMR (2021-2025)
- Cardiology Specialist Registrar (NW London)
Zakariye is a Cardiology Registrar (NW London) and previous British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Research (OCMR), University of Oxford.
His research interests are primarily in the use of advanced cardiac magnetic imaging techniques including diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) imaging to study hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) disease pathophysiology, prognostication and treatment response.
Recent publications
Comparison of cardiac diffusion MRI using multiple prospective respiratory motion correction techniques.
Journal article
Jermy S. et al, (2026), Magn Reson Med, 95, 442 - 456
Left Atrial Reservoir Strain Predicts Atrial Fibrillation in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Insights from the NHLBI HCM Registry.
Journal article
Beyhoff N. et al, (2026), JACC Cardiovasc Imaging, 19, 133 - 135
Myocardial disarray and fibrosis across hypertrophic cardiomyopathy stages associate with ECG markers of arrhythmic risk.
Journal article
Ashkir Z. et al, (2025), Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, 26, 218 - 228
Multiparametric cardiovascular magnetic resonance evaluation of myocardial perfusion, oxygenation, and energetics in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy following cardiac myosin inhibitor therapy.
Journal article
Finnigan LEM. et al, (2025), Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, 26
1H and 31P MR Spectroscopy to Assess Muscle Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Long COVID
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Finnigan LEM. et al, (2024), Radiology, 313
