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Zakariye Ashkir
MBChB MRCP DPhil
Postdoctoral 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
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Multiparametric cardiovascular magnetic resonance evaluation of myocardial perfusion, oxygenation, and energetics in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy following cardiac myosin inhibitor therapy.
Finnigan LEM. et al, (2025), Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, 26
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Myocardial disarray and fibrosis across hypertrophic cardiomyopathy stages associate with ECG markers of arrhythmic risk.
Ashkir Z. et al, (2025), Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, 26, 218 - 228
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1H and 31P MR Spectroscopy to Assess Muscle Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Long COVID
Finnigan LEM. et al, (2024), Radiology, 313
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Diagnostic utility of electrocardiogram for screening of cardiac injury on cardiac magnetic resonance in post-hospitalised COVID-19 patients: a prospective multicenter study.
Samat AHA. et al, (2024), Int J Cardiol, 415
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Mechanisms of ischaemia-induced arrhythmias in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a large-scale computational study.
Coleman JA. et al, (2024), Cardiovasc Res, 120, 914 - 926