Dr Samer Alabed
MD, FRCR, MClinRes, MSc, PGCME, FHEA
Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health
NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Radiology (Staff Candidate PhD)


+44 114 215 9142
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Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health
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18 Claremont Crescent
Sheffield
S10 2TA
- Profile
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Dr Samer Alabed is a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow in Cardiac MRI. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Sheffield working on developing a Cardiac MRI machine learning tools for diagnostic and prognostic assessment. Samer is also a senior registrar in clinical radiology at Sheffield Teaching Hospital with a specialist interest in cardiothoracic imaging.
Samer is an editor at the Cochrane Heart group and a contributor to the Global Burden of Disease study and has several papers cited in European and International guidelines.
Prior to his current role, Samer was an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in clinical radiology and obtained a master’s degree in clinical research Methods at the University of Sheffield in 2019 and a master’s degree in Evidence-Based Health Care at the University of Oxford in 2014.
- Research interests
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Developing cardiac MRI machine learning tools to aid the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment response in cardiac and pulmonary disease.
Workstreams:
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- Cardiac-MRI Predicts Clinical Worsening and Mortality in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
- Cochrane corner: NOACs in atrial fibrillation patients post-percutaneous coronary intervention. Heart, 106(17), 1293-1295.
- A machine learning cardiac magnetic resonance approach to extract disease features and automate pulmonary arterial hypertension diagnosis. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. View this article in WRRO
- Cochrane corner: adenosine versus intravenous calcium channel antagonists for supraventricular tachycardia. Heart, 104(24), 1993-1994. View this article in WRRO
- Cochrane corner: colchicine for pericarditis. Heart, 101(18), 1437-1438.
- Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) post-percutaneous coronary intervention: a network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- Beta-blockers for congestive heart failure in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
All publications
Journal articles
- Myocardial Tissue Characterization With CT-Derived Extracellular Volume. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
- Pulmonary Artery Strain Predicts Prognosis in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
- A transparent artificial intelligence framework to assess lung disease in pulmonary hypertension. Scientific Reports, 13.
- Artificial intelligence as a diagnostic tool in non-invasive imaging in the assessment of coronary artery disease. Medical Sciences, 11(1).
- Quantifying myocardial blood flow and resistance using 4D-flow cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Cardiology Research and Practice, 2023.
- The Importance of mitral valve prolapse doming volume in the assessment of left ventricular stroke volume with cardiac MRI. Medical Sciences, 11(1).
- Automated 4D flow cardiac MRI pipeline to derive peak mitral inflow diastolic velocities using short-axis cine stack: two centre validation study against echocardiographic pulse-wave doppler. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 23(1).
- Semi-automatic thresholding of RV trabeculation improves repeatability and diagnostic value in suspected pulmonary hypertension. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 9.
- Validation of Artificial Intelligence Cardiac MRI Measurements: Relationship to Heart Catheterization and Mortality Prediction. Radiology, 304(3), E56-E56.
- The quality of reporting in cardiac MRI artificial intelligence segmentation studies - a systematic review. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 23(Supplement_2).
- The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Predicting Outcomes by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: A Comprehensive Systematic Review. Medicina, 58(8).
- Validation of time-resolved, automated peak trans-mitral velocity tracking: Two center four-dimensional flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance study. International Journal of Cardiology.
- Validation of Artificial Intelligence Cardiac MRI Measurements: Relationship to Heart Catheterization and Mortality Prediction.. Radiology, 212929.
- Right ventricular remodelling in pulmonary arterial hypertension predicts treatment response.. Heart.
- Cardiac magnetic resonance identifies raised left ventricular filling pressure: prognostic implications.. Eur Heart J.
- Machine learning cardiac-MRI features predict mortality in newly diagnosed pulmonary arterial hypertension. European Heart Journal - Digital Health.
- Training and clinical testing of artificial intelligence derived right atrial cardiovascular magnetic resonance measurements. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 24(1).
- Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2022(1).
- Computed tomography lung parenchymal descriptions in routine radiological reporting have diagnostic and prognostic utility in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary hypertension associated with lung disease.. ERJ Open Res, 8(1).
- Diagnostic accuracy of handheld cardiac ultrasound device for assessment of left ventricular structure and function: systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart. View this article in WRRO
- High interstudy repeatability of automatic deep learnt biventricular CMR measurements. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 22(Supplement_2).
- Fully automated CMR derived stroke volume correlates with right heart catheter measurements in patients with suspected pulmonary hypertension. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 22(Supplement_2).
- Correction: Effect of sports massage on performance and recovery: A systematic review and meta-analysis (BMJ Open Sp Ex Med (2020) 6 (e000614) DOI: 10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000614). BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 7(2).
- Pulmonary Hypertension in Association with Lung Disease: Quantitative CT and Artificial Intelligence to the Rescue? State-of-the-Art Review. Diagnostics, 11(4), 679.
- Correction. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 14(4), 884-884.
- Myocardial T1-mapping and extracellular volume in pulmonary arterial hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis.. Magn Reson Imaging.
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Pulmonary Hypertension—an Update. Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports, 13(12).
- Meta‐analysis of echocardiographic quantification of left ventricular filling pressure. ESC Heart Failure.
- Right Ventricular Adaptation Assessed Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Predicts Survival in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
- Cardiac-MRI Predicts Clinical Worsening and Mortality in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
- Cochrane corner: NOACs in atrial fibrillation patients post-percutaneous coronary intervention. Heart, 106(17), 1293-1295.
- Effect of sports massage on performance and recovery : a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 6(1). View this article in WRRO
- Adenosine versus intravenous calcium channel antagonists for supraventricular tachycardia. Emergencias, 32(1), 57-58.
- A machine learning cardiac magnetic resonance approach to extract disease features and automate pulmonary arterial hypertension diagnosis. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. View this article in WRRO
- Beta-blockers for congestive heart failure in children. COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS(7).
- Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) postpercutaneous coronary intervention: a network meta-analysis. COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS(12).
- Cost per diagnosis in early developmental impairment (EDI) – is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) worth it?. Clinical Radiology, 73, e8-e8.
- Cochrane corner: adenosine versus intravenous calcium channel antagonists for supraventricular tachycardia. Heart, 104(24), 1993-1994. View this article in WRRO
- Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders during 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet Neurology, 16(11), 877-897. View this article in WRRO
- Adenosine versus intravenous calcium channel antagonists for supraventricular tachycardia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 10. View this article in WRRO
- Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet, 390(10100), 1084-1150. View this article in WRRO
- Aetiological investigations in early developmental impairment: are they worth it?. Arch Dis Child. View this article in WRRO
- Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015. JAMA Oncology, 3(4), 524-548.
- Evidence-based medicine: a persisting desire under fire.. Evid Based Med, 22(1), 9-11.
- Thromboembolism in the Sub-Acute Phase of Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review of the Literature.. Asian Spine J, 10(5), 972-981. View this article in WRRO
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet, 388(10053), 1545-1602.
- Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet, 388(10053), 1459-1544. View this article in WRRO
- Reply to Silver and Masri. Spinal Cord, 54(10), 909-909.
- Colchicine for children with pericarditis: systematic review of clinical studies. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 101, 953-956. View this article in WRRO
- Incidence of pulmonary embolism after the first 3 months of spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord, 53(11), 835-837.
- Cochrane corner: colchicine for pericarditis. Heart, 101(18), 1437-1438.
- An assessment of diabetes care in Palestinian refugee camps in Syria. Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 4(3), 66-66.
- Preventive Interventions for Postnatal Psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 39(4), 748-750.
- Establishing minimally important differences for cardiac MRI endpoints in pulmonary arterial hypertension. European Respiratory Journal, 2202225-2202225.
- The reproducibility of manual RV/LV ratio measurement on CT pulmonary angiography. BJR|Open.
- Fully automatic cardiac four chamber and great vessel segmentation on CT pulmonary angiography using deep learning. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 9.
- Quality of reporting in AI cardiac MRI segmentation studies – A systematic review and recommendations for future studies. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 9.
- Quantitative CT Evaluation of Small Pulmonary Vessels Has Functional and Prognostic Value in Pulmonary Hypertension. Radiology.
- Severe pulmonary hypertension associated with lung disease is characterised by a loss of small pulmonary vessels on quantitative CT. ERJ Open Research, 00503-2021.
- Imaging and Risk Stratification in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Time to Include Right Ventricular Assessment. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 9.
- CMR Measures of Left Atrial Volume Index and Right Ventricular Function Have Prognostic Value in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Frontiers in Medicine, 9.
- Acute haemorrhage rate in 28,000 Out-of-Hours CT heads. The British Journal of Radiology.
- De-escalation of dual antiplatelet therapy for patients with acute coronary syndrome after percutaneous coronary intervention: a network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2021(7).
- Repeatability and sensitivity to change of non-invasive end points in PAH: the RESPIRE study. Thorax.
- Left Ventricular Blood Flow Kinetic Energy Assessment by 4D Flow Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: A Systematic Review of the Clinical Relevance. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 7(3), 37-37.
- Beta-blockers for congestive heart failure in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) post-percutaneous coronary intervention: a network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) post-percutaneous coronary intervention: a network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- Gamma-aminobutyric acid agonists for antipsychotic-induced tardive dyskinesia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing infectious complications in maxillofacial trauma surgery. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- Beta-blockers for congestive heart failure in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- Colchicine for pericarditis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- Colchicine for pericarditis.
- Preventive interventions for postnatal psychosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- Gamma-aminobutyric acid agonists for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- Non-vitamin-K-antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) after acute myocardial infarction: a network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
- Integrated Cardiopulmonary
MRI
Assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Chapters
- Causes of air trapping on high-resolution CT chest (mnemonic) Radiopaedia.org
- Acute bacterial meningitis complications (mnemonic) Radiopaedia.org
- Preventive interventions for postnatal psychosis John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Conference proceedings papers
- Multimodal Learning for Predicting Mortality in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. 2022 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 6 December 2022 - 8 December 2022.
- P12 Cardiac findings on body CT: a review of 275,000 CT reports over the past 14 years. Scientific poster presentations
- Training and Clinical Validation of Artificial Intelligence Derived Right Atrial Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Measurements. A105. YOU CAN PREDICT ALL YOU WANT, BUT EVERYONE KNOWS... (pp a2285-a2285)
- Fully Automatic Cardiac and Great Vessel Segmentation on CT Pulmonary Angiography (CTPA) Using Deep Learning. D106. NOE VALLEY: CLOTS, COVID, AND LUNG VASCULAR DISEASES (pp a5437-a5437)
- Deep Learning Approaches to Classify Lung Parenchymal Disease on CT Images. D106. NOE VALLEY: CLOTS, COVID, AND LUNG VASCULAR DISEASES (pp a5431-a5431)
- Computed Tomography (CT) Features Are of Diagnostic Utility in Pre Diagnosis Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (IPAH): A Case Controlled Study. B106. UNION SQUARE: OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AND CLINICAL TRIALS IN PULMONARY HYPERTENSION (pp a3605-a3605)
- A fully automated cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) assessment improves the evaluation of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Imaging
- 19 Cardiac magnetic resonance to identify raised left ventricular filling pressure. Abstracts
- Serial cardiac MRI for assessment of cardiac morphology and function in CTEPH patients after PEA or vasodilator therapy. Pulmonary hypertension
- Cardiac MRI for Prognosis in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Imaging
- Cardiac MRI right atrial area measurement thresholds for risk stratification in patients with PAH. Pulmonary hypertension
- Sex bias exists in diagnosing pulmonary arterial hypertension via machine learning. Pulmonary hypertension
- Geodesically Smoothed Tensor Features for Pulmonary Hypertension Prognosis Using the Heart and Surrounding Tissues (pp 253-262) View this article in WRRO
- Cardiac-MRI Predicts Clinical Worsening and Mortality in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 2021.
- Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists 2018.
- Contact editor Cochrane Heart 2020.
- Collaborator - Global Burden of Disease project 2017.
- NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Radiology 2014.
- Current projects
- Machine learning to improve disease assessment in cardiac and pulmonary disease - Project Lead Dr Andrew J Swift.