Education

Biography

Dr Salah Altarabsheh is a Jordanian born, board certified in cardiac surgery, who is currently working as a consultant cardiac surgeon in Queen Alia Heart Institute, Jordan.

He had his advanced cardiac surgery training for two years in full time at the Mayo Clinic Foundation, Rochester, MN as well as one full year time at Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX.

Scientifically he is being interested in new advances in mitral valve repair as well as coronary arterial revascularization.

He has outstanding records of scientific and academic accomplishments that include numerous publications in highly prestigious journals and various presentations in both national and international conferences and had been awarded for his research achievements.

He also serves as an editorial board member as well as reviewer in couple of scientific journals.

Research Interest

• Ischemic Heart Disease and surgical revascularization
• Valvular heart disease and dysfunctions
• Heart failure and transplant therapy
• Cardiac pharmacology
• Basic sciences in cardiovascular medicine

Scientific Activities

Research Awards

• Dr. Mohamed Bin Abdulla Al Khalifa prize for the 2009 research. Subject: (Outcomes of Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery In Queen Alia Heart Institute. Bahrain Medical Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 3, September 2009)
• Ali Mango Award for distinguished researcher in the medical field for the year 2014

Publications

1. Abeer M Rababa'h, Salah E Altarabsheh, Osama Haddad, Salil V Deo, Yagthan Obeidat, and Sayer Al-Azzam: Hawthorn Herb Increases the Risk of Bleeding after Cardiac Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach. Heart Surgery Forum 08/2016; 19(4).
2. Salah E Altarabsheh, Salil V Deo, Shannon M Dunlay, Yaqthan M Obeidat, Patricia J Erwin, Abeer Rababa'h, Nagaraju Sarabhu, Suparna Navale, Yang Hyun Cho, Harveen K Lamba, Alan H Markowitz, Soon J Park: Tissue valves are preferable for patients with end-stage renal disease: An aggregate meta-analysis. Journal of Cardiac Surgery 07/2016.
3. Sachin Kumar, Deo SV, Altarabsheh SE, Dunlay SM, Nagaraju Sarabu, Basar Sareyyupoglu, Yakov Elgudin, Benjamin Medalion, Chantal ElAmm, Mahazarin Ginwalla, Michael Zacharias, Rodolpho Benatti, Oliveira GH, Ahmet Kilic, Fonarow GC, Park SJ: Effect of Hepatitis C Positivity on Survival in Adult Patients Undergoing Heart Transplantation (from the United Network for Organ Sharing Database). The American Journal of Cardiology 04/2016; 118(1).
4. Salah Eldien, Altarabsheh Md, Ashraf Alshabatat, Alkhawaldeh Md, Haitham Altaani, Harahsheh Hend, Md, Mahmoud Obeidat, Abdel Jaleel, Salil Deo, Mamoun Albasheer, and Hazim Haboub: Descending Thoracic Aortic Syndromes. Initial Experience with the Endovascular treatment at King Hussein Medical Center. Journal of the royal medical services 2016.
5. S. Deo, S. Kumar, S. Altarabsheh, J. Kerner, J. Benavides, B. Sareyyupoglu, B. Medalion, Y. Elgudin, C. Elamm, M. Ginwalla, R. Benatti, M. Zacharias, G.H. Oliveira, G.C. Fonarow, S.J. Park: Body Mass Index Adversely Affects Survival in Left Ventricular Assist Device Bridged Patients Undergoing Heart Transplantation.
6. Salah E Altarabsheh, salil v deo: What Is a True Risk Factor for Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting?. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 03/2016; 101(3).
7. Abeer M Rababa’h, Salil V. Deo, Salah E. Altarabsheh, Jessica De Caro, Nafez Abu Tarboush, Karem H. Alzoubi, Mera Ababneh, Bradley K. McConnell, Alan H. Markowitz, Soon J. Park: N-Acetyl Cysteine Therapy Does Not Prevent Renal Failure in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Open-Heart Surgery. The Heart Surgery Forum 02/2016; 19(1).
8. Maher A. Al-Khawaldeh, Osama K. Haddad, Ashraf O. Alshabatat, Salil V. Deo, Abeer Rababa’h, Salah E. Altarabsheh: A Successful Endovascular Treatment of an Ischemic Stroke following Cardiac Surgery. Oman Medical Journal 11/2015; 30(6).
9. Salil V. Deo, Sadeer G. Al-Kindi, Salah E. Altarabsheh, Dustin Hang, Sachin Kumar, Mahazarin B. Ginwalla, Chantal A. ElAmm, Basar Sareyyupoglu, Benjamin Medalion, Guilherme H. Oliveira, and Soon J. Park: Model For End-stage Liver Disease Excluding INR (MELD-XI) Score Predicts Heart Transplant Outcomes: Evidence from the UNOS Registry. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 10/2015; 35(2).
10. Salah Eldien Altarabsheh, Salil V. Deo, Hamoud Obied, Yagzan Obeidat, Alan H. Markowitz: 75. Endoscopic radial artery harvest reduces forearm complications when compared to conventional methods: A pooled Analysis. Journal of the Saudi Heart Association 10/2015; 27(4).
11. Salah Eldien Altarabsheh, Salil Deo, Joseph Dearani, Hartzell Schaff: 7. Septal myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy in the young adults and children. Journal of the Saudi Heart Association 10/2015; 27(4).
12. Salah Eldien Altarabsheh, Salil Deo, Hamoud Obied, Yagzan Obeidat, Lyle Joyce, Soon J Park: 68. Bilateral internal mammary artery in coronary artery bypass grafting and the risk of sternal wound infection in diabetic patients. Journal of the Saudi Heart Association 10/2015; 27(4).
13. Ju Yong Lim, Salil V. Deo, Abeer Rababa'h, Salah E. Altarabsheh, Yang Hyun Cho, Dustin Hang, Michael McGraw, Edwin G. Avery, Alan H. Markowitz, Soon J. Park: Levosimendan Reduces Mortality in Adults with Left Ventricular Dysfunction Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of Cardiac Surgery 05/2015; 30(7).
14. Salah E Altarabsheh, MD, Salil V Deo, Abeer Rababa’h, Ph.D., Osama K Haddad, Maisan Hayajneh: Surgery for Isolated Chronic Total Left Main Coronary Artery Occlusion: A Case Report.
15. Salah E Altarabsheh, Salil V Deo, Dustin Hang, Osama K Haddad, Yang Hyun Cho, Alan H Markowitz, Soon J Park: Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting After Percutaneous Intervention Has Higher Early Mortality: A Meta-Analysis. The Annals of thoracic surgery 04/2015; 99(6).
16. S. Deo, S. Al Kindi, S. Kumar, G. Oliviera, S. Altarabsheh, B. Sarayepoglu, B. Medallion, M. Gunwale, C. El-Amm, S.J. Park: (487) - MELD XI Predicts Early and Late Survival After Heart Transplantation Even in Patients Bridged With Left Ventricular Assist Device. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 04/2015; 34(4-4, Supplement).
17. Salah E Altarabsheh, Salil V Deo, Abeer M Rababa'h, Ju Yong Lim, Yang Hyun Cho, Vikas Sharma, Sung Ho Jung, Euisoo Shin, Alan H Markowitz, Soon J Park: Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Reduces Early Stroke in Octogenarians: A Meta-Analysis of 18,000 Patients. The Annals of thoracic surgery 03/2015; 99(5).
18. Salil V Deo, Salah E Altarabsheh, Ishan K Shah, Yang Hyun Cho, Michael McGraw, Basar Sarayyepoglu, Benjamin Medalion, Alan H Markowitz, Soon J Park: Are two really always better than one? Results, concerns and controversies in the use of bilateral internal thoracic arteries for coronary artery bypass grafting in the elderly: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Surgery (London, England) 01/2015; 16(Pt B).
19. Ju Yong Lim, Salil V Deo, Salah E Altarabsheh, Yan Hyun Cho, Euisoo Shin, and Alan H Markowitz: Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting may prevent acute renal failure in with non-dialysis dependent chronic renal dysfunction: An aggregate meta-analysis. International Journal of Cardiology 12/2014; 182C.
20. Abeer Rababa'h, Sonal Singh, Santosh V Suryavanshi, Salah Eldien Altarabsheh, Salil V Deo, Bradley K McConnell: Compartmentalization Role of A-Kinase Anchoring Proteins (AKAPs) in Mediating Protein Kinase A (PKA) Signaling and Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 12/2014; 16(1).
21. Ju Y Lim, Salil V Deo, Salah E Altarabsheh, Sung H Jung, Patricia J Erwin, Alan H Markowitz, Soon J Park: Conventional Versus Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement: Pooled Analysis of Propensity-Matched Data. Journal of Cardiac Surgery 12/2014; 30(2).
22. Ju Yong Lim, Salil V Deo, Sung Ho Jung, Salah E Altarabsheh, Patricia J Erwin, John J Dillon, Soon J Park: Does Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Confer any Advantage in Patients with End-stage Renal Failure? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Heart, Lung and Circulation 12/2014.
23. Vikas Sharma, Salil V Deo, Salah E Altarabsheh, Yan Hyun Cho, Patricia J Erwin, Soon J Park: Comparison of the early hemodynamics of stented pericardial and porcine aortic valves. European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery: official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery 08/2014.
24. Ju Yong Lim, Salil V Deo, Wook Sung Kim, Salah E Altarabsheh, Patricia J Erwin, Soon J Park: Drug-eluting Stents versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Diabetic Patients with Multi-vessel Disease: A Meta-analysis. Heart, Lung and Circulation 08/2014; 23(8).
25. Salil V Deo, Abeer Rababa'h, Salah E Altarabsheh, Ju Yong Lim, Yang Hyun Cho, Soon J Park: Statin Therapy Improves Long-term Survival in Non-ischaemic Cardiomyopathy: A Pooled Analysis of 4500 Patients. Heart, Lung and Circulation 04/2014; 23(10).
26. Salah Eldien Altarabsheh, Kevin L Greason, Hartzell V Schaff, Rakesh M Suri, Zhuo Li, Verghese Mathew, Lyle D Joyce, Soon J Park, Joseph A Dearani: Staged Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty before Standard Aortic Valve Replacement in Selected Patients with Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis. Texas Heart Institute journal / from the Texas Heart Institute of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital 04/2014.
27. Salil V Deo, Vikas Sharma, Salah E Altarabsheh, Tal Hasin, John Dillon, Ishan K Shah, Lucian A Durham, John M Stulak, Richard C Daly, Lyle D Joyce, Soon J Park: Hepatic and Renal Function with Successful Long-term Support on a Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device. Heart, Lung and Circulation 08/2013; 23(3).
28. Salil V Deo, Kiick Sung, Richard C Daly, Ishan K Shah, Salah E Altarabsheh, John M Stulak, Lyle D Joyce, Barry A Boilson, Sudhir S Kushwaha, Soon J Park: Cardiac Transplantation After Bridged Therapy with Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices. Heart, Lung and Circulation 08/2013; 23(3).
29. Salil V Deo, Shannon M Dunlay, Ishan K Shah, Salah E Altarabsheh, Patricia J Erwin, Barry A Boilson, Soon J Park, Lyle D Joyce: Dual Anti-platelet Therapy After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Is There Any Benefit? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Cardiac Surgery 03/2013; 28(2).
30. Salah Eldien Altarabsheh, Salil V Deo, Peter Spitell, Philip Araoz, Soon J Park: An Intramural Left Main Coronary Artery with a Left Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm: A Unique Combination of Congenital Anomalies. Heart Surgery Forum 02/2013; 16(1). DOI:10.1532/HSF98.20121076
31. Salah Eldien Altarabsheh, Salil V Deo, Charanjit S Rihal, Soon J Park: Mitral Paravalvular Leak: Caution in Percutaneous Occluder Device Deployment. Heart Surgery Forum 02/2013; 16(1).
32. Salil V Deo, Ishan K Shah, Shannon M Dunlay, Patricia J Erwin, Chaim Locker, Salah E Altarabsheh, Barry A Boilson, Soon J Park, Lyle D Joyce: Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Harvest and Deep Sternal Wound Infection in Diabetic Patients. The Annals of thoracic surgery 01/2013; 95(3).
33. Salil V Deo, Richard C Daly, Salah E Altarabsheh, Tal Hasin, Yanjun Zhao, Ishan K Shah, John M Stulak, Barry A Boilson, John A Schirger, Lyle D Joyce, Soon J Park: Predictive Value of the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score in Patients Undergoing Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs: 1992) 12/2012; 59(1).
34. Salil V Deo, Tal Hasin, Salah E Altarabsheh, Stephen H McKellar, Ishan K Shah, Lucian Durham Iii, John M Stulak, Richard C Daly, Soon J Park, Lyle D Joyce: Concomitant Tricuspid Valve Repair or Replacement During Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant Demonstrates Comparable Outcomes in the Long Term. Journal of Cardiac Surgery 11/2012; 27(6).
35. Salah E Altarabsheh, Joseph A Dearani, Harold M Burkhart, Hartzell V Schaff, Salil V Deo, Benjamin W Eidem, Steve R Ommen, Zhuo Li, Michael J Ackerman: Outcome of Septal Myectomy for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Children and Young Adults. The Annals of thoracic surgery 10/2012; 95(2).
36. Salil V Deo, Douglas A Simonetto, Salah E Altarabsheh, Sorin V Pislaru, Gregory W Barsness, Soon J Park: Left Atrial Dissection after Mitral Valve Replacement can Mimic Periprosthetic Regurgitation. The Journal of heart valve disease 07/2012; 21(4).
37. Salah Eldien Altarabsheh, Sabrina D Phillips, William C Oliver, and Harold M Burkhart: Anomalous Origin of the Right Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery: Unusual Presentation in an Adult. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery 04/2012; 3(2).
38. Salah Eldien Altarabsheh, Salil V Deo, Elie Berbari, Soon J Park: Prosthetic Graft Infection, Five Years after Ascending Aortic Replacement. Journal of Cardiac Surgery 02/2012; 27(2).
39. Altarabsheh Salah Eldien, Salil Deo, Ali O Oluseun, Charanjit S Rihal, and Lyle Joyce: Endovascular Approach to Treat Aortic Pseudoaneurysms: Could It Be a Safe Alternative? Heart Surgery Forum 02/2012; 15(1).
40. Altarabsheh Salah Eldien, Salil Deo, Francis C Nichols, Kevin L Greason: A Bad Experience with Endovascular Treatment of an Aortobronchial Fistula. The Annals of thoracic surgery 02/2012; 93(2).
41. Salah Eldien Altarabsheh, Harold M Burkhart, Salil Deo, Frank Cetta: The Transesophageal Echocardiography Probe: An Unusual Source of Pulmonary Venous Obstruction. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery 10/2011; 2(4).
42. Salah Eldien I Altarabsheh, Philip A Araoz, Salil V Deo, and Thoralf M Sundt: Unruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Involving All Three Sinuses. The Annals of thoracic surgery 02/2011; 91(2).
43. S Altarabsheh, M Ghouri, H Altaani: Outcomes of Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Three Year Single Centre Experience. Journal of Surgical Research 02/2010; 158(2).
44. S.E. Altarabsheh, H. Altaani: Off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: Early experience in Queen Alia Heart Institute. New Iraqi Journal of Medicine 01/2010; 6(1).
45. Eldien Salah, Altarabsheh: Outcomes of Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Bahrain Medical Bulletin 10/2009; 31.
46. S.E. Altarabsheh: Outcomes of off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. Bahrain Medical Bulletin 09/2009; 31(3).
47. Salah Eldien Altarabsheh: Off-pump Versus On-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Early Experience In Queen Alia Heart Institute. New Iraqi Journal of Medicine 01/2009.
48. Salah-Eldien Altarabsheh, J Michael, Duncan Md: Standard Carotid Endarterectomy with Dacron Patch Angioplasty, Risks and Outcomes.