Sara S Elzalabany, MD
Instructor, Department of Medicine
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Sara Elzalabany, MD, is an internal medicine resident physician at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. She did a research fellowship at the department of cardiovascular diseases at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. She graduated in 2022 from the faculty of medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt with honors. Her research interests include adult congenital heart diseases and heart and lung transplant.
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- MD 2022, Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University
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- Heart-Lung Transplantation
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease
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Ali A., Miranda W.R., Francois C., ElZalabany S., Moustafa A., Connolly H.M., Egbe A.C. Predictors and Prognostic Implications of Progressive Systemic Ventricular Dysfunction in Adults With Fontan Palliation Jacc Cardiovascular Imaging. 2026;19(1):139-141.
Younis A., ElZalabany S., Miranda W.R., Connolly H.M., Dearani J.A., Villavicencio M.T., Egbe A.C. Outcomes After Heart Transplantation in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease—A Single-Center Experience Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2026;42(2):394-402.
Yu D.C., Ahmad Y., Randhawa M., Rai A.S., Paul A., Elzalabany S.S., Yu R., Wasan R., Nanda N., Nanda N.C., Kalavakunta J.K. Beyond the Usual Suspects: A Narrative Review of High-Yield Non-Traditional Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2026;15(2)
Zou H., Elzalabany S., Kenyon I., Kelly M. Case Report: First case of West Nile virus meningoencephalitis in Southwest Michigan in a patient on ixekizumab and prednisone Frontiers in Medicine. 2026;13
Abdelhalim A.T., Ali A., ElZalabany S., Moustafa A., Ali A.E., Burchill L.J., Jokhadar M., Ammash N.M., Connolly H.M., Egbe A.C. Role of strain imaging for risk stratification in Fontan patients with normal ventricular ejection fraction European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging. 2025;26(9):1579-1588.
Ali A.E., Abdelhalim A.T., Miranda W.R., ElZalabany S., Moustafa A., Ali A., Connolly H.M., Egbe A.C. Effect of obesity on cardiovascular remodeling, and aerobic capacity in adults with coarctation of aorta International Journal of Cardiology. 2025;422
Egbe A.C., Abozied O., Abdelhalim A.T., ElZalabany S., Kholeif Z., Reddy Y.N.V., Borlaug B.A. Feasibility, Reproducibility, and Prognostic Value of Exercise Echocardiography for Cardiac Output Reserve Assessment in Fontan Physiology Circulation Heart Failure. 2025;18(9):e012908.
ElZalabany S., Moustafa A., Ali A., Abdelhalim A.T., Ali A.E., Burchill L.J., Jokhadar M., Egbe A.C. Echocardiographic Assessment of Atrial Function in Patients With Fontan Palliation: Feasibility, Reproducibility, and Prognostic Implications Cjc Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease. 2025;4(3):121-128.
Eldin H.B., Atef H., Muñoz-Gómez E., Moreno-Segura N., ElZalabany S., Alanazi R., Alruwili W., Alruwili S., Sultan S., Marques-Sule E. Effects of reduced-exertion high-intensity training versus short moderate-intensity continuous training on biomarkers of mortality risk in sedentary women: A randomized clinical trial Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. 2025;42:710-714.
Elzalabany S., Moustafa A., Ali A., Abdelhalim A.T., Ali A.E., Madhavan M., Deshmukh A., Egbe A.C. Relationship Between Atrial Dysfunction and Atrial Arrhythmias in Adults With Fontan Palliation: Role of Atrial Strain Imaging Journal of the American Heart Association. 2025;14(8)
Kholeif Z., Abozied O., Abdelhalim A.T., ElZalabany S., Moustafa A., Ali A., Egbe A.C. Temporal change in the age at time of death in adults with congenital heart disease International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease. 2025;20