Saleena Gul Arif, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine

Biography
Member of American Geriatrics Society, American College of Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology, Heart Failure Association (ESC), Canadian Geriatrics Society, Candian Cardiovascular Congress
Other Positions
- Hospitalist, Boston University Medical Group, Boston University
Websites
- BU Profile
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- INSTITUT LADY DAVIS DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES
- "Housing Insecurity is a Public Health Crisis": McGill Students' SimpliCITY Project Takes Second Place at 2024 Dobson Cup
- Personalized cardiac rehabilitation in older geriatric patients: an analysis of age, heart failure subtypes, and physical metrics
- Decoding calcific mitral valve disease: a novel deep learning model uncovers the role of calcium burden
- Management decisions in genotype-positive and phenotype-negative Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy (hATTR-CM): an emerging clinical dilemma
- Finding My Ikigai
Publications
- Published on 2/1/2025
Samuel M, Arif SG, Afilalo J. Heart rate variability as a digital biomarker for frailty in cardiovascular patients. J Frailty Aging. 2025; 14(1):100007.
Read at: Custom - Published on 1/1/2025
Samuel M, Arif SG, Afilalo J. Heart rate variability as a digital biomarker for frailty in cardiovascular patients. J Frailty Aging. 2025 Feb; 14(1):100007. PMID: 39855886.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/28/2024
S Arif, L Masse, A Walling. European Heart Journal. Personalized cardiac rehabilitation in older geriatric patients: an analysis of age, heart failure subtypes, and physical metrics. 2024; 45(Supplement):ehae666. 2978.
Read at: Custom - Published on 7/1/2024
Solla-Suarez P, Arif SG, Ahmad F, Rastogi N, Meng A, Cohen JM, Rodighiero J, Piazza N, Martucci G, Lauck S, Webb JG, Kim DH, Kovacina B, Afilalo J. Osteosarcopenia and Mortality in Older Adults Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. JAMA Cardiol. 2024 Jul 01; 9(7):611-618. PMID: 38748410.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/9/2023
S Arif, D Zhang, F Ahmad, M Diagne, J Afilalo. European Heart Journal. Decoding calcific mitral valve disease: a novel deep learning model uncovers the role of calcium burden. 2023; 44(Suppl_2):ehad655. 1757.
Read at: Custom - Published on 11/6/2023
Ding Yi Zhang, Saleena Gul Arif, Maude Roberge, Rushali Gandhi, Yaman Zarour, Farida El Malt, Albert Shalmiev, Jordan Benzur, Mhd Diaa Chalati, Nissim Benizri, Neetika Bharaj, Marc Afilalo, and Jonathan Afilalo. Circulation. Automated Cardiovascular Calcium Burden: Unlocking the Future of TAVR Prognosis With Artificial Intelligence. 2023; 148(Suppl_1):A14773-A14773.
Read at: Custom - Published on 11/6/2023
Maryia Samuel, Saleena Gul Arif, Jonathan Afilalo. Circulation. Beyond the Beat: Predicting Frailty in Cardiovascular Patients Using Heart Rate Variability. 2023; 148(Suppl_1):A18874-A18874.
Read at: Custom - Published on 9/19/2023
Zhang, Ding Yi and Rodighiero, Julia and Arif, Saleena Gul and Roberge, Maude and O’Connor, Stephen and Mylotte, Darren and Piazza, Nicolo and Martucci, Giuseppe and Spaziano, Marco and Lauck, Sandra and Webb, John G. and Labinaz, Marino and Noiseux, Nicholas and Kim, Dae H. and Ahmad, Fayeza and Benizri, Nissim and Zarour, Yaman and Shalmiev, Albert and Benzur, Jordan and Chalati, Diaa and Gandhi, Rushali and El Malt, Farida and Butt, Zarran and Kovacina, Bojan and Afilalo, Jonathan. Automated Quantification of Cardiovascular Calcifications Using Deep Learning: Prognostic Value in Older Adults Undergoing TAVR. 2023.
Read at: Custom - Published on 6/1/2023
Fayeza Ahmad, Jonathan Afilalo, Saleena Gul Arif. Canadian Geriatrics Journal. Temporal Trends in Frailty over a Decade of Transcatheter Aortic and Mitral Valve Procedures. 2023; 26(2):301-301.
Read at: Custom - Published on 11/11/2022
Yu N Kim, Saleena Arif. Journal of the Endocrine Society. Osteoporosis Likely Increases the Risk of Dementia in Vietnamese Immigrants. 2022; 6(Suppl 1):A224.
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