About Me
I am a T32 Cardiovascular Medicine Fellow with a passion for heart disease prevention and public health research. I am interested in several aspects of primary prevention, including lipids, diet, and physical activity. My current projects focus on lipoprotein(a) and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk.
1. Rikhi R, Shapiro MD. Impact of Statin Therapy on Diabetes Incidence: Implications for Primary Prevention. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2024 Sep 20;. doi: 10.1007/s11886-024-02141-3. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 39302589.
2. Mirzai S, Persits I, Kazibwe R, Gabani M, Seals A, Singleton MJ, Rikhi R, Chevli PA, Carbone S, Tang WHW, Yeboah J, Williamson JD, Kitzman DW, Herrington DM, Shapiro MD. Relationship Between Sarcopenia and Intensive Blood Pressure Control Efficacy and Safety: A Secondary Analysis of SPRINT. Hypertension. 2024 Aug;81(8):e77-e87. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.124.23011. Epub 2024 Jun 17. PubMed PMID: 38881460; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11254568.
3. Kazibwe R, Schaich CL, Muhammad AI, Epiu I, Namutebi JH, Chevli PA, Kazibwe J, Hughes T, Rikhi RR, Shapiro MD, Yeboah J. Effect of vigorous-intensity physical activity on incident cognitive impairment in high-risk hypertension. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Jul;20(7):4602-4612. doi: 10.1002/alz.13887. Epub 2024 Jun 6. PubMed PMID: 38842100; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11247677.
4. Rikhi R, Schaich CL, Hafzalla GW, Patel NA, Tannenbaum JE, German CA, Polonsky T, Tsai MY, Ahmad MI, Islam T, Chevli PA, Shapiro MD.Small dense low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and coronary artery calcification in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Eur J Prev Cardiol.2024 Jun 3;31(8):1048-1054. doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwae049. PubMed PMID: 38323698; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11144463.
5. Ashburn NP, Snavely AC, Rikhi R, Shapiro MD, Chado MA, Stopyra JP, Mahler SA. Preventive Cardiovascular Care for Hypercholesterolemia in US Emergency Departments: A National Missed Opportunity. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2023 Dec 1;22(4):110-113. doi: 10.1097/HPC.0000000000000338. Epub 2023 Oct 13. PubMed PMID: 37831464; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10843164.
6. Mirzai S, Chevli PA, Rikhi R, Shapiro MD. Familial Hypercholesterolemia: From Clinical Suspicion to Novel Treatments. Rev Cardiovasc Med.2023 Nov;24(11):311. doi: 10.31083/j.rcm2411311. eCollection 2023 Nov. Review. PubMed PMID: 39076456; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11272857.
7. Martinez CA, Rikhi R, Fonseca Nogueira N, Pester MS, Salazar AS, Ashinne B, Aguilar N, Melara A, Porras V, Parker M, Mendez A, Cyrus E, De Santis JP, Jones DL, Brown TT, Hurwitz BE, Alcaide ML. Estrogen-Based Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in Transgender Women with HIV. LGBT Health. 2023 Nov-Dec;10(8):576-585. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2023.0010. Epub 2023 Jul 17. PubMed PMID: 37459150; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10712365.
8. Bhatia HS, Rikhi R, Allen TS, Yeang C, Guan W, Garg PK, Tsai MY, Criqui MH, Shapiro MD, Tsimikas S. Lipoprotein(a) and the pooled cohort equations for ASCVD risk prediction: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis. 2023 Sep;381:117217. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2023.117217. Epub 2023 Aug 9. PubMed PMID: 37607461; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10659123.
9. Ashburn NP, Snavely AC, Stanek LS, Shapiro MD, Rikhi RR, Chado MA, Stopyra JP, Mahler SA. Emergency Department Observation Unit Patients Want Evaluation and Treatment for Hypercholesterolemia: A Health Belief Model Study. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2023 Sep 1;22(3):91-94. doi: 10.1097/HPC.0000000000000324. Epub 2023 Jul 7. PubMed PMID: 37418345; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10524196.
10. Ashburn NP, Snavely AC, Rikhi R, Shapiro MD, Chado MA, Ambrosini AP, Biglari AA, Kitchen ST, Millard MJ, Stopyra JP, Mahler SA. Rarely tested or treated but highly prevalent: Hypercholesterolemia in ED observation unit patients with chest pain. Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Sep;71:47-53. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.06.009. Epub 2023 Jun 10. PubMed PMID: 37329876.
11. Rikhi R, Shapiro MD. Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 Inhibition: The Big Step Forward in Lipid Control. Eur Cardiol. 2023;18:e45. doi: 10.15420/ecr.2023.14. eCollection 2023. Review. PubMed PMID: 37456766; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10345936.
12. Ashburn NP, Snavely AC, Rikhi RR, Chado MA, Colbaugh WB, Noe GR, Kinney IJ, Morgan RJ, Stopyra JP, Mahler SA. Chest pain observation unit: A missed opportunity to initiate smoking cessation therapy. Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Jun;68:17-21. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.02.033. Epub 2023 Mar 2. PubMed PMID: 36905881; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10355454.
13. Rikhi R, Bhatia HS, Schaich CL, Ashburn N, Tsai MY, Michos ED, Chevli PA, Herrington DM, Tsimikas S, Shapiro MD. Association of Lp(a) (Lipoprotein[a]) and Hypertension in Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: The MESA. Hypertension. 2023 Feb;80(2):352-360. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.122.20189. Epub 2022 Dec 13. PubMed PMID: 36511156; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9983733.
14. Rikhi R, Hammoud A, Ashburn N, Snavely AC, Michos ED, Chevli P, Tsai MY, Herrington D, Shapiro MD. Relationship of low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and lipoprotein(a) to cardiovascular risk: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Atherosclerosis. 2022 Dec;363:102-108. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.10.004. Epub 2022 Oct 8. PubMed PMID: 36253168; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9964094.
15. Rikhi R, Shapiro MD. Assessment of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Primary Prevention. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2022 Nov 1;42(6):397-403. doi: 10.1097/HCR.0000000000000746. Review. PubMed PMID: 36342682; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9802028.
16. Rikhi R, Shapiro MD. Newer and Emerging LDL-C Lowering Agents and Implications for ASCVD Residual Risk. J Clin Med. 2022 Aug 8;11(15). doi: 10.3390/jcm11154611. Review. PubMed PMID: 35956226; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9369522.
17. Bungo B, Chaudhury P, Arustamyan M, Rikhi R, Hussain M, Collier P, Kanj M, Khorana AA, Mentias A, Moudgil R. Better prediction of stroke in atrial fibrillation with incorporation of cancer in CHA(2)DS(2)VASC score: CCHA(2)DS(2)VASC score. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. 2022 Aug;41:101072. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2022.101072. eCollection 2022 Aug. PubMed PMID: 35757148; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9218829.
18. Martinez CA, Rikhi R, Pester MS, Parker M, Gonzalez A, Larson M, Chavez J, Mendez A, Raines JK, Kolber MA, Schulman IH, Alcaide ML, Hurwitz BE. Abacavir antiretroviral therapy and indices of subclinical vascular disease in persons with HIV. PLoS One. 2022;17(3):e0264445. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264445. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 35271614; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8912137.
19. Bansal A, Saad A, Gad MM, Jain V, Farwati M, Rikhi R, Reed GW, Puri R, Yun J, Krishnaswamy A, Kapadia SR. Gender Differences in the Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation. Am J Cardiol. 2022 Jan 1;162:207-209. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.09.034. Epub 2021 Oct 29. PubMed PMID: 34756595.
20. Rikhi R, Karnuta J, Hussain M, Collier P, Funchain P, Tang WHW, Chan TA, Moudgil R. Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Mediated Lymphocytic and Giant Cell Myocarditis: Uncovering Etiological Mechanisms. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021;8:721333. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.721333. eCollection 2021. Review. PubMed PMID: 34434981; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8381278.
21. Rikhi R, Samra G, Arustamyan M, Patel J, Zhou L, Bungo B, Moudgil R. Radiation induced cardiovascular disease: An odyssey of bedside-bench-bedside approach. Life Sci Space Res (Amst). 2020 Nov;27:49-55. doi: 10.1016/j.lssr.2020.07.005. Epub 2020 Jul 22. Review. PubMed PMID: 34756229.
22. Martinez C, Rikhi R, Haque T, Fazal A, Kolber M, Hurwitz BE, Schneiderman N, Brown TT. Gender Identity, Hormone Therapy, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2020 May;45(5):100396. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2018.09.003. Epub 2018 Sep 20. Review. PubMed PMID: 30340769.
23. Patel J, Rikhi R, Hussain M, Ayoub C, Klein A, Collier P, Moudgil R. Global longitudinal strain is a better metric than left ventricular ejection fraction: lessons learned from cancer therapeutic-related cardiac dysfunction. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2020 Mar;35(2):170-177. doi: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000000716. Review. PubMed PMID: 31850935.
24. Rikhi R, Singh T, Modaresi Esfeh J. Work up of fatty liver by primary care physicians, review. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2020 Feb;50:41-48. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2020.01.001. eCollection 2020 Feb. Review. PubMed PMID: 31993196; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6976911.
25. Berlow NE, Rikhi R, Geltzeiler M, Abraham J, Svalina MN, Davis LE, Wise E, Mancini M, Noujaim J, Mansoor A, Quist MJ, Matlock KL, Goros MW, Hernandez BS, Doung YC, Thway K, Tsukahara T, Nishio J, Huang ET, Airhart S, Bult CJ, Gandour-Edwards R, Maki RG, Jones RL, Michalek JE, Milovancev M, Ghosh S, Pal R, Keller C. Probabilistic modeling of personalized drug combinations from integrated chemical screen and molecular data in sarcoma. BMC Cancer. 2019 Jun 17;19(1):593. doi: 10.1186/s12885-019-5681-6. PubMed PMID: 31208434; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6580486.
26. Rikhi R. Transparency of Medication Costs: A Method of Building Patient Trust. Acad Med. 2019 May;94(5):615. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002604. PubMed PMID: 30681443.
27. Martinez CA, Rikhi RR. Gender, hormone therapy, and HIV: what should cardiologists know?. Neth Heart J. 2019 May;27(5):233-236. doi: 10.1007/s12471-019-1233-6. Review. PubMed PMID: 30671882; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6470229.
28. Rikhi R, Wilson EM, Deas O, Svalina MN, Bial J, Mansoor A, Cairo S, Keller C. Murine model of hepatic breast cancer. Biochem Biophys Rep.2016 Dec;8:1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2016.07.021. eCollection 2016 Dec. PubMed PMID: 28955934; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5613703.
29. Rikhi RR, Spady KK, Hoffman RI, Bateman MS, Bateman M, Howard LE. Hepatoblastoma: A Need for Cell Lines and Tissue Banks to Develop Targeted Drug Therapies. Front Pediatr. 2016;4:22. doi: 10.3389/fped.2016.00022. eCollection 2016. Review. PubMed PMID: 27047905; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4800278.