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Afef Ben Halima
Affiliation : Abderrahmane Mami Hospital
- 96Publications (affiliation in Tunisia)
- 138Total publications
- 1319Citations
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Research profile
Afef Ben Halima has 96 indexed publications (2002–2026). Their work appears mainly in “Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements”, “Archives of cardiovascular diseases” and “Médecine du Sommeil”. Their most cited article, “Epidemiology of heart failure and long-term follow-up outcomes in a north-African population: Results from the NAtional TUnisian REgistry of” (2021), has been cited 25 times. 15 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers.
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Create my free profile Add my publicationsResearch areas
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
Publications (96)
- Gender differences in the impact of dapagliflozin on ventricular repolarization markers in chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
- Impact of dapagliflozin on QRS-T angle in patients with chronic heart failure and reduced ejection fraction
- Impact of dapagliflozin on ventricular repolarization markers in patients with reduced ejection fraction: Association with reverse remodeling
- Effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on inflammation and infarct size in diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction
- Heart failure therapeutic units and clinical outcomes
- Prognostic value of myocardial work in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
- Cardio-oncology in breast cancer patients: descriptive data from a north african cohort
- National Tunisian Multicenter Prospective Study on Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (Tunisian NATURE-CIED study): One-year complications and predictive factors
- Cardiovascular disease in North African women: insights from the Middle East African Women CardioVascular Disease (MEA-WCVD) registry
- Heart failure therapeutic units: Prognostic impact
- Sudden cardiac death in hyperthrophic cardiomyopathy: Comparison of predictive models
- Design of the Middle East African Registry for Women’s Cardiovascular Diseases: Protocol for a Multicenter Observational Study
- Cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction trajectory in Breast Cancer Patients
- Predictive factors of adverse outcomes of atrial fibrillation in elderly patients: Results of the National Tunisian Registry of Atrial Fibrillation (NATURE-AF)
- Type 1 Brugada ECG pattern in a patient with acute myocarditis: A case report
- National Tunisian Study of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices: Design and Protocol for a Nationwide Multicenter Prospective Observational Study
- Epidemiologic features and management of hypertension in Tunisia, the results from the Hypertension National Registry (NaTuRe HTN)
- Recurrent simultaneous two-vessel very late stent thrombosis
- Study of cardiovascular comorbidities in ambulatory patients with COVID-19 and their impact on prognosis in the TASC GP study
- Evaluation of the occurrence of venous thromboembolic events in COVID-19 outpatients
- Characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 infection among patients with a history of coronary artery: Results from TASC GP study
- Clinical characteristics and outcomes of adults with a history of heart failure in ambulatory patients with COVID-19
- Epidemiology of heart failure and long-term follow-up outcomes in a north-African population: Results from the NAtional TUnisian REgistry of Heart Failure (NATURE-HF)
- Epidemiological characteristics, management, and outcomes of atrial fibrillation in TUNISIA : Results from the National Tunisian Registry of Atrial Fibrillation ( NATURE‐AF )
- Current and new imaging techniques in risk stratification of asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis
- Epidemiologic features and Management of Hypertension in Tunisia, the results from the NAtional TUnisian REgistry of HyperTensioN (NaTuRe HTN) about 25890 patients
- Impact of cardio-oncology strategies in the management of breast cancer patients
- Design and Rationale of the National Observational Multicentric Tunisian Registry of Hypertension: Protocol for Evaluating Hypertensive Patient Care in Clinical Practice
- ImpaCt of aspirin regimen on THrombin generation in diabEtic patients with acute coronary syndrome: CARTHaGE-ACS trial
- The relationship between body mass index and the severity of coronary artery disease: A prospective study
- Influence of renal function on vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulation quality in non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients
- Association between atrial fibrillation symptoms and patient outcome
- Comparative study between physiological remodeling of the athlete's heart and dilated cardiomyopathies with cardiac MRI
- SAMe-TT2R2 in tunisian population: Results from the NATURE AF registry
- How to distinguish athlete's heart from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in cardiac MRI?
- National Tunisian Registry of Atrial Fibrillation (NATURE-AF): Baseline results
- Sévérité du syndrome d’apnées obstructives du sommeil et étendue des lésions coronariennes : y a-t-il une corrélation ?
- Assessment of premature ventricular beats in athletes
- Design and Rationale of the National Tunisian Registry of Heart Failure (NATURE-HF): Protocol for a Multicenter Registry Study
- The cardiac magnetic resonance sphericity index in the dilated cardiomyopathy: New diagnostic and prognostic marker
- Design and Rationale of the National Tunisian Registry of Atrial Fibrillation: Protocol for a Prospective, Multicenter Trial
- The quality of oral anticogulation with acenocumarol in patients with atrial fibrillation. The added value of time in therapeutic range
- Quality of management of oral anticoagulation as assessed by time in therapeutic range in elderly and younger patients
- Radiological risk and professional constraints in female staff in interventional cardiology
- Insomnie chez les patients ayant des comorbidités cardiovasculaires
- P856Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with Aarial fibrillation and hypertension
- Facteurs prédictifs de syndrome d’apnées obstructives du sommeil chez les patients suivis pour hypertension artérielle et fibrillation auriculaire
- Évaluation du risque du syndrome d’apnées-hypopnées obstructives du sommeil chez les patients ayant des comorbidités cardiovasculaires
- Perception du risque radiologique par le personnel féminin en cardiologie interventionnelle
- P1720DAPT and PRECISE DAPT scores in identifying patients at high bleeding risk after percutaneous coronary intervention
- Perception of radiological risk in Tunisian female staff in interventional cardiology
- Gender differences in presentation and treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation: Results from the Nature AF registry
- Prevalence and characteristics of valvular heart disease of patients with atrial fibrillation: Results from the NATURE AF registry
- Treatment strategies in geriatric patients with atrial fibrillation: Results from the NATURE AF registry
- Left ventricular non-compaction associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the same patient
- Vitamine C + sérum bicarbonaté versus sérum bicarbonaté seul dans la prévention de la néphropathie induite par les produits de contraste
- Electrical storm secondary to theophylline prescription in a patient with implantable cardioverter defibrillator
- Giant left main coronary artery aneurysm revealed by a myocardial infarction
- 0538: Rheumatic valvular detected during the medical examination of non-counter-indications to the practice of the high level sport: result of a systematic evaluation
- 0308: Obstructive sleep apnea and acute coronary syndromes: comparison of clinical and angiographic characteristics
- Prévalence du syndrome d’apnées obstructives du sommeil chez des patients coronariens
- 0218: Influence of gender on the distribution of anatomic anomalies of the pulmonary veins (PVs) in a cohort of 38 patients with atrial fibrillation (AF)
- 0338: Computed tomography evaluation of the anatomical variation of the pulmonary veins in atrial fibrillation
- 0380: Study of anatomical features of pulmonary veins assessed by computed tomography according to age
- 0419: Comparison of clinical and angiographic features of acute coronary syndromes with and without obstructive sleep syndrome detected by the Berlin questionnaire
- Étude des paramètres de l’auriculogramme chez les patients atteints du syndrome d’apnées hyperpnées obstructives du sommeil
- 0508: Cardiovascular abnormalities detected in the preliminary medical assessment before the integration at the Higher Institutes of the Sport and Physical Education
- 0477: Compression of the right ventricle by pectus excavatum in a gymnast: a case report
- Double Site Left Heart Endocarditis With Ventricular Outflow Tract Mural Vegetation
- Cardiac hydatid cyst revealed by ventricular tachycardia
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy allows the optimization of medical treatment in heart failure patients
- 256: Ramadan fasting and high sensitive CRP in patients with stable coronary artery disease: a pilot study
- 201: Are QT intervals correlated to apnea-hypopnea index in obstructive sleep apnea?
- 247: Study of heart rate variability in high level athletes depending on the type of sport
- 310: Level of knowledge among Tunisian patients undergoing long-term acenocoumarol treatment: results of ARACOP (ARiana Avk Control Program)
- 203: Correlation between P wave variables and apnea-hypopnea index in obstructive sleep apnea
- 273 Body mass index and autonomic nervous system in hypertensive patients
- 274 Assessment of the effect of antihypertension treatment on heart rate variability in hypertensive patients
- 171 Do you need to check systematically the INR during the RAMADAN's fasting period?
- 216 Assessment of the impact of myocardial infarction localization on heart rate variability, heart rate turbulence and QT intervals
- Facteurs pronostiques de réponse au traitement corticoïdes chez les patients suivis pour hépatite auto-immune : étude rétrospective à propos de 38 cas
- 069 Evaluating in a “real-world” the performance of CRUSADE and MEHRAN bleeding risk scores to predict major bleeding complications among Tunisian patients with ACS
- 175 Is high sensitive C reactive protein related to clinical and echocardiographic risk of thrombo-embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation?
- 173 Study of the circadien variation of the QT dynamics in myocardial infarction
- 223 Seasonal variation of heart rate variability in hypertensive patients
- 236 The effects of dipper and non dipper status on heart rate variability and heart rate turbulence in essential hypertension
- 212 Study of the effect of mode of pacing on ventricular repolarization in heart failure patients
- 243 Assessment of heart rate turbulence in hypertensive patients
- Orage rythmique secondaire à une hypokaliémie chez un patient porteur d’un défibrillateur automatique implantable
- Clinical and Genetic Investigation of Atrial Septal Defect with Atrioventricular Conduction Defect in a Large Consanguineous Tunisian Family
- Assessment of heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction after cardiac pacing in patients with preserved left ventricular systolic function
- Anévrysme aortique d’origine syphilitique
- Place du BNP dans l'évaluation du pronostic au décours de l'infarctus du myocarde
- [New indications for cardiac pacing].
- [Prognostic value of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in assessing intrahospital outcome of unstable angina].
- [Evaluation of thoracic aortic atherosclerosis by transesophageal ultrasonography: value and limits as predictive factor of coronary disease].
Publication venues
- Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements × 43
- Archives of cardiovascular diseases × 6
- Médecine du Sommeil × 6
- Annales de Cardiologie et d Angéiologie × 6
- JMIR Research Protocols × 5
- Kardiologia Polska × 3
Publications per year
- 20267
- 20257
- 20241
- 20231
- 20226
- 20216
- 20209
- 20192
- 201815
- 20174
Collaborations
Partner institutions : Hopital Universitaire Hedi Chaker · Hôpital La Rabta · Faculté de médecine de Tunis · Tunis University · Habib hospital Thameur
Co-authors
- Salem Kachboura
- Ikram Kammoun
- Manel Ben Halima
- Faouzi Addad
- Sonia Marrakchi
- Sana Ouali
- Salma Charfeddine
- Lobna Laroussi
- Emna Allouche
- Emna Bennour
- Zied Ibn Elhadj
- Rym Chrigui
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