Division Faculty

Contact Information:
Email:  ahmadmunirmd@hotmail.com
Office:   (901) 577-7355

Clinical/Research Interest:
 

Residency: University of Tennessee
Fellowship : University of Tennessee
Joined UT: 2003

Recent Publications:

1. Weber KT, Munir A. Principles and applications of cardiopulmonary exercise testing. In: Fishman AP, Elias JA, Fishman JA, Grippi MA, Kaiser LR, Pack AI, Senior RM, eds. Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008 (In press).
2. Paulus BM, Ali S, Zia AA, Munir A, Davis RC, Jr., Mansbach CM, Smith WC, Weber KT. Causes and consequences of systemic venous hypertension. Am J Med Sci. 2008 (In press).
3. Munir A, Davis RC, Weber KT. The cardiac interstitium and the failing heart. In: Banner N, Jessup ML, eds. Advanced Heart Failure. Addison, Texas: International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2008:(In press).
4. Minderman D, D'Cruz I, Munir A, Dockery B. Three-dimensional echocardiographic findings in an acute anterior pericardial bleed due to acute aortic aissection: bidirectional to-and-fro flow in the upper pericardial sac. Echocardiography. 2008;25:342-344.
5. Zagol B, Minderman D, Munir A, D'Cruz I. Effusive constrictive pericarditis: 2D, 3D echocardiography and MRI imaging. Echocardiography. 2007;24:1110-1114.
6. Newman KP, Bhattacharya SK, Munir A, Davis RC, Soberman JE, Ramanathan KB. Macro- and micronutrients in patients with congestive heart failure, particularly African-Americans. Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2007;3:743-747.
7. Munir A, Minderman D, D'Cruz I. Unusual superior vena cava thrombus (partly obstructive) extending through right atrium to eustachian valve. Echocardiography. 2007;24:77-78.
8. Munir A, D'Cruz IA, Minderman D, Shelton M. The right subclavian vein can be used as a surrogate of the inferior vena cava, as an echocardiographic indicator of systemic venous congestion. Am J Med Sci. 2007;333:280-284.
9. Khouzam RN, Minderman D, Munir A, D'Cruz IA. Images in cardiovascular medicine. Cardiac tamponade with fibrin strands leading to the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus. Circulation. 2007;116:e342-344.
10. D'Cruz IA, Khouzam RN, Minderman DP, Munir A. Incompetence of the internal jugular venous valve: spectrum of echo-Doppler appearances. Echocardiography. 2006;23:803-806.
11. D'Cruz IA, Munir A, O'Neal L. Compression of intrapericardial structures in tamponade, including "new" echocardiographic manifestations. Echocardiography. 2005;22:452-453.
12. Weber KT, Sun Y, Wodi LA, Munir A, Jahangir E, Ahokas RA, Gerling IC, Postlethwaite AE, Warrington KJ. Toward a broader understanding of aldosterone in congestive heart failure. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst. 2003;4:155-163.
13. Shirwany A, D'Cruz IA, Munir A. Very large pericardial effusion attributable to minoxidil: resolution without drainage of fluid. Echocardiography. 2002;19:513-516.