Rafik Tadros, Université de Montréal

Research

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Genetics Cardiomyopathy Electrocardiography Heart Failure Implantable Defibrillators Sudden Cardiac Death Ventricular Tachycardia

Latest papers

Left Ventricular Late Gadolinium Enhancement for Arrhythmic Risk Prediction in ARVC
Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology · 2026
Cardiomyopathy Gene Variants and Polygenic Risk Scores in Atrial Fibrillation Evidence for an Atrial-First Phenotype
Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2026
Polygenic and Monogenic Contributions to Tachycardia-Associated Cardiomyopathy
Circulation · 2026 · senior author

All 137 publications

Latest funding

Harnessing the Interplay between Genomics and Electrocardiograms for Equitable and Precise Cardiovascular Health
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,093,950
Multimodality event prediction in non-ischemic cardiomyopathy
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$1,526,175
Assessment of the genetic structure of the heart for the implementation of novel methods in the joint analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) with an inclusive ancestral approach to enhance pathophysiological pathway discovery and improve genomic risk prediction in cardiovascular disease
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
$67,500

All 6 grants and awards

137 publications.

01

Left Ventricular Late Gadolinium Enhancement for Arrhythmic Risk Prediction in ARVC

De Marco C, Asatryan B, Riele ASJMT, Di Marco A, Gasperetti A, Delinière A, Roberts JD, Jensen HK, Davies B, Krahn AD

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology20266 citations

DOI: 10.1161/circep.125.014265

02

Cardiomyopathy Gene Variants and Polygenic Risk Scores in Atrial Fibrillation Evidence for an Atrial-First Phenotype

da Rocha GL, Feiner J, Lazarte J, Pang K, Li Y, Le A, Man A, Pathan N, Whitlock RP, Belley-Côté EP

Journal of the American College of Cardiology20264 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2025.12.014

03

Polygenic and Monogenic Contributions to Tachycardia-Associated Cardiomyopathy

Safabakhsh S, Jordà P, Grondin S, Henarejos-Castillo I, Fazeli A, Laksman Z, Parker J, Yamani NE, Benhenda N, Aguilar M

Circulation20262 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.125.076235

04

Safety, Utility, and Outcomes of Procainamide Challenge for the Diagnosis and Exclusion of Brugada Syndrome

Moore BM, Chan D, Davies B, Laksman ZWM, Roberts JD, Sanatani S, Steinberg C, Tadros R, Cadrin-Tourigny J, MacIntyre C

Circulation20262 citations

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.125.076011

05

Epinephrine Challenge Long-Term Evaluation of Test Performance for the Evaluation of Unexplained Cardiac Arrest and Familial Sudden Death

Moore BM, Steinberg C, Tadros R, Cadrin-Tourigny J, Chan D, Davies B, Laksman ZWM, Roberts JD, Sanatani S, MacIntyre C

JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology20261 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2026.03.033

06

Polygenic Risk of New Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy

Dababneh SF, Parker J, Ahmed R, Huang K, Comber D, Phulka JS, Tsai C-C, Tibbits GF, Cadrin-Tourigny J, Tadros R

JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology20261 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2026.01.024

07

Scope and Outcome of Early Repolarization Syndrome in Unexplained Cardiac Arrest: Insights From the National HiRO Registry

Jassal B, Moore BM, Davies B, Tadros R, Cadrin-Tourigny J, Steinberg C, Hansom S, Roberts JD, Angaran P, Green MS

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology2026

DOI: 10.1161/circep.125.014433

08

Publisher Correction: Anticoagulation to prevent ischemic stroke and neurocognitive impairment in atrial fibrillation: the BRAIN-AF randomized clinical trial

Rivard L, Khairy P, Talajic M, Tardif J-C, Healey JS, Black SE, Andrade JG, Field TS, Nault I, Bherer L

Nature Medicine2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41591-026-04245-5

09

Clinical Diagnosis of Calcium Release Deficiency Syndrome in a Family With Sudden Cardiac Death.

Isbister JC, Tian S, Wang R, Estillore JP, Gagnon J, Robb L, Neveu B, Rivard L, Cadrin-Tourigny J, Roberts JD

JAMA cardiology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2026.1067

10

Novel NKX2-5 mutation associated with familial atrial septal defects and atrial and ventricular arrhythmias.

Gallego F, Tadros R, Khairy P

HeartRhythm case reports2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2026.04.025 PMID: 42626645

Harnessing the Interplay between Genomics and Electrocardiograms for Equitable and Precise Cardiovascular Health

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hussin, Julie; Avram, Robert

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Bias Mitigation; Cardiovascular Health; Data Generation; Electrocardiograms; Fairness; Genetic Ancestry; Genetics; Genome-Wide Association Studies; Precision Medicine

$1,093,950

Multimodality event prediction in non-ischemic cardiomyopathy

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cadrin-Tourigny, Julia; Roston, Thomas M; Tadros, Rafik; Tremblay-Gravel, Maxime

Keywords: Cardiac Magnetic Resonance; Cardiomyopathy; Electrocardiography; Genetics; Heart Failure; Implantable Defibrillators; Sudden Cardiac Death; Ventricular Tachycardia

$1,526,175

Assessment of the genetic structure of the heart for the implementation of novel methods in the joint analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) with an inclusive ancestral approach to enhance pathophysiological pathway discovery and improve genomic risk prediction in cardiovascular disease

SupervisorCIHR2022Fellowship - PA: Takeda Canada and CIHR Institute of Genetics Rare Diseases

Principal investigators: Jorda, Paloma

Keywords: Cardiovascular Diseases; Gene-Linked Treatment; Genomic Risk Prediction; Gwas; Joint Analysis; Precision Medicine

$67,500

Canadian Heart Failure Transformation Alliance: A Network of Likeminded Canadians Committed to Improving the Lives of Persons Living with Heart Failure (HF)

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Team Grant: Heart Failure Research Network

Principal investigators: Rouleau, Jean-Lucien; King, Malcolm; Lynch, Aine; Castle, David; Jeewa, Aamir; Joseph, Philip G; King, Alexandra; Virani, Sean A

Keywords: 'Omics; Artificial Intelligence; Health Systems Accessibility; Indigenous Health; Mechanistic/ Translational; Patient Empowerment; Patient-Public-Research Partnership; Social And Molecular Epidemiology; Transition Of Care; Two-Eyed Seeing

$4,280,187

Canada Research Chairs - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2020Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Tadros, Rafik

Keywords: Crc

$600,000

Complex genetics of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Towards an integration of polygenic risk in clinical care

Nominated PICIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Tadros, Rafik; Lettre, Guillaume

Keywords: Cardiac Arrhythmia; Cardiac Magnetic Resonance; Cardiac Ultrasound; Genetics; Genome-Wide Association Study; Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; Polygenic Risk Score

$1,038,180

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Jean-Claude Tardif and Jean-Claude Tardif: 380 shared papers
Denis Roy and Denis Roy: 96 shared papers
Paul Khairy and Laurent Macle: 91 shared papers
Jorge Wong and Jeff Healey: 67 shared papers
Denis Roy and Paul Khairy: 63 shared papers
Denis Roy and Laurent Macle: 63 shared papers
Denis Roy and Paul Khairy: 63 shared papers
Denis Roy and Laurent Macle: 63 shared papers
Rafik Tadros and Julia Cadrin-Tourigny: 55 shared papers
Jason Roberts and Jeff Healey: 49 shared papers
Jason Roberts and Rafik Tadros: 39 shared papers
Jason Roberts and Shubhayan Sanatani: 37 shared papers
Léna Rivard and Paul Khairy: 37 shared papers
Stanley Nattel and Laurent Macle: 34 shared papers
Paul Khairy and Julia Cadrin-Tourigny: 28 shared papers
Guillaume Lettre and Jean-Claude Tardif: 26 shared papers
Guillaume Lettre and Jean-Claude Tardif: 26 shared papers
Léna Rivard and Laurent Macle: 26 shared papers
Jeff Healey and Shubhayan Sanatani: 25 shared papers
Jason Roberts and Julia Cadrin-Tourigny: 24 shared papers
Jason Roberts and Christian Steinberg: 24 shared papers
Jeff Healey and Rafik Tadros: 24 shared papers
Jeff Healey and Christian Steinberg: 24 shared papers
Denis Roy and Léna Rivard: 24 shared papers
Rafik Tadros and Paul Khairy: 24 shared papers
Jeff Healey and Jacqueline Joza: 20 shared papers
Shubhayan Sanatani and Christian Steinberg: 20 shared papers
Rafik Tadros and Christian Steinberg: 20 shared papers
Stanley Nattel and Paul Khairy: 19 shared papers
Shubhayan Sanatani and Rafik Tadros: 18 shared papers
Rafik Tadros and Laurent Macle: 17 shared papers
Laura Arbour and Shubhayan Sanatani: 16 shared papers
Rafik Tadros and Léna Rivard: 16 shared papers
Jason Roberts and Jacqueline Joza: 15 shared papers
Jacqueline Joza and Christian Steinberg: 15 shared papers
Jason Roberts and Jorge Wong: 14 shared papers
Jean-Claude Tardif and Stanley Nattel: 14 shared papers
Jean-Claude Tardif and Stanley Nattel: 14 shared papers
Denis Roy and Rafik Tadros: 14 shared papers
Shubhayan Sanatani and Anne Fournier: 14 shared papers
Denis Roy and Rafik Tadros: 14 shared papers
Robert Hamilton and Shubhayan Sanatani: 12 shared papers
Anne Fournier and Paul Khairy: 11 shared papers
Rafik Tadros and Jacqueline Joza: 11 shared papers
Jason Roberts and Laura Arbour: 10 shared papers
Jeff Healey and Laura Arbour: 10 shared papers
Jean-Claude Tardif and Rafik Tadros: 10 shared papers
Jean-Claude Tardif and Rafik Tadros: 10 shared papers
Robert Hamilton and Anne Fournier: 10 shared papers
Jason Roberts and Robert Hamilton: 9 shared papers
Laura Arbour and Rafik Tadros: 9 shared papers
Anne Fournier and Rafik Tadros: 9 shared papers
Jean-Claude Tardif and Maxime Tremblay-Gravel: 8 shared papers
Jean-Claude Tardif and Maxime Tremblay-Gravel: 8 shared papers
Julia Cadrin-Tourigny and Maxime Tremblay-Gravel: 8 shared papers
Jason Roberts and Zachary Laksman: 7 shared papers
Jason Roberts and Habib Khan: 7 shared papers
Shubhayan Sanatani and Habib Khan: 7 shared papers
Stanley Nattel and Rafik Tadros: 7 shared papers
Rafik Tadros and Zachary Laksman: 7 shared papers
Jeff Healey and Habib Khan: 6 shared papers
Robert Hamilton and Rafik Tadros: 6 shared papers
Rafik Tadros and Maxime Tremblay-Gravel: 6 shared papers
Rafik Tadros and Habib Khan: 6 shared papers
Guillaume Lettre and Rafik Tadros: 5 shared papers
Andrew Krahn and Christian Steinberg: 5 shared papers
Shubhayan Sanatani and Zachary Laksman: 5 shared papers
Rafik Tadros and Robert Avram: 5 shared papers
Julia Cadrin-Tourigny and Robert Avram: 5 shared papers
Maxime Tremblay-Gravel and Robert Avram: 5 shared papers
Jorge Wong and Rafik Tadros: 4 shared papers
Andrew Krahn and Rafik Tadros: 4 shared papers
Jason Roberts and Andrew Krahn: 3 shared papers

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Dear Professor Tadros, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Left Ventricular Late Gadolinium Enhancement for Arrhythmic Risk Prediction in ARVC" (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Multimodality event prediction in non-ischemic cardiomyopathy" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]