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EDUCATION:

May, 2009

Medical Doctorate (MD) Degree in Cardiovascular Medicine,Cairo University

Thesis:Novel Electrophysiologic Mapping Modalities for Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia

 
May, 2007

Passed Medical Council ofCanadaQualifying Exam (MCCQE) – Step 1

 
May, 2006

Passed Medical Council ofCanadaEvaluation Exam (MCCEE)

 
Sept, 2005

Passed MRCP-1 (UK) exam

 
2001 – 2004

Master degree in Cardiovascular Medicine (MSc),CairoUniversity

Thesis:Correlation Of Carotid Artery Disease To Coronary Artery Disease Among Egyptians - A Case Control Study

Grade =Excellent

 
1993 – 1999

Medical school education (MB BCh),Cairouniversity,Faculty of Medicine

Grade = Excellent,  Rank = 11th

 

 

AWARDS RECIEVED:

     

2014 Best EP Case

– CardioAlex 2014, Annual Cardiology Congress, Alexandria

 
2013 Best EP Case

– CardioAlex 2013, Annual Cardiology Congress, Alexandria

 
2012 Best EP Case

– CardioAlex 2012, Annual Cardiology Congress, Alexandria

 
2011 Best CRT Case

– The Beating Heart Curriculum, Brussels, Belgium

 
2011 Best EP Case

– CardioAlex 2011, Annual Cardiology Congress, Alexandria

 
2010 Best EP Case

– CardioAlex 2010, Annual Cardiology Congress, Alexandria

 
2008 Best EP Presentation

– Canadian EP Fellows Course, Banff, Alberta

 
2005 Young Investigator Award

- Egyptian Society of Cardiology congress

 
2004 Distinguished Performance Award

– Cardiology department, Cairo University


WORK EXPERIENCE:

      

Since

Sep-2014

 

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Electrophysiology and Pacing Service, Cardiology Division, Dalhousie University and CDHA, Halifax, NS, Canada
Apr-2010 to Aug-2014

Attending Electrophysiologist at:

Dar Al Fouad Hospital, 6th of October City

 
2009 – 2014

Consultant Cardiac Electrophysiologist at:

1-  Alborg Specialized Hospital, Mohandesin, Cairo

2-  Nile Badrawi Hospital, Maadi, Cairo

3-  Degla Heart Center, Maadi, Cairo

4-   Dar Al Fouad Hospital, 6th of October City

5-  Oasis Clinics, Sheikh Zayed City

6-  CardioNile Heart Center, Mohandessin, Cairo

7-  Eastern City Hospital, Alexandria

 
July-2008 to Aug-2014

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Director of EP and Pacing Service,Cardiology department, Cairo University

 
July-2006 to June-2008

Clinical Electrophysiology Fellow,QueenElizabethIIHealthSciencesCenter,Halifax,NS,Canada(2 years program)

 
2004 - 2006

Clinical demonstrator then Assistant Lecturer,Cardiology department,CairoUniversity

 
2001 – 2004

Resident,Cardiology department,CairoUniversityhospitals

18 months: Clinical Cardiology

6 months:  Invasive Cardiology

6 months:  Non-invasive diagnostic Cardiology

6 months:  CCU

 
2000

Internship,Cairo University hospitals

 

 

 

 


ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY TRAINING AND CME:

         

 

Jan 2005 – Jun 2006

 

 

Participated in the

Training Program in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing

organized byCairo andAinShamsUniversities,Cairo,Egypt.
21-22 July, 2005

 

 

Observer of

EP procedures including AF ablation using 3D mapping system and CRT device implantation

at St. paul Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
24-26 Aug, 2005

 

 

 

Participated in the Clinical and Training Course for the Biosense Technology

“Electro-anatomical Mapping and Validation of linear lesions using the CARTO XP”

at the European Surgical Institute,Hamburg,Germany.
July 2006 – July 2008

 

Clinical Electrophysiology Fellowship,QueenElizabethIIHealthSciencesCenter,Halifax,NS,Canada(2 years program)
29 Oct – 1 Nov, 2006

Participated in the

“Advanced Ablation Course 2006”

organized by Heart Rhythm Society,New York.
8-10 Feb, 2007

Participated in

“Re-inventing Arrhythmia Management Course”

organized by Medtronic, San Francisco.
13-15 Apr, 2007

Participated in

“Electrophysiology Fellows Conference”

organized by Cardiovascular Research Institute,Washington,DC.
21 Apr, 2007

Participated in the

“Advanced Device Concepts Course for Electrophysiology Fellows”

organized by Medtronic,Montreal.
9-12 May, 2007

Attended and presented in the

“Heart Rhythm Society Annual meeting”

,Denver,Colorado
29-30 Sep, 2007

Participated in the

“EP Fellows Fall Summit”

organized by Medtronic,Minneapolis,MN.
20-24 Oct, 2007

Attended and presented in the annual

“Canadian Cardiovascular Society Congress”

,Quebec city,Quebec
10 Nov, 2007

Participated in the

“Second Annual EP Rounds Symposium”

organized by Guident,London,Ontario.
1-2 Dec, 2007

Participated in the

“Josephson & Wellens Intracardiac Unknowns for EP Fellows Program”

organized by Medtronic,Boston.
1 Mar, 2008

Participated in the

“Advanced Device Concepts Course for Electrophysiology Fellows”

organized by Medtronic,San Francisco.
13 May, 2008

Participated in the

“Fifth Annual EP Fellows Conference”

organized by St Jude,San Francisco.
14-17 May, 2008

Attended the

“Heart Rhythm Society Annual meeting”

,San Francisco, California

 
4-7 Nov, 2008

Attended and presented in the international electrophysiology conference

“CairoStim”

,Cairo
21-24 Jun, 2009

Attended and presented in the

“Europace Electrophysiology and pacing meeting”

, Berlin, Germany
24-28 Oct, 2009

Attended and presented in the annual

“Canadian Cardiovascular Society Congress”

, Edmonton, Alberta
12-15 May, 2010

Attended the

“Heart Rhythm Society Annual meeting”

, Denver, Colorado
23-27 Oct, 2010

Attended and presented in the annual

“Canadian Cardiovascular Society Congress”

, Montreal, Quebec
16-18 Feb, 2011

Attended

“Session I - Beating Heart Curriculum”

training course, Brussels, Belgium
9-11 Mar, 2011

Attended the

“Cardiopace 2011 EP Congress”

, Beirut, Lebanon
10-12 April, 2011

Attended and presented in the

“European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society annual congress”

, Paris, France
4-7 May, 2011

Attended and presented in the

“Heart Rhythm Society Annual meeting”

, San Francisco, California
29-31 May, 2011

Attended and presented in

“Session II - Beating Heart Curriculum”

training course, Brussels, Belgium
26-29 Jun, 2011

Attended and presented in

Europace 2011

, Madrid, Spain
20-21 Oct, 2011

Attended and participated in

“Session III - Beating Heart Curriculum”

training course, Pisa, Italy
4-5 Jan, 2012

Attended

“Sudden Cardiac Death Symposium”

, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20-21 Jan, 2012

Attended the

“6th Expert Meeting Berlin”

organized by Biotronik, Berlin, Germany
13-16 Mar, 2012

Attended and participated in the

“Advanced CRT Course”

organized by St Jude Medical, Milan, Italy
29-30 Mar, 2012

Attended and participated in the

“Alliance Course: State of the Art in Electrical Management of Cardiac Diseases”

organized by Hopitaux de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
20-22 April, 2012

Attended and presented in the

“European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society annual congress”

, Munich, Germany
9-12 May, 2012

Attended and presented in the

“Heart Rhythm Society Annual meeting”

, Boston, MA
17-18 May, 2012

Attended and participated in the

“Leading Techniques in VT Managament Course”

organized by San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
13-16 Jun, 2012

Attended and presented in

“Cardiostim 2012”

, Nice, France
21-22 Jun, 2012

Attended and participated in the

“AF Ablation Course”

organized by John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

 
22-26 Oct, 2012

Attended and participated in the

“CRMD Workshop”

organized by St Johannes Hospital, Dortmund, Germany
20 Dec,2012

Attended and participated in the

“EP Club Session: Meat the Experts”

organized by Saudi Heart Rhythm Society, Sheraton Hotel, Riyadh
21-23 Feb, 2013

Attended and participated in the

“Advanced Invasive Cardiac Electrophysiology Course”

organized by EHRA, Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
8-11 May, 2013

Attended the

“Heart Rhythm Society Annual meeting”

, Denver, Colorado
23-26 Jun, 2013

Attended and presented in the

“Europace Electrophysiology and pacing meeting”

, Athens, Greece
17-20 Oct, 2013

Attended and presented in the annual

“Canadian Cardiovascular Society Congress”

, Montreal, Quebec
6-8 Mar, 2014

Attended and presented in the

“Gulf EP Live congress”

, Dubai, UAE
12-14 Mar, 2014

Attended the

“13th Atrial Fibrillation Symposium”

, Prague, Czech Republic
13-16 Mar, 2014

Attended and presented in the

“10th International Congress of Update in Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery”

, Antalya, Turkey
9 Apr, 2014

Attended training on

"Cryoballoon Atrial Fibrillation Ablation"

organized by Medtronic, Kaufbeuren, Germany
18-19 Apr, 2014

Attended and presented in the

“Saudi Heart Rhythm Society Annual Congress”

, Riyadh, KSA
23-25 Apr, 2014

Attended and presented in the

“European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society annual congress”

, Munich, Germany
7-10 May, 2014

Attended the

“Heart Rhythm Society Annual meeting”

, San Francisco, California
18-21 Jun, 2014

Attended and Presented in 

“Cardiostim 2014”

, Nice, France

 


RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:

2014 Member

for

Cardioalex Scientific Committee

 
2013 Reviewer

for

Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Journal

 
2013 Member of the Steering Committee

of the multinational multicenter

PANORAMA II

Device Study

 
2013 Reviewer

for

Egyptian Heart Journal

 
2012 Investigator

of the

European Heart Survey on Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

 
2011 Editor in Chief

of the Egyptian Hypertension Society Website (www.ehs-egypt.net)

 
2010 Secretary 

of the Young Investigator Research Forum of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology

 
2009 Reviewer

for

Journal of Electrocardiology, Heart Mirror Journal

 
2009 Editor

in the electronic Journal EPSEgypt (www.epsegypt.com)

 
2008 Reviewer

for

Circulation journals

 
2008 Member

of the

Egyptian Pulmonary Hypertension Group (EPHG)

 
2006 Member

of the writing group of the “

Egyptian Guidelines on Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease”

 
2006 Member

of the working group of the DELTA-C cardiovascular prevention program

 
2005 – 2006 Member

of Infective endocarditis research team  - Cardiology department

 
2004 – 2006 Investigator

ofthe Adult Congenital Heart Disease Guidelines committee for the European Society of Cardiology

 
2003 – 2006

Investigatorof the multicenterHeart failureEndpoint evaluation for theAngiotensinAntagonistLosartan (HEAAL) study

 
Since 2003

Editor in the electronic HeartJ Journal (http://www.heartj.com)


PRESENTED ABSTRACTS:

        

Dec, 2014 ST Elevation Morphology And Site Of Early Repolarization Pattern In Patients With False Tendons

Ahmed M Ragab, Amir AbdelWahab, Yasser Yazeed, Wael El Naggar

Presented in EuroEcho 2014 congress, Vienna, Austria

 
Nov, 2014 Validation of a New Algorithm for Detection of Coronary Artery Disease Using Carotid and Femoral Vascular Ultrasound

Nabil Alzaeim, Amir Abdelwahab, Essam Baligh

Presented in the American Heart Association annual congress, Chicago, IL

 
Aug, 2014 Atrial Preexcitation & A Fixed S-A Iinterval In Relation To The Fusion Zone Are Superior To PPI-TCL In Identifying SVT Mechanism

Amir AbdelWahab, Mohammad Shafiq, Magdy AbdelHamid, Yasser AdelHady

Presented in the European Society of Cardiology annual congress, Barcelona, Spain

 
May, 2014 Familial Clustering of Heart Block, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Left Ventricular Non-compaction

Batool AlMogheer, Amir AbdelWahab, Ahmed El Damaty, Hussien Rizk

Presented in the Heart Rhythm Society annual congress, San Francisco, California

 
May, 2014 ST Elevation Morphology And Site Of Early Repolarization Pattern In Patients With False Tendons

Ahmed M Ragab, Amir AbdelWahab, Yasser Yazeed, Wael El Naggar

Presented in World Congress of Cardiology, Melbourne, Australia

 
Mar, 2014 Randomized Comparative Clinical Study between Echocardiographic-based and Electrogram-based Optimization of Patients with Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Ahmed Elamragy, Amir AbdelWahab, Reda Diab, Hussien Rizk

Presented in the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society annual congress, Munich, Germany

 
Mar, 2014 Isolated Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Associated With Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome and Coronary Sinus Related Accessory Pathways

Batool AlMogheer, Sherif Gouda, Amir AbdelWahab

Presented in the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society annual congress, Munich, Germany

 
Mar, 2014 Familial Clustering of Heart Block, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Left Ventricular Non-compaction

Batool AlMogheer, Amir AbdelWahab, Ahmed El Damaty, Hussien Rizk

Presented in the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society annual congress, Munich, Germany

 

 

 

 

 
Mar, 2014 Response To Atrial Entrainment Is Highly Accurate In Identifying Mechanism Of Wide Complex Tachycardia

Amir AbdelWahab, Mohamed AbdelGhani, Yasser Baghdady, AbdelHakim Noman, John Sapp

Oral presentation

in the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society annual congress, Munich, Germany

 
Feb, 2014 ST Elevation Morphology And Site Of Early Repolarization Pattern In Patients With False Tendons

Ahmed M Ragab, Amir AbdelWahab, Yasser Yazeed, Wael El Naggar

Presented in Cardiovascular Research Technologies Congress, Washington

 
Oct, 2013 Atrial Preexcitation & A Fixed S-A Iinterval In Relation To The Fusion Zone Are Superior To PPI-TCL In Identifying SVT Mechanism

Amir AbdelWahab, Mohammad Shafiq, Magdy AbdelHamid, Yasser AdelHady

Presented in Canadian Cardiovascular Society congress 2013, Montreal, Canada

 
Oct, 2013 Catheter Ablation of a Concealed Anteroseptal Accessory Pathway Via the Aortic Non-coronary Sinus

Mohammad Shafiq, Ahmed El-Damaty, Sherif Osama, Batool Mostafa, Amir AbdelWahab

Presented in Canadian Cardiovascular Society congress 2013, Montreal, Canada

 
Feb, 2013 Value of transthoracic Doppler echocardiography in the assessment of the left anterior descending artery flow in patients follow acute myocardial infarction

Heba Farouk Saleh, Hussien Heshmat, Amir AbdelWahab, Yasser Baghdady, Khalid Sorour

Presented in Saudi Heart Association Congress 2013, Riyadh, KSA

 
Jun, 2012 Response To Atrial Entrainment Is Highly Accurate In Identifying Mechanism Of Wide Complex Tachycardia

Amir AbdelWahab, Mohamed AbdelGhani, Yasser Baghdady, AbdelHakim Noman, John Sapp

Presented in CardioStim 2012 congress, Nice, France

 
Jun, 2012 Atrial Preexcitation & A Fixed S-A Iinterval In Relation To The Fusion Zone Are Superior To PPI-TCL In Identifying SVT Mechanism

Amir AbdelWahab, Mohammad Shafiq, Magdy AbdelHamid, Yasser AdelHady

Presented in CardioStim 2012 congress, Nice, France

 

 
May, 2012 Atrial Preexcitation & A Fixed S-A Iinterval In Relation To The Fusion Zone Are Superior To PPI-TCL In Identifying SVT Mechanism

Amir AbdelWahab, Mohammad Shafiq, Magdy AbdelHamid, Yasser AdelHady

Presented in the Heart Rhythm Society Annual meeting, Boston, MA

 
Apr, 2012 Atrial Preexcitation & A Fixed S-A Iinterval In Relation To The Fusion Zone Are Superior To PPI-TCL In Identifying SVT Mechanism

Amir AbdelWahab, Mohammad Shafiq, Magdy AbdelHamid, Yasser AdelHady

Presented in the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society annual congress, Munich, Germany

 
Jun, 2011 Basal Right Ventricular Entrainment is Superior to Apical Entrainment In Identifying Mechanism of Supraventricular Tachycardia

Dhaifallah Yahya, Batool Al-Mogheer, Sherif Gouda, Essam Eweis, Mohamed El-Ramly, Amir AbdelWahab

Presented in Europace 2011, Madrid, Spain

 
May, 2011 Basal Right Ventricular Entrainment is Superior to Apical Entrainment In Identifying Mechanism of Supraventricular Tachycardia

Dhaifallah Yahya, Batool Al-Mogheer, Sherif Gouda, Essam Eweis, Mohamed El-Ramly, Amir AbdelWahab

Presented in the Heart Rhythm Society Annual meeting, San Francisco, CA

 
Apr, 2011 Basal Right Ventricular Entrainment is Superior to Apical Entrainment In Identifying Mechanism of Supraventricular Tachycardia

Dhaifallah Yahya, Batool Al-Mogheer, Sherif Gouda, Essam Eweis, Mohamed El-Ramly, Amir AbdelWahab

Presented in the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society annual congress, Paris, France

 
Oct, 2010 Antiarrhythmic Drug Discontinuation After Scar-Related Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation

Amir AbdelWahab, Ratika Parkash, Magdy Basta, Martin Gardner, John Sapp

Presented in the Canadian Cardiovascular Society annual Congress 2010 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

 
Oct, 2009 Three dimensional mapping for ablation of right ventricular outflow tract tachycardias: Immediate and long-term outcomes.

Amir AbdelWahab, Magdy Basta, Ratika Parkash, Martin Gardner, John Sapp.

Presented in the Canadian Cardiovascular Society annual Congress 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

 

 

 

 
Jun, 2009 Three dimensional mapping for ablation of right ventricular outflow tract tachycardias: Immediate and long-term outcomes.

Amir AbdelWahab, Magdy Basta, Ratika Parkash, Martin Gardner, John Sapp.

Presented in EuroPace, Berlin, Germany

 
May, 2009 Ablation For Unmappable Scar-related Ventricular Tachycardia: Immediate and Long-term Outcomes.

Amir AbdelWahab, Ratika Parkash, Magdy Basta, Martin Gardner, John Sapp.

Presented in the Heart Rhythm Society Annual meeting, Boston, MA

 
May, 2009 Unusual Coronary Sinus Venous Anatomy Interfering With Typical Right Atrial Flutter Ablation.

Amir AbdelWahab, John Sapp, Martin Gardner, Ratika Parkash, Magdy Basta

Presented in the Heart Rhythm Society Annual meeting, Boston, MA

 
Oct, 2008 Ablation For Unmappable Scar-related Ventricular Tachycardia: Immediate and Long-term Outcomes.

Amir AbdelWahab, Ratika Parkash, Magdy Basta, Martin Gardner, John Sapp.

Presented in the the Canadian Cardiovascular Society annual Congress 2008, Toronto, Ontario

 
Oct, 2007 Male Gender is Associated With More Appropriate Therapy But Not Increased Survival in a Large Cohort of Patients With Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator.

Andrew Liu, John L Sapp, Martin J Gardner, Amir Abdelwahab, Ciorsti Macintyre, Magdy Basta, Ratika Parkash

Presented in the the Canadian Cardiovascular Society annual Congress 2007, Quebec City, Quebec

 
Oct, 2007 Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators in the Elderly: Outcomes and Natural History.

Ciorsti Macintyre, Ratika Parkash, Brian Clarke, Hena Kidwai, Amir Abdelwahab, Magdy Basta, Martin J Gardner, John L Sapp

Presented in the the Canadian Cardiovascular Society annual Congress 2007, Quebec City, Quebec

 
Oct, 2007 Impedance Mapping for Identification of Ventricular Scar during Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia.

Andrew Liu, Amir Abdelwahab, Martin J Gardner, Magdy Basta,  Ratika Parkash, John L Sapp

Presented in the the Canadian Cardiovascular Society annual Congress 2007, Quebec City, Quebec

 
Oct, 2007 Catheter Ablation Vs. Medical Therapy After ICD Shocks:  Clinical Outcomes And Recurrent Therapy

.

Amir AbdelWahab, Ciorsti MacIntyre, Ratika Parkash, Magdy Basta, Martin Gardner, Andrew Liu, John L. Sapp

Presented in the Canadian Cardiovascular Society annual Congress 2007, Quebec City, Quebec– 1st author and presenter

 

 

 

 
Oct, 2007 Predictors of Mortality in Patients with Recurrent ICD Shocks.

Amir AbdelWahab, Ciorsti MacIntyre, Ratika Parkash, Magdy Basta, Martin Gardner, Andrew Liu, John L. Sapp

Presented in the Canadian Cardiovascular Society annual Congress 2007, Quebec City, Quebec– 1st author and presenter

 
May, 2007 Catheter Ablation Vs. Medical Therapy After ICD Shocks:  Clinical Outcomes And Recurrent Therapy

.

Amir AbdelWahab, Ciorsti MacIntyre, Ratika Parkash, Magdy Basta, Martin Gardner, Andrew Liu, John L. Sapp

Presented in the Heart Rhythm Society Annual meeting, Denver, Colorado– 1st author and presenter

 

 
May, 2007 Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators in the Elderly: Outcomes and Natural History.

Ciorsti Macintyre, Ratika Parkash, Brian Clarke, Hena Kidwai, Amir Abdelwahab, Magdy Basta, Martin J Gardner, John L Sapp

Presented in the Heart Rhythm Society Annual meeting,Denver,CO

 
May, 2007 Impedance Mapping for Identification of Ventricular Scar during Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia.

Andrew Liu, Amir Abdelwahab, Martin J Gardner, Magdy Basta,  Ratika Parkash, John L Sapp

Presented in the Heart Rhythm Society Annual meeting,Denver,Colorado

 
Apr, 2007 Predictors of Mortality in Patients with Recurrent ICD Shocks.

Amir AbdelWahab, Ciorsti MacIntyre, Ratika Parkash, Magdy Basta, Martin Gardner, Andrew Liu, John L. Sapp

Presented in the Internal Medicine and Cardiology research days, Halifax, Nova Scotia– 1st author and presenter

 
July, 2005 A New Step-wise Strategy For The Detection of Coronary Artery Disease Using Carotid and Femoral Ultrasonography.

Amir AbdelWahab, Essam Baligh, Magdi Mokhtar, Hesham Yehia, Radwa Bedair, Hussien Rizk, Sherif ElTobgi, Adel M. Zaki

Presented in the 12th World Congress of Heart Disease, International Academy of Cardiology, Vancouver, Canada – 1st author and presenter

 
July, 2005 Accuracy of Peripheral Vascular Duplex in Predicting Coronary Artery Disease. The Impact of Diabetes Mellitus.

Amir AbdelWahab, Essam Baligh, Magdi Mokhtar, Hesham Yehia, Radwa Bedair, Hussien Rizk, Sherif ElTobgi, Adel M. Zaki

Presented in the 12th World Congress of Heart Disease, International Academy of Cardiology, Vancouver, Canada – 1st author and presenter


PUBLICATIONS:

 
Scar Characteristics for Prediction of Ventricular Arrhythmia in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

Sherif Gouda, Amir AbdelWahab, Mohamed Salem, Magdy Abdel Hamid

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology Journal, Published online 27 Nov 2014

 

Discrepancy between MRI and echocardiography in assessing functional left ventricular parameters and scar characteristics in patients with chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy

Sherif Gouda, Amir AbdelWahab, Mohamed Salem, Magdy AbdelHamid

The Egyptian Heart Journal, Published online 20 Nov 2014
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Anteroseptal basal right ventricular entrainment is simple and superior to apical entrainment in identifying mechanism of supraventricular tachycardia

Amir AbdelWahab, Deifallah Yahia, Essam Ewiss, Mohamed El Ramly.

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, Sep 2013, Vol. 38, No. 1, Pages 71-78

 
Low prevalence of Brugada-type electrocardiogram in a prospective large cohort of Egyptians

Mohammed Akram, Amir AbdelWahab, Sameh Salama, Magdi Mokhtar

The Egyptian Heart Journal, Jun 2013, 65, 259–263

 
Assessment of Myocardial Scarring Prior to ICD Implantation

Amir AbdelWahab, Sherif Osama.

Heart Mirror Journal, Nov 2012, Vol. 6, No. 3, Pages 90-93

 
Short QT Syndrome

Amir AbdelWahab. Heart Mirror Journal, Nov 2011, Vol. 5, No. 3, Pages 370-373

 
Ventricular tachycardia caused by a left ventricular aneurysm in a patient with previous surgery for ventricular septal defect

Osman Can Yontar, Amir AbdelWahab, Alim Erdem, İzzet Tandoğan

Archives of Turkish Society of Cardiology, Mar 2011, Vol. 39, No. 2, Pages 154-158

 
Drug-related Proarrhythmia

Amir AbdelWahab. Heart Mirror Journal, Jan 2011, Vol. 5, No. 1, Pages 229-243

 
Chronic Atrial Fibrillation: Is There a Chance For Cure?

Amir AbdelWahab. Heart Mirror Journal, May 2010, Vol. 4, No. 1, Pages 65-67

 
How Early Can We Use ICDs After Myocardial Infarction?

Amir AbdelWahab. Heart Mirror Journal, Nov 2009, Vol. 3, No. 2, Pages 7-8

 
A Young Child With Palpitations

Amir AbdelWahab, Mervat Nabih. Journal of Electrocardiology, May 2009, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 237

 
A Technique For the Rapid Diagnosis of Wide Complex Tachycardia With 1:1 AV Relationship in The Electrophysiology Laboratory

Amir AbdelWahab, Martin Gardner, Magdy Basta, Ratika Parkash, Aamir Khan, John Sapp. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. Apr 2009, Vol 32, Issue 4, Pages 475-83
Mapping and Ablation of Multiple Atrial Arrhythmias in a Patient With Persistent Atrial Standstill After Remote Viral Myocarditis

Amir AbdelWahab, John Sapp, Ratika Parkash, Magdy Basta, Martin Gardner. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, Feb 2009, Vol 32, Issue 2, Pages 275-77

 
Wide Complex Tachycardia in a Patient With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

Amir AbdelWahab, John Sapp, Martin Gardner, Ratika Parkash. Heart Rhythm Journal, Nov 2008, Vol. 5, Issue 11, Pages 1621-1624.

 
Catheter Ablation for Scar Related Ventricular Tachycardia: Outcomes in Relation to the Arrhythmic Substrate

Amir AbdelWahab, Ratika Parkash, Magdy Basta, Martin Gardner, Hesham Yehia, Hussien Rizk, Adel M. Zaki, John L. Sapp. Heart Mirror Journal, Nov 2008, Vol. 2, No. 2, Pages 80-89

 
A case of AF ablation

Amir AbdelWahab, John Sapp. HeartJ electronic journal, Nov 2008, Vol. 32

http://www.heartj.com/ECGin.asp?id=62

 
Three Wide Complex Tachycardias

Amir AbdelWahab, John Sapp, Magdy Basta, Martin Gardner. Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology, 2008, Vol. 19, Pages 882-884

 
A Case of Narrow Complex Tachycardia

Amir AbdelWahab, Martin Gardner, John Sapp, Magdy Basta. Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology, 2008, Vol. 19, Pages 330-331

 
NaviStar® ThermoCool® catheter for ventricular tachycardia

Amir AbdelWahab, John Sapp. Expert Review of Medical Devices, May 2007, Vol. 4, No. 3, Pages 307-314

 
Arrhythmia Quiz

Amir AbdelWahab, Magdy Basta. Heart Mirror Journal, Mar 2007, Vol. 1, No. 1, Pages 40-42

 
Ablation of Ischemic VT

Amir AbdelWahab, John Sapp. HeartJ electronic journal, Jan 2007, Vol. 32

http://www.heartj.com/ECGin.asp?id=60

 
Egyptian Guidelines on Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

Assistant staff. May 2006

http://www.ehs-egypt.net/pdf/guidelines06.pdf

 
A New Step-wise Strategy For The Detection of Coronary Artery Disease Using Carotid and Femoral Ultrasonography

Amir AbdelWahab, Essam Baligh, Magdi Mokhtar, Hesham Yehia, Radwa Bedair, Hussien Rizk, Sherif ElTobgi, Adel M. Zaki. Egyptian Heart Journal, Sep 2005, Vol. 57, No. 3, Pages 225-237

 
Accuracy of Peripheral Vascular Duplex in Predicting Coronary Artery Disease. The Impact of Diabetes Mellitus

Amir AbdelWahab, Essam Baligh, Magdi Mokhtar, Hesham Yehia, Radwa Bedair, Hussien Rizk, Sherif ElTobgi, Adel M. Zaki. Egyptian Heart Journal, Jun 2005, Vol. 57, No. 2, Pages 141-151


ARTICLE REVIEWS:

Late onset of exercise induced focal ventricular tachycardia originating from the ventricular end of an A-V accessory pathway after elimination of conduction

Journal of Electrocardiology, Sep 2014

 

QRS Fragmentation as a Prognostic Test in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Egyptian Heart Journal, Apr 2014

 
Novel Assessment of Wide Complex Tachycardia Algorithms Using Premature VentricularComplexes

Journal of Electrocardiology, Feb 2014

 

The Clinical Significance of CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASC scores in Pacemaker Patients with Sinus Node Dysfunction With and Without Atrial Fibrillation

Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Dec 2013

 

Optimization of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Using Arterial Pulse Contour Analysis

Egyptian Heart Journal, Sep 2013

 
Self-terminating long-lasting ventricular fibrillation: What is the mechanism?

Journal of Electrocardiology, Jul 2013

 
Corrected QT Dispersion As A Predictor Of The Frequency Of Paroxysmal Tachyarrhythmias In Patients With Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome

Egyptian Heart Journal, Apr 2013

 
Brugada Syndrome with Atypical Characteristics: Case Report

Egyptian Heart Journal, Feb 2013

 
ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the Presence of Biventricular versus Right Ventricular Paced Rhythm

Journal of Electrocardiology, Jun 2012

 
The Relationship between P wave Dispersion and left ventricular Diastolic function in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Egyptian Hypertension Journal, Mar 2012

 
Successful Targets for Ablation of Focal Atrial Tachycardia: A comparison between bipolar and unipolar electrograms

Heart Mirror Journal, Feb 2012

 
Transient Atrioventricular Block in an Orthotopic Cardiac Transplant Recipient

Journal of Electrocardiology, Jan 2012

 
Junctional Rhythm occuring during RF ablation of AVNRT in Egyptians. Does it differ?

Heart Mirror Journal, Jan 2012

 
Long term Follow up after Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia

Heart Mirror Journal, Nov 2011

 
Electrical storm after percuteneous transluminal septal myocardial ablation on hypertrophicobstructive cardiomyopathy : a case report

Parvaneh et al. Journal of Electrocardiology, Oct 2011

 
Efficacy and Safety of Mexiletine versus Atenolol for the Treatment of Symptomatic Ventricular Ectopy in the Absence of Heart Disease

Heart Mirror Journal, Aug 2011

 
Biventricular versus Left UniventriculrPacing In Patients With Congestive Heart Failure

Heart Mirror Journal, Aug 2011

 
Head up Tilt Table Test as a recent Tool for Diagnosis of Asymptomatic Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy in Diabetic Patients

Egyptian Hypertension Journal, Jun 2011

 
Direction Dependent Conduction Abnormalities in the Chronically Stretched Atria

Wong et al. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, May 2011

 
Spontaneous Disappearance of Left Bundle Branch Block After Spinal Anaesthesia With Levobupivacaine

Hadjipavlou et al. Journal of Electrocardiology, May 2011

 
Three Dimensional versus Conventional mapping Guided Ablation of Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia

Heart Mirror Journal, Feb 2011

 
 

Pacemaker induced chest wall stimulation in a child with Twiddler's syndrome

Udink ten Cate et al. Journal of Electrocardiology, Dec 2010

 

 
Antiarrhythmic therapy might depend on autonomic regulation of the heart

Treshkur et al. Journal of Electrocardiology, Sep 2010

 
Non-invasive estimation of organization in atrial fibrillation as a predictor of sinus rhythm maintenance

Petersson et al. Journal of Electrocardiology, Sep 2010

 
The Role of Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Pulmonary Vein Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Compared to Computed Tomography (ROTEA study)

Gabriel et al. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging, Sep 2010

 
Cardiac arrest caused by torsades de pointes tachycardia after successful atrial flutter

radiofrequency catheter ablation

Mantziari et al. Journal of Electrocardiology, Sep 2010

 

 

 
Asymptomatic right ventricular perforation by an ICD lead detected by home monitoring system

Migliore et al. Journal of Electrocardiology, Jun 2010

 
Atipic electrocardiographic manifestation of pulmonary embolism

Can et al. Journal of Electrocardiology, Jun 2010

 
The Lightning Heart: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Cardiovascular Complications of Lightning Injury

McIntyre et al. Journal of Electrocardiology, May 2010

 
Augmentation of the amplitude of QRS complexes during narrow-complex tachycardia: An ignored ubiquitous phenomenon in electrocardiography

Madias et al.

Journal of Electrocardiology, Feb 2010

 
How many leads through persistent left superior vein cava and coronary sinus?

Morani et al. Journal of Electrocardiology, Nov 2009

 

 
Simultaneous ablation of atrial tachycardia and right anterior septum accessory pathway at the same site

Jian-Qiang et al. Journal of Electrocardiology, Oct 2009

 
Atrio-ventricular 2:1 block as clinical presentation of a septal mass causing left ventricular outflow tract obstruction

Brunetti et al. Journal of Electrocardiology, Aug 2009

 
Dobutamine stress echocardiography in a patient with WPW: a case report

Yamani et al. Journal of Electrocardiology, Jul 2009

 
Type II Bidirectional Ventricular Tachycardia in a Patient with Myocardial Infarction

Gul et al. Journal of Electrocardiology, Jun 2009

 
Delayed Cardiac Perforation by One Small Body Diameter Defibrillator Lead

Majid Haghjoo, MD, FESC, Abolfath Alizadeh, MD, Amir Farjam Fazelifar, MD,

Mohammad Ali Sadr-Ameli. Journal of Electrocardiology, Mar 2009

 
Quadruple atrioventricular nodal pathways involved orthodromic atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia

Journal of Electrocardiology, Mar 2009

 
Prognostic Value of Exercise-Induced Ventricular Arrhythmia in Chagas’ Heart Disease.

José Salles, Katia Bloch, Monica Magnanini, Daniel Bezerra, Roberto Pedrosa. Circulation July 2008

 

 

 


SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS:

Dec, 2014 Atrial Arrhythmias

Presented in Med II Met II Lectures

Tupper Building, Halifax, NS

 
Nov, 2014 Interesting Device EGMs

Presented in Halifax Device Workshop (SJM)

Marriott Waterfront, Halifax, NS

 
Nov-Dec, 2014 Interesting ECGs

Presented in ECG Rounds

QEII Health Sciences Center, Halifax, NS

6, 13 Nov/ 19 Dec

 
Nov, 2014 Ventricular Tachycardia

Presented in IMCU Teaching rounds

QEII Health Sciences Center, Halifax, NS

 
Nov, 2014 Needle Ablation Catheter EGMs
 

Presented in Research in progress session

QEII Health Sciences Center, Halifax, NS

 
Oct, 2014 Ventricular Tachycardia

Presented in IMCU Teaching rounds

QEII Health Sciences Center, Halifax, NS

 
Oct, 2014 Indications of Pacemakers/CRT

Presented in Halifax Device Workshop for residents

Ashburn Golf Club, Halifax, NS

 
Jun, 2014 Towards Better Risk Stratification of SCD in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

Presented in the Cardiology Grand Rounds

RBC Theater, QEII Health Sciences Center, Halifax, NS

 
Jun, 2014 Pathophysiology and Risk Stratification of Ventricular Arrhythmias

Presented in CardioAlex 2014

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria

 
May, 2014 Breakthrough Clinical Trials in Electrophyaiology and Device Therapy in 2014

Presented in the annual scientific day of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cairo University

Learning Resource Center, Kasr Al Ainy, Cairo

 
Apr, 2014 Challenging Arrhythmia Cases

Presented in Saudi Heart Rhythm Society congress

Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Riyadh

 
Mar, 2014 ECG of WPW Syndrome

Presented in COMBAT MI EGYPT 2014 Congress, organized by Egyptian Society of Cardiology

Fairmont Towers Hotel, Heliopolis, Cairo

 
Mar, 2014 Arrhythmia in a patient with repaired complex congenital heart disease

Attended and presented in the 10th International Congress of Update in Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Antalya, Turkey

 
Mar, 2014 Arrhythmia in a patient with repaired complex congenital heart disease

Presented in the first Gulf EP Live congress

H-Hotel, Dubai, UAE

 
Feb, 2014 Arrhythmias in Heart Failure

Presented in the annual congress of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology CARDIOEGYPT 2014

Fairmont Towers Hotel, Heliopolis, Cairo

 
Jan, 2014 Technique of Epicardial VT Ablation

Presented in CARTO Club electrophysiology meeting, Egyptian Heart House, Dokki, Giza

 
Sep, 2013 ECG in Ventricular Tachycardia

ECG in Arrhythmic Syndromes

Two lectures presented in ECG Course for Cardiologists

Egyptian Heart House, Dokki, Cairo

 
Jun, 2013 Catheter Ablation of AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia

Atrial Fibrillation and Hypertension

Two lectures presented in the CardioAlex

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria

 
Mar, 2013 Device Therapy for Heart Failure

Presented in Servier Course for Cardiologists 2013

Marriott Hotel, Zamalek, Cairo

 
Mar, 2013 Wide Complex Tachycardias

Presented in COMBAT MI EGYPT 2013 Congress, organized by Egyptian Society of Cardiology

Fairmont Towers Hotel, Heliopolis, Cairo

 
Feb, 2013 ICD basics, programming and troubleshooting

Basics of cardiac EP study

Two lectures presented in the annual congress of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology CARDIOEGYPT 2013

Fairmont Towers Hotel, Heliopolis, Cairo

 
Feb, 2013 Device Therapy for Neurocardiogenic Syncope

Presented in Saudi Heart Association / Gulf Heart Association combined congress

Intercontinental Hotel, Riyadh

 
Sep, 2012 Device Therapy for Heart Failure

Presented in Beni-Swif Arrhythmia Day

Beni-Swif University Hospital, Beni-Swif

 
Jun, 2012 Non-pharmacologic Therapy of Atrial Fibrillation

Presented in the Advanced Electrophysiology Training Workshop, Dar Al Fouad Hospital

Novotel 6th of October, Cairo

 
Jun, 2012 Early Repolarization Syndrome

Presented in the CardioAlex

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria

 
Apr, 2012 New Tools in VT Ablation

Presented in the 7th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiology Department, Dar Al Fouad Hospital

Novotel 6th of October, Cairo

 
April, 2012 Atrial Fibrillation Management And Risk Of Thromboembolism

Presented in Neurology Department Grand Rounds

Neurology Department, Cairo University, Cairo

 

 
April, 2012 Bradyarrhythmia Case Scenarios

Presented in COMBAT MI EGYPT 2012 Congress, organized by Egyptian Society of Cardiology

Fairmont Towers Hotel, Heliopolis, Cairo

 
Feb, 2012 Interpreting Device Trials

Presented in the annual congress of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology CARDIOEGYPT 2012

Fairmont Towers Hotel, Heliopolis, Cairo

 
Feb, 2012 Challenging CRT-D Implantation Pre-recorded case

Presented in the annual congress of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology CARDIOEGYPT 2012

Fairmont Towers Hotel, Heliopolis, Cairo

 
Feb, 2012 VT ablation: Searching a haystack

Presented in the annual congress of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology CARDIOEGYPT 2012

Fairmont Towers Hotel, Heliopolis, Cairo

 
Feb, 2012 CRT in Patients with RBBB

Presented in the Arrhythmia and Devices training course

National Heart Institute, Imbaba, Cairo

 

 
Oct, 2011 Ventricular Tachycardia

Presented in the Egyptian Hypertension Society – Glaxo Egypt training course

“Advances in Cardiovascular Medicine”

Conrad Hotel, Cairo

 
Oct, 2011 Familial Sudden Death

Presented in the Egyptian Hypertension Society – Glaxo Egypt training course

“Advances in Cardiovascular Medicine”

Conrad Hotel, Cairo

 
Oct, 2011 A Challenging CRT Case

Presented in Session III of the Beating Heart Curriculum training course organized by St Jude Medical

Pisa, Italy

 
Oct, 2011 Device and Surgical Therapy of Heart Failure

Presented in Cardiology Teaching Seminars, Cardiology Department, Cairo

 
Jul, 2011 Non-pharmacologic Therapy of Atrial Fibrillation

Presented in Beni-Swif Arrhythmia Day

Beni-Swif University Hospital, Beni-Swif

 
Jun, 2011 Young Investigator Forum Research Registry: Current Status

Presented in the CardioAlex

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria

 
Jun, 2011 ECG Pitfalls and Artifacts, Case Reviews

Presented in the CardioAlex

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria

 
Jun, 2011 An EP Challenge

Presented in the CardioAlex EP Competition

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria

 
Jun, 2011 A Case of Scar-Related VT Ablation

Presented in the CardioAlex EP Competition

Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria

 
May, 2011 A CRT case with complications

Presented in Session II of the Beating Heart Curriculum training course organized by St Jude Medical

Brussels, Belgium

 
Apr, 2011 Pre-hospital and ER Managament of Acute Coronary Syndromes

Presented in the Egyptian Hypertension Society – Glaxo Egypt training course

Conrad Hotel, Cairo

 
Apr, 2011 Serious Arrhythmias in ICU

Presented in the 6th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiology Department, Dar Al Fouad Hospital

Novotel 6th of October, Cairo

 
Apr, 2011 Acute Complications of Pacing

Presented in COMBAT MI EGYPT 2011 Congress, organized by Egyptian Society of Cardiology, Marriott Hotel, Cairo

 
Feb, 2011 VT Ablation in ARVC

Presented in ARVC day, Cardiology Department, Cairo University

 
Dec, 2010 Supraventricular Tachycardia for EP Trainees

Presented in Electrocardiology Training Course, Cardiology Department, Bany Swif, Egypt

 
Dec, 2010 Wide Complex Tachycardia after Fallot’s Tetralogy Repair

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds, Cardiology Department, Cairo

 
Dec, 2010 New Anti-Arrhythmic Drugs for Atrial Fibrillation

Presented in the annual congress of the Egyptian Cardiac Rhythm Association

Fairmont Heliopolis Hotel, Cairo

 
Dec, 2010 Redo AF Ablation: Where do we stand?

Presented in the annual congress of the Egyptian Cardiac Rhythm Association

Fairmont Heliopolis Hotel, Cairo

 
Dec, 2010 Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Advanced Heart Failure

Presented in the annual congress of the Egyptian Working Group of Interventional Cardiology

Cairo University, Cairo

 
Oct, 2010 Ventricular Tachycardia

Presented in the Egyptian Hypertension Society – Glaxo Egypt training course

Green Plaza, Alexandria

 

 

 

 
Oct, 2010 Familial Sudden Death

Presented in the Egyptian Hypertension Society – Glaxo Egypt training course

Green Plaza, Alexandria

 
Oct, 2010 Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia

Presented in the Annual Electrophysiology and Pacing Training Course, Dar Al Fouad Hospital

Novotel 6th of October, Cairo

 
Jul, 2010 Mapping of Ischemic VT

Presented in CARTO Club electrophysiology meeting, Ain Shams University, Cairo

 
Jun, 2010 Electro-anatomical Mapping: 2010

Presented in CardioAlex 2010 Congress, Alexandrial Library, Alexandria

 
May, 2010 Familial Sudden Death Syndromes

Presented in the annual EP day of the Cardiology Department, cairo University “Electrophysiology and Pacing: 2010”

New Kasr ElAiny Hospital, Cairo

 
Apr, 2010 SVT for EP Trainees

Presented in the EP training course of the National Heart Institute, NHI, Cairo

 
Apr, 2010 Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in Heart Failure

Presented in AlexPace 2010 Congress, organized by Egyptian Heart Rhythm Association, Mediterranean Azur Hotel, Alexandria

 
Mar, 2010 Atrial Fibrillation in Acute MI Setting

Presented in COMBAT MI EGYPT 2010 Congress, organized by Egyptian Society of Cardiology, Sheraton Hotel, Cairo

 
Mar, 2010 Fascicular VT Ablation

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds, Cardiology Department, Cairo

 
Feb, 2010 Atypical Flutter Ablation in A Patient with Rheumatic Heart Disease

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds, Cardiology Department, Cairo

 
Feb, 2010 AV Nodal Disease: EP Perspective

Presented in the arrhythmia training course organized by Cardiology Department, Zaqaziq University, Zaqaziq

 

 
Jan, 2010 Familial Sudden Death

Presented in Cardiology Core Review Course, Cardiology Department, Cairo

 

 
Dec, 2009 Mapping of Macro-reentrant Atrial Arrhythmias

Presented in EP training course organized by Egyptian Cardiac Rhythm Association, French Hospital, Cairo

 
Dec, 2009 Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients with Right Bundle Branch Block

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds, Cardiology Department, Cairo

 
Dec, 2009 Arrhytmias in Adult Patients with Congenital Heart Disease

Presented in Congenital Club, Cardiology Department, Cairo

 
Dec, 2009 Heart Failure Management in the Era of Device Therapy

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds, Cardiology Department, Cairo

 
Nov, 2009 Difficult Pacemaker Troubleshooting

Presented in the Pacing Day, Al-Hussein University Hospital, Cairo

 
Oct, 2009 Advances in Biventricular Pacing

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds, Cardiology Department, Cairo

 
Oct, 2009 Parahisian VT Ablation Guided by 3D Electroanatomical Mapping

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds, Cardiology Department, Cairo

 
Jun-Jul, 2009 ECG of Arrhythmias

A course for postgraduate students, Cardiology Department, Cairo

 
May, 2009 Atypical Atrial Flutter – Case Presentation

Presented in CARTO Club electrophysiology meeting,Cairo

 
Apr, 2009 Clinical Data Management

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds, Cardiology Department, Cairo

 
Apr, 2009 Diagnostic Tests

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds, Cardiology Department, Cairo

 
Apr, 2009 VT Ablation: An update

Presented in Dar Al Fouad Hospital 4th annual meeting, Four seasons hotel, Cairo

 
Feb, 2009 VT Ablation: 2009

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds, Cardiology Department, Cairo

 
Nov, 2008 Routine Defibrillation Threshold Testing after ICD Implantation: Cons

Presented as a debate in CairoStim 2008 international electrophysiology congress,Cairo

 
Oct, 2008 Interactive Case Presentation

Presented in CARTO Club electrophysiology meeting,Cairo

 
May, 2008 Ablation For Unmappable Scar-related Ventricular Tachycardia: Immediate and Long-term Outcomes.

Amir AbdelWahab, Ratika Parkash, Magdy Basta, Martin Gardner, John Sapp.

Presented in the Cardiology research day,Halifax,Nova Scotia

 
Feb, 2007 VT ablation update

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds,Halifax,Nova Scotia

 
July, 2006 - 2008

Participated in the weekly EP rounds with these presentations:

1-   Action potential: Basis of arrhythmogenesis

2-   AVN function and EP testing

3-   Sinus node function and EP testing

4-   Mechanisms and types of VT

5-   ICD trials

6-   Weird pre-excitation syndromes

7-   EP lab identification of the SVT mechanism

8-   EP lab differential diagnosis of wide complex tachycardia

9-   Device Infections

10-               Familial Sudden Death

11-               DFT Testing and Shock Programming

12-               Class III antiarrhythmic drugs

13-               Ablation of Organized Atrial Arrhythmias

14-               Many case presentations

 
Jun, 2006 Fascicular VT

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 
Mar, 2006 Congenital heart disease with WPW syndrome

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 
Feb, 2006 Atrial fibrillation ablation

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 
Dec, 2005 Atrial flutter ablation

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 
Nov, 2005 Advanced ECG tracings

Presented in the Electrophysiology Training program organized byCairoandAin-shamsUniversities,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 
Oct, 2005 Infective Endocarditis Database: Database Design

Presented in the IE project HEEPF audit visit,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 

 
June, 2005 Atrio-ventricular reentrant tachycardia

Presented in the Electrophysiology Training program organized byCairoandAin-shamsUniversities,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 

 
June, 2005 A new stepwise strategy for the detection of CAD using Carotid and Femoral Untrasonography

Presented at CardioAlex annual Cardiology Conference,Alexandria

 
June, 2005 Multiple accessory pathways

Presented at CardioAlex annual Cardiology Conference,Alexandria

 
June, 2005 Infective Endocarditis: Current database

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 

 

 
June, 2005 Basic EP tracings

Presented in the Electrophysiology Training program organized byCairoandAin-shamsUniversities,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 
Apr, 2005 ECG for undergraduate students

A course presented to undergraduate medical students,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 
Apr, 2005 Left main disease

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 
Mar, 2005 Fallot’s tetralogy

Presented in the Congenital Club,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 
Feb, 2005 Clinical applications of vascular ultrasonography

Presented in a general physicians meeting,Bani-Swif,Egypt

 
Feb, 2005 Coronary revascularization prior to elective major vascular surgery

Presented in Cardiology Journal Club,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 
Jan, 2005 Diaphragmatic paralysis following CABG

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 
May, 2004 Hypoplastic Internal Carotid Artery

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 
Dec, 2003 Sodium Nitroprusside in Aortic Stenosis

Presented in Cardiology Journal Club,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 
Nov, 2003 Renal artery stenting

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 
Sep, 2003 Primary PCI

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 
June, 2003 Takayasu Arteritis

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 
May, 2003 Coronary arterio-venous fistula

Presented in Cardiology Grand Rounds,CairoUniversity,Cairo

 


SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES:

Dec, 2013

Organized a 3-Day catheter ablation workshop

Benghazi Medical Center, Benghazi, Libya

 
Nov, 2013

Organized a 3-Day catheter ablation workshop

Benghazi Cardiac Center, Benghazi, Libya

 
Sep, 2013

Organized a session of a specialized ECG training course, under the title:

“EgSC ECG Workshop”

Egyptian Heart House, Egyptian Society of Cardiology, Dokki, Cairo

 
Feb-Mar, 2013

Organized two sessions of a specialized ECG training course, under the title:

“Applied ECG Interpretation”

Egyptian Heart House, Egyptian Society of Cardiology, Dokki, Cairo

 
Aug, 2012

Organized a specialized Cardiology fellows training course, under the title:

“Advanced ECG Course for Cardiologists: Interavtive Teaching Course”

Learning Resource Center, Kasr ElAiny Hospital, Cairo

 
Jun, 2012

Organized the Advanced Electrophysiology Workshop, Dar Al Fouad Hospital

Novotel 6th of October, Cairo

 
Feb, 2012

Organized a specialized EP fellows training course, under the title:

“Case Studies in Arrhythmias and Devices: Interavtive Teaching Course”

Learning Resource Center, Kasr ElAiny Hospital, Cairo

 
Oct, 2010

Organized the Annual Electrophysiology and Pacing Training Course, Dar Al Fouad Hospital, under the title:

“Advances in Arrhytmia Management: 2010”

Novotel 6th of October, Cairo

 
May, 2010

Organized the Annual Electrophysiology Day of the Cardiology Department, Cairo University, under the title:

“Electrophysiology and Pacing: 2010”

Main Auditorium, New Kasr ElAiny Hospital, Cairo

 

 


 

TEACHING AND ONLINE ACTIVITIES:

July, 2008 - Aug, 2014 Weekly arrhythmia rounds

Held in the Cardiology department, Cairo university

 
Jan, 2008 - present

Creator and administrator of two online discussion groups:

1-   EGYPT EP

     http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21106007384

 

2-   Cardiology Department – Cairo University

     http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7853821463

 

ADDITIONAL INTERESTS:

       

Vascular Ultrasound

 
  • Performed vascular ultrasound (four days per week), average 30 patients per week (2003 – 2006)
Statistical analysis

 
  • Performed statistical analysis of 14 research projects in the department of cardiology (2004 – 2010)
Computer skills
  • Experience in Visual Basic, Visual C & C++, JAVA, Database programming, HTML and Web programming
  • Programmer of the Patient’s Records Database in the Cardiology Department
  • Programmer of the infective endocarditis project database in the Cardiology Department
  • Design and programming of the VT ablation database at the QE II Health Sciences Center,Halifax,NS,Canada

 

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