Adult Cardiology

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Adult Cardiology

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The program is structured to provide the fellow with a comprehensive experience regarding clinical assessment, diagnosis and management of cardiac patients with various presentations, heart team discussions and decision-making, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, and observing complex interventions in the cath lab. During this period, the fellow will be exposed to almost the full spectrum of cardiac diseases in adult patients.

Aortic valve stenosis
Atrial septal defect
Bicuspid aortic valve
Coarctation of the aorta
Complex congenital heart disease
Congenital coronary anomalies
Dextrocardia
Ebstein’s Anomaly
Eisenmenger Syndrome
Fontan circulation
Marfan Syndrome
Patent ductus arteriosus
Pulmonic stenosis
Tetralogy of Fallot
Transposition of the great arteries
Ventricular septal defect

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Programs

TAVI program

Program Director: Dr. Ahmed Adel - Dr. Mohamed Hasan Program Coordinator: Dr. Mostafa Abd Rabo Program Description: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a minimally invasive method of replacing your heart's aortic valve without open heart surgery. It was originally developed as an alternative to surgery for patients who are too sick to undergo surgery, but now, it is being used more widely for less sick patients as well. Why would I need to undergo TAVR? Blood flows through each of your heart's four valves in sequence. The aortic valve is the last of them, which sends blood to the whole body. When you have a disease called “aortic stenosis”: a marked narrowing of the aortic valve because of age-related deposition of calcium and degeneration of calcium. Other medical conditions may cause this narrowing as well. This narrowing reduces the quantity of blood that flows out of the heart to the rest of your body. At this point, this procedure is indicated, especially if you are above the age of 70 years.