Waqar Ahmed

Waqar Ahmed

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist
KFAFH - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Latest contributions

Acute outcomes for the full US cohort of the FLASH Mechanical Thrombectomy Registry in pulmonary embolism

21 Sep 2022

Waqar Ahmed provides his take on the FLASH Mechanical Thrombectomy Registry which was presented by Catalin Toma at TCT 2022.

The article was simultaneously published in the EuroIntervention Journal: Acute Outcomes for the Full US Cohort of the FLASH Mechanical Thrombectomy Registry in Pulmonary Embolism. EuroIntervention, C. Toma et al. DOI:...

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PCRonline @ TCT 2022 - Get the international perspective!

12 Sep 2022

Thanks to the contribution of a team of interventional cardiologists from around the globe, view the international perspective on Late-breaking Clinical Trials and Science released at TCT 2022 - check out the list here!

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement in low-risk patients with symptomatic severe bicuspid aortic valve stenosis

04 Mar 2020

In the absence of randomized trials to study TAVR in bicuspid arotic stenosis in low-risk patients, prospective cohort studies such as Low-Risk TAVR provide us with valuable information.

Dr. Mirvat Alasnag

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Mirvat Alasnag
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Interview with Mirvat Alasnag and her mentors Waqar Ahmed and Khaled Al-Shaibi

30 Jul 2019

Mirvat Alasnag was the first female interventional cardiologist in the Gulf region. She works at the King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital (KFAFH), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Navigating a high take-off of the radial artery with spasm during trans-radial coronary intervention

13 Sep 2018

Radial artery spasm specially when encountered in a small caliber vessel could be a cause for radial access failure and cross-over to femoral access. Here is a technique on how to deal with this.

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