Physician

Cardiology

Fahim Jafary works in the field of Cardiology. He researched medicine at Aga Khan Medical College. He has 1 awards "Fellow (FACC)". Fahim H. Jafary is a published MD. He has 38 papers published. The most current publication "Radial artery spasm during transradial cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention: incidence, predisposing factors, prevention, and management."

Publications

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• Radial artery spasm during transradial cardiac catheterization and percutaneous Coronary intervention: incidence, predisposing factors, prevention, and management.
• Vanishing platelets: rapid and extreme tirofiban-induced thrombocytopenia after percutaneous coronary intervention for Acute myocardial infarction.
• Results of a cross-sectional survey about lipid-management practices among cardiologists in Pakistan: assessment of adherence to published treatment guidelines.
• Disproportionately high risk of left ventricular hypertrophy in Indo-Asian women: a call for more studies.
• Intramyocardial hematoma after Coronary perforation during percutaneous Coronary intervention--anticipated and treated.
• Prognosis of hospitalized new-onset systolic Heart failure in Indo-Asians--a lethal problem.
• Outcomes of primary percutaneous Coronary intervention at a joint commission international accredited hospital in a developing country -- can good results, possibly si...
• Devereux formula for left ventricular mass--be careful to use the right units of measurement.
• When one won't do it, use two-double "buddy" wiring to facilitate stent advancement across a highly calcified Artery.
• Heart disease epidemic in Pakistan: women and men at equal risk.
• Cardiogenic shock after dipyridamole administration for Myocardial perfusion imaging.
• General practitioners'' approach to Hypertension in urban Pakistan: disturbing trends in practice.
• Community-based interventions to promote blood pressure control in a developing country: a cluster randomized trial.
• Cough-assisted maintenance of perfusion during asystole.
• Survival of patients treated with intra-Aortic balloon counterpulsation at a tertiary care center in Pakistan - patient characteristics and predictors of in-hospital m...
• Pacemaker-mediated tachycardia induced by left ventriculography during diagnostic catheterisation: a rare event.
• High prevalence of lack of knowledge of symptoms of Acute myocardial infarction in Pakistan and its contribution to delayed presentation to the hospital.
• Survival of patients receiving fibrinolytic therapy for Acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in a developing country - patient characteristics and predicto...
• The "incidental" episode of ventricular Fibrillation: a case report.
• Knowledge of modifiable risk factors of Heart disease among patients with acute myocardial infarction in Karachi, Pakistan: a cross sectional study.
• Contrast nephropathy in high-risk patients undergoing Coronary angiography and intervention.
• Preoperative use of intra-Aortic balloon counterpulsation in very high-risk patients prior to urgent noncardiac surgery.
• Are tirofiban and abciximab identical in efficacy?
• Cardiovascular health knowledge and behavior in patient attendants at four tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan--a cause for concern.
• The thrombus laden Coronary artery--forget the fancy stuff, just aspirate it!
• Ethnic subgroup differences in Hypertension in Pakistan.
• Outcome of cardiogenic shock complicating Acute myocardial infarction.
• Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of patients with significant pericardial effusion requiring pericardiocentesis.
• Prevalence and predictors of smoking in Pakistan: results of the National Health Survey of Pakistan.
• Drug eluting stents: data from a clinical registry.
• Pulmonary Valve endocarditis.
• Exercise induced atrio-ventricular (AV) block: important but uncommon phenomenon.
• Antiplatelet therapy in interventional cardiology: I. Newer oral antiplatelet agents.
• Antiplatelet therapy in interventional cardiology: II. Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors.
• Risk factors for non-fatal Myocardial infarction in young South Asian adults.
• Ethnic differences and determinants of diabetes and central obesity among South Asians of Pakistan.
• Prosthetic Valve thrombosis despite seemingly-adequate anticoagulation: the dangers of transient lapses in anticoagulation.

Schools

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• Aga Khan University Aga Khan Medical College

• University Of Texas Health Center

• New England Med Center Hospital

Procedures Preformed

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• Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
• Cardiac Imaging
• Cardioversion, Elective
• Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
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Conditions Treated

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• Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart
• Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Aortic Aneurysm
• Aortic Valve Disease
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Doctors Specialties

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• Cardiology
• Interventional Cardiology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow (FACC)

Education

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• Tufts Medical Center
• University of Texas Health Science Center
• Aga Khan Medical College

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