Services of Cardiology Clinic

Electrocardiogram

Exercise Stress Test

Echocardiography

Twenty-four hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

Automated Office Blood Pressure/PWV/Central Aortic Blood Pressure Measurement

Prof. Yasser Mohamed Kamel Baghdady

Professor of Cardiology, Cardiology Department, Cairo University

Curriculum Vitae

ACADEMIC PREPARATION

MD Cardiovascular Medicine (1998), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University
MSc. Cardiovascular Medicine (1994), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University (Degree: Excellent)
MBBCh (1990), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University (Degree: Excellent with honour)


EXPERIENCE

- House Officer (1991-1992): Kasr Al Einy, Cairo University Hospitals, Cairo University
- Military Service (1992-1993): Cardiology Department, Maadi Military Hospital
- Residency (1993-1994): Cardiology Department, Cairo University
- Assistant Lecturer (1995-1998): Cardiology Department, Cairo Univeristy
- Lecturer (1998-2004): Cardiology Department, Cairo University
- Ass. Prof. (2004-2009): Cardiology Department, Cairo University
- Professor of Cardiology (2009-present): Cardiology Department, Cairo University


CLINICAL SKILLS

- Experienced in outpatient and CCU patient management
- Echocardiography
- Treadmill exercise stress test
- Invasive coronary procedures: coronary angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Interventions.


LANGUAGES:

- Fluent in Arabic and English


MEDICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP:

- Member of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology
- Member of the Egyptian Society of Hypertension
- Member of the Egyptian Working Group of Interventional Cardiology
- Member of the European Society of Cardiology
- Member of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions
- Member of the review board for the Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals.
- Member of the review board for the Egyptian Heart Journal
- Verified reviewer for Publons


SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES:

- Participation in teaching “Cardiology” for undergraduate and post-graduate students, Cardiology Department, Cairo University.
- Participation in weekly cardiology rounds and lectures, Cardiology Department, Cairo University.
- Participating member in the CPR training course for residents, Cardiology Department, Cairo University.
- Supervised many “Master and Doctorate Degree” thesis.
- Director of the Catheterization Laboratory in the New Kasr Al-Ainy Teaching Hospital (2012-present).
- Acting Head of the Cardiology Department in Al-Farook Hospital & Al-Rowad Hospital (Private Hospitals).
- Consultant Cardiologist in a number of large Private-Based Hospitals, including Al-Salam Hospital, Dar Al-Foad Hospital, Nakheel Andalusia Hospital, Arab Contractors Medical Centre.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Echocardiography, primary operator Non-invasive laboratory, Cardiology Department, Cairo University: 1994-present New Kasr Al Einy Teaching Hospital: 2000-present
Cardiac Catheterization: Primary operator: 1998-present Cardiology Department, Cairo University New Kasr Al Einy Teaching Hospital


PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH SUBMITTED:

Abstracts:


W El Naggar, Y Baghdady, S El Tobgy. Long Term Clinical and Echocardiographic results of Balloon Mitral Valvotomy. European Journal for Cardiac Intervention 5(1); 10, 1996 [Abstract].

T ElMaghraby, Y Baghdady. Evaluation of Left Ventricular Volumes and Function Using Thallium-201 Gated SPECT in comparison with Two- Dimensional Echocardiography. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 8(1); S63, 2001 [Abstract].

M. Mostafa, N. Adel, I. Fahmy, H. Gaber, Y. Baghdady. Assessment of endothelial dysfunction in acute stroke patients: a clinical and laboratory study. J Neurol 252[suppl 2]: II/95, 2005 [abstract] (also presented as an oral presentation in the 15th Meeting of the European Neurological Society 18-22 June 2005, Vienna, Austria)

A Farrag, N. Abdel Razek, H. Yehia, S. Salama, Y. Baghdady, A. Rizk. Role of coronary calcium score, carotid intima-media thickness and C-reactive protein in predicting extent of coronary artery disease in young patients. European Heart Journal, 2005, Vol 26 (Abstract Suppl.) P3952 [Abstract].

A Farrag, Yasser Baghdady, Amal Rizk, Hisham Yehia, Mona Gamil, Ayman El-Naggar. Does plasma concentrations of adiponetin predict severity of coronary artery disease? European Heart Journal, 2005, Vol 26 (Abstract Suppl.) P3343 [Abstract]


Papers:

Tarek El-Maghraby, Walid Omar, Azza El-Sediak and Yasser Baghdady. 99m Tc-MIBI Stress Gated-SPECT Imaging for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease. Journal of the Egyptian Nat. Cancer Inst. 13(4); 313-321, 2001.

Abdellatief Ahmed, Baghdady Yasser, Abdelghany Mohamed, ElToby Sherif. Left Ventricular Function Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Patients with Single Vessel Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Coronary Syndrome: Short Term Study. Egyptian Heart J 54(3); 342-349, 2002.

Baghdady Yasser. Abnormal QT dispersion in Behçet’s disease. Kasr El Aini Medical Journal 9(1); 123-130, 2003 Sorour Khalid, El-Naggar Wael, Baghdady Yasser, Abd-Allah Nagwa. The Prevalence of Coronary Heart Disease Among Healthy Adult Egyptian Cigarette Smokers. Kasr El Aini Medical Journal 9(2); 107-120, 2003.

Dayan Ahmed and Baghdady Yasser. Value of Proximal and Mid-Right Coronary Artery Stenosis as a Predictor of Atrial Fibrillation. Kasr El Aini Medical Journal 9(2); 97-106, 2003.

Wael El Naggar, Ahmed El Saghir, Essam Baligh, Yasser Baghdady, Mohamed El-Ramly, Amr Hassan and Ayman Kaddah. Utility of Duplex Scanning before and after Radial artery cardiac catheterization. Kasr El Aini Medical Journal 9(4); 327-339, 2003.

Mohamed Mahdy and Yasser Baghdady. Surgical Interference in Cases of Infective Endocarditis (Results and Outcome). Kasr El Aini Medical Journal 9(5); 171-174, 2003.

Ammar Waleed, Baghdady Yasser, El Aroussy Wafaa, Kaddah Ayman. Acute Angiographic Outcome of PTCA and Stenting of Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Lesions. Egyptian Heart J 55(1); 82-92, 2003.

Mohamed El Ramly, Zeinab Ashour, Yasser Baghdady. Impaired relaxation indicates Vascular or Neurological affection in Behçet’s disease. Kasr El Aini Medical Journal 10(1); 53-56, 2004. Azza Farrag, Naglaa Abdel Razek, Hisham Yehia, Sameh Salama, Yasser Baghdady, Samia Okasha. Role of Coronary Calcium Score, Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and C-Reactive Protein in Predicting Extent of Coronary Artery Disease in Young Patients. Egypt Heart J 56(2); 251-257, 2004.

Azza Farrag, Amal Rizk, Yasser Baghdady, Hisham Yehia, Mona Gamil, Ayman El-Naggar. Plasma Concentration of Adiponectin Predicts Severity of Coronary Artery Disease. Egypt Heart J 57(2): 153-158, 2005.

Yasser Baghdady, Hossam ElHossary, Yasser Sharaf, Sameh Salama, Azza Farag, Hisham Yehia, Yasser Abdelhady, Hisham Soaida. The Effect of Glucose-Insulin Infusion followed by subcutaneous Insulin in Diabetic Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction on in-Hospital Morbidity and Mortality. Egypt Heart J 58(1): 77-82, 2006

Yasser Abd El-Hady, Hesham Yehia, Yasser Baghdady, Wael El-Nagar, Maged Ramsis. Clinical Effects of Relatively Small doses of Sildenafil in Patients with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension. Kasr El-Aini Medical Journal 12(2); 13-21, 2006

Sameh Salama, Ahmed Zaher, Yasser Baghdady, Azza Farrag, Hesham Yehia, Hussein Hishmat. The Role of Brain Perfusion Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Patients with Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis. Egypt Heart J 58(2): 435-442, 2006

Yasser Baghdady, Thanaa Abdelfatah, Magdy El-Khooly. The Effect of Different Types of Palm Oil on the Lipid Parameters of Healthy Volunteers. Egypt Heart J 58(4): 765-770, 2006.

Yasser Baghdady, Zeinab Ashour, Ayman Kaddah, Amr Ghandour. Relationship between Graded Exercise Tolerance Test and Carotid Intima-Medial Thickness in Patients with Type II DM. Egypt Heart J 59(4): 445-450, 2007.

Yasser Baghdady, Mervat Mostafa, Ibtesam Fahmy, Nirmeen Adel, Hala Gabr, Essam Baligh, Reda Diab. Assessment of Endothelial Dysfunction in Acute Stroke Patients: A Clinical, Laboratory and Ultrasonographic Study. Egypt Heart J 60(1); 19-28, 2008.

Mohamed El-Ramly, Yasser Baghdady, Hussein Kassem, Wael Mostafa, Mohsen Ibrahim. Prevalence of Endothelial Dysfunction in Uncomplicated Obesity versus Non-obese Persons: Vascular Ultrasound Study. Heart Mirror Journal Vol 2(1): 18-23, 2008.

Yasser Baghdady, Yasser Hussein, Mohamed Shehata. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Children with Cyanotic and Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease. Heart Mirror Journal 2(1): 24-27, 2008.

Gehan Hussein, Yasser Baghdady, Manal Kandil, Hafez Bazaraa, Heba Taher. Doppler Assessment of Brachial Artery Flow as a measure of Endothelial Dysfunction in Pediatric Chronic Renal Failure. Pediatric Nephrology Vol 23(11); 2025-2030, 2008

Yasser Baghdady, Reda Diab, Mohamed El-Ramly, Hossam El-Hossary, Ayman Kaddah, Mohamed El-Guindy, Heba Farouk. Comparative Study between the Efficacy of Verapamil & Sodium Nitroprusside in the Treatment of No-Reflow/Slow-Flow Phenomenon. Egypt Heart J 60(2): 145-149, 2008.

Yasser Baghdady, Yasser Hussein, Amany Elwan, K. Tohamy, Hany Hussein. N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuetic Peptide in Decompensated Ventricular Septal Defect. Archives of Medical Science (in press), 2008. Marwa Sayed Meshaal, Hussein Heshmat Kassem, Ahmad Samir, Ayman Zakaria, Yasser Baghdady, Hussein Hassan Rizk. Impact of Routine Cerebral CT Angiography on Treatment Decisions in Infective Endocarditis. PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0118616 March 30, 2015


Books:

(1) Contributer in the “Heart Failure Manual – Egyptian Hypertension Society Guidelines” “, 2001.

(2) Contributor in “"FOURTH EDITION: OSKI'S PEDIATRICS Principles & Practice"“ Section III: Diseases of the Cardiovascular System: • “Chapter 285“: Rheumatic Fever. Pp1662-1669 • “Chapter 286: “ Rheumatic Heart Disease. Pp1669-1676 © 2006 by LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, a Wolters Kluwer business 530 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 USA LWW.com.

(3) Author Chapter (7): Role of Transthoracic Echocardiography in Visulaization of the Coronary Arteries and Assessment of Coronary Flow Reserve. Echocardiography – New Techniques. Edited by Gani Bajraktari. Published By InTech. 2011