Islam Bolad, MD

Case Report

Spontaneous Closure of an Iatrogenic Circumflex Coronary Artery-to-Coronary Vein Fistula

08/01/2008

Coronary artery fistulae are extremely rare1 and can either be congenital or acquired secondary to cardiac intervention or surgery. They have also been reported following acute myocardial infarction.2 The majority of these fistulae arise from...

Coronary artery fistulae are...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Cardiac Events After Non-Cardiac Surgery in Patients With Previous Coronary Intervention in the Drug-Eluting Stent Era

06/28/2011

Islam Bolad , MD;

Ahmad Alqaqa'a , MBBS;

Bilal Khan , MBBS;

Sudesh K. Srivastav , PhD;

Saihari Sadanandan , MD;

Jeffrey A. Breall , MD, PhD;

Elisabeth Von der Lohe , MD;

ABSTRACT: The peri-operative risk for patients with coronary drug-eluting stents (DES) who subsequently have non-cardiac surgery (NCS) is unclear. We performed this retrospective study of all patients in our institution who had coronary...

ABSTRACT: The peri-operative...

06/28/2011

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Update

Intracoronary Plaque Assessment Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Technology: A Valuable Tool?

10/02/2017

Hamza Ansari , MD;

Islam Bolad , MD;

NIRS can help determine the distribution and chemical composition of underlying plaque, and allows for the identification of vulnerable plaques.

NIRS can help determine the...

10/02/2017

Cath Lab Digest