Publications by authors named "Moheeb A Abdullah"
Background And Aims: BMV is an established treatment for rheumatic mitral valve stenosis. The procedure is historically guided by fluoroscopy, and the role of intracardiac echocardiogram (ICE) guidance is not well defined. We report our initial experience of using ICE to guide BMV procedures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAbciximab (ReoPro, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana) is an intravenous agent that had been approved for treatment of acute coronary syndrome undergoing coronary interventions. It is a chimeric monoclonal antibody fragment that binds to the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor with a potential for the development of an immune response to variable portions within the antigen binding site following its administration. We describe a 58-year-old man who developed sudden headache, short of breath, choking and restlessness after receiving Abciximab for coronary intervention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study aims at characterizing the hemostatic changes, in a large cohort of Saudi Arab patients with acute coronary syndromes.
Methods: We consecutively enrolled 389 patients (unstable angina [UA]: n=181; myocardial infarction [MI]: n=208) in this study at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the period from April 2000 to November 2001. We collected blood samples before coronary angiography.
Objective: Obesity and overweight are well known risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD), and are expected to be increasing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) particularly among females. Therefore, we designed this study with the objective to determine the prevalence of obesity and overweight among Saudis of both gender, between the ages of 30-70 years in rural as well as in urban communities. This work is part of a major national project called Coronary Artery Disease in Saudis Study (CADISS) that is designed to look at CAD and its risk factors in Saudi population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- A study was conducted to determine the prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) among Saudis aged 30-70, revealing an overall prevalence of 5.5%, with higher rates in urban areas (6.2%) compared to rural areas (4%).
- Significant risk factors for CAD identified in the study include age, gender, BMI, hypertension, smoking, and abnormal blood glucose and cholesterol levels.
- The results emphasize the urgent need for a national prevention program to target lifestyle changes and manage metabolic syndrome to curb the growing CAD epidemic in Saudi Arabia.