Prof. M. Reza Movahed

University of Arizona, USA

Email: rmova@aol.com

Qualification

1990 Ph.D., Hannover Medical School, Germany

Publications

1. Movahed MR. Major differences between hydrophilic-coated radial sheaths in regards to skin infection and reaction. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2010; 3(8):885.
2. Safi M, Taherkhani M, Badalabadi RM, Eslami V, Movahed MR. Coronary aneurysm and silent myocardial infarction in an adolescence secondary to undiagnosed childhood Kawasaki disease. Exp Clin Cardiol. 2010; 15(1):e18-9.
3. Serati AR, Motamedi MR, Emami S, Varedi P, Movahed MR. L-carnitine treatment in patients with mild diastolic heart failure is associated with improvement in diastolic function and symptoms, Cardiology. 2010;116(3):178-182.
4. Movahed MR. Outcomes of patients with coronary artery perforation complicating percutaneous coronary intervention and correlations with the type of adjunctive antithrombotic therapy: pooled analysis from REPLACE-2, ACUITY, and HORIZONS-AMI trials, J Interv Cardiol. 2010 Apr;23(2):203.
5. Movahed MR, Hashemzadeh M. Persistent independent association between diabetes and asthma after adjustment for obesity. Intern Med J. 2010;40(6):472
6. Saadat H, Emami S, Namazi MH, Safi M, Vakili H, Movahed MR. A difficult pacemaker implantation. Detection of a wrong course due to Sinus Venosus Type Atrial Septal Defect, Congenit Anom . 2010; 50(3):203-4.
7. Murarka S, Movahed MR. “Diabetes Cardiomyopathy, A Review” J Card Fail. 2010 Dec;16(12):971-9.
8. Ramaraj R, Movahed MR. Reverse or inverted tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (reverse left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome) presents at a younger age compared to mid or apical variant and is always associated with triggering stress, Congest Heart Fail. 2010 Nov;16(6):284-6.
9. Saleh L, Movahed MR. Successful conservative treatment of an undeployed embolized intracoronary stent with dual antiplatelet and warfarin therapy, Exp Clin Cardiol. 2010 Fall;15(3):e70-2.
10. Movahed MR, Important echocardiographic features of Takotsubo or stress induced cardiomyopathy that can aid for early diagnosis, JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010 Nov;3(11):1200-1.
11. Movahed MR, Ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein cannulation., N Engl J Med. 2010 Aug 19;363(8):796.
12. Murarka S, Attaran R, Movahed MR Correlation between Estimated Ejection Fraction Measured by Echocardiography with Ejection Fraction Estimated by Cardiac Catheterization in Patients Awaiting Cardiac Transplantation, J Invasive Cardiol. 2010 Dec;22(12):571-3.
13. Movahed MR, Strootman D, Bates S, Sattur S. Prevalence of suspected hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or left ventricular hypertrophy based on race and gender in teenagers using screening echocardiography, Cardiovasc Ultrasound, 2010: 10;8:54.
14. Movahed MR, Bates S, Strootman D, Sattur S. Obesity in adolescence is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy and hypertension. Echocardiography. 2011 Feb;28(2):150-3.
15. Khitri A, Jayasuriya S, Habibzadeh MR, Movahed MR. Coronary stenting in patients with medically resistant vasospasm. A review with a case presentation of a patient with recurrent vasospasm triggering complete heart block and ST- elevation successfully treated with stenting. Rev Cardiovasc Med. 2010;11(4):264-70.
16. Habibzadeh MR, Thai H, Movahed MR, Prophylactic Intragraft Injection of Nicardipine Prior to Saphenous Vein Graft Percutaneous Intervention for the Prevention of No-reflow, A Review and Comparison to Protection Devices, J Invasive Cardiol. 2011 May;23(5):202-6.
17. Movahed MR, Letter by movahed regarding article, "simple or complex stenting for bifurcation coronary lesions: a patient-level pooled analysis of the nordic bifurcation study and the british bifurcation coronary, Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Jun 1;4(3):e20.
18. Movahed MR. Gated SPECT study can detect abnormal RV structure or function, Nat Rev Cardiol. 2011 May;8(5):290.
19. Movahed MR. Regarding changing outcomes and treatment strategies for wire induced coronary perforations in the era of bivalirudin use. A word of caution concerning the use of bivalirudin during coronary intervention for lesions at high risk for perforation. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2011, in press.
20. Hekmat M, Rafieian S, Ansariavval Z, Khani M, Taherkhani M, Movahed MR. Asymptomatic pediatric pulmonic valve myxoma involving the right ventricular outflow tract: A case report and review of the literature. Journal of heart Valve disease, 2011, in press.
21. Attaran R, Butman S, Movahed MR. Going Around the Bend. Difficult Balloon and Stent Delivery Facilitated by Deep Inspiration. A novel Technique, Texas Heart Institute Journal, 2011, in press.
22. Khan F, Movahed, MR. Pasteurella Multicida Endocarditis, Journal of Heart Valve disease, 2011, in press.
23. Ramaraj R, Movahed MR, Hashemzadeh M. Ticagrelor, A Novel Anti-platelet Agent Ticagrelol in the Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome, Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 2011, In Press.
24. Saleh L, Juneman E, Movahed MR. The use of Gadolinium in patients with contrast allergy or renal failure requiring coronary angiography, vascular procedures or intervention, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Intervention, 2011, in press.
25. Tajik R, Saadat H, Taherkhani M, Movahed MR. Angina Induced by 5-Fluorouracil Infusion in a Patient with Normal Coronaries, American Heart Hospital Journal, 2011, in press.
26. Movahed MR. Major limitations of randomized clinical trials involving coronary artery bifurcation interventions. Time for redesigning of clinical trials by involving only true bifurcation lesions and using appropriate bifurcation classification, Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 2011, in press.
27. Habibzadeh MR, Movahed MR, A runaway Clot, Acute Cardiac Care, 2011, In press.
28. Arsanjani R, Goldman S, Habib M, Movahed MR. Modified thrombolytic therapy for massive pulmonary emboli, American Journal of Medicine, 2011, in press.