Hani Sabbour M.D.
Cardiologist | Interventional Cardiology
25 John A Cummings Way Woonsocket Rhode Island, 2895About
Dr. Hani M. Sabbour is a cardiologist at Landmark Medical Center and also operates, Cardiology Associates Inc., in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He graduated from Kuwait University Medical School in 1994, and continued his education in the United States at Stony Brook University, and Harvard Medical School where he completed his fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology. Dr. Sabbour is a fellow of both the American College of Cardiology, and the Heart Rhythm Society.
Education and Training
Kuwait University School of Medicine
Kuwait Univ, Fac of Med, Hlth Sci Ctr, Kuwait 1994
Kuwait University, Faculty Of Medicine, Health Sciences Center 1994
Board Certification
Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
Provider Details
Hani Sabbour M.D.'s Expert Contributions
What is cardiac catheterization?
It is a minimally invasive and very commonly used procedure (not considered a surgery) and performed in the Cath Lab. Using local anesthesia and moderate sedation, a small catheter (sterile plastic tube) is placed in the superficial artery in either the wrist or the groin and, using the X-ray, threaded carefully backwards into the heart and the arteries of the heart (coronary arteries - there are normally 3 arteries). A small amount of dye that is visible on X-ray is injected into each artery in different views of the X-ray camera to make a high resolution video of each artery and the percentage of blockage it may have (generally over 70% is significant and 99% is critical). The videos are analyzed immediately and a decision is made to proceed with the next step to try and open the artery and restore blood flow, which are either angioplasty (using balloon or stent) or cardiac surgery instead. The procedure is generally very safe with most non-urgent elective cardiac Cath having a risk of 1% of all complications. The commonest is bleeding from the entry point (though obviously much less from the wrist access), the risk of the X-ray dye affecting the kidney (of importance only if the kidney function is abnormal before the test), and, very unlikely and rare, occurrence of a stroke or heart attack during the procedure (but blood thinners are given continuously during the test to prevent these two rare complications). READ MORE
Awards
- 'Patient's Choice Award,' 2010
Internships
- Stony Brook University Hospital
Fellowships
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Professional Society Memberships
- American Medical Association
Hobbies / Sports
- Photography, Reading
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