The Cardiac Catheterization Department at Ain Shams University Hospital succeeded in performing two interventional cardiac catheters, transferring them via live broadcast, and participating for the first time in Egypt and Ain Shams University Hospitals in the largest international conference on interventional cardiology for children and adults in Chicago, USA, during the period from 7 to 10 September.

Under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Metini, President of Ain Shams University, Prof. Dr. Osama Mansour, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Chairman of the University Hospitals Board of Directors, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ali Al-Anwar, Executive Director of University Hospitals, Prof. Dr. Azza El-Feki, Head of the Cardiology Department, and the team performing the two interventional catheters at Ain Shams University Hospital included Prof. Dr. Mai Hamdi El-Sayed, Prof. Dr. Azza Elfeki, Prof. Dr. Alaa Rushdy, Prof. Dr. Hebatullah Atia, Dr. Ass. Amr Mansour, Prof. Dr. Yasmin Abdel Razek, and Dr. Amera Nour, Dr. Abla Ali, with the participation of Prof. Dr. Reda Abu Al-Atta.

Prof. Dr. Azza El-Feki, Professor and Head of the Department of Cardiology, stated that this important event is the first of its kind at the level of the Arab Republic of Egypt and Egyptian universities in conducting a live transfer from inside the catheterization operation room at Ain Shams University Hospital to participate during the activities of this important international conference in Chicago, USA on defect interventions The congenital window, confirming that it is the first time that this live transfer from an Egyptian university hospital to the United States of America.

She added that the Cardiology Department at Ain Shams Medicine had pioneered since its inception in the field of effective interventions with congenital defects for children, pointing out that since the inception of the unit, it has graduated successive generations of successful and distinguished medical competencies that were able to leave a clear imprint in the field, which was reflected in the quality of the medical service. Provided by university hospitals at Ain Shams University.

Prof. Dr. Mai Hamdi Al-Sayed, Professor and former Head of the Cardiology Department and former Head of the Congenital and Interventional Defects Unit at Ain Shams Medicine, explained that a live broadcast of two successful surgeries was conducted, which included two cases, the first for a two-year-old child weighing 9 kg and suffering from a hole in the heart that was closed through a catheter, and the surgery was performed for the child successfully, and the second case She suffers from severe narrowing of the aorta, and the two surgeries were broadcast live to an important international conference in America.

Prof. Dr. Heba Attia, Professor of Cardiology, Ain Shams University and Consultant of Congenital and Interventional Heart Defects, expressed her great pride and happiness with the success of the surgical operation that was performed inside the catheterization room at Ain Shams University Hospital and presented by live transport within the activities of the Chicago International Conference on Effective Interventions for Congenital Heart Defects, which is the most important international conference in this Specialization. The Adult and Pediatric Interventional Cardiology Symposium is one of the largest cardiology symposiums dedicated to following the latest advances in the treatment of patients with congenital and structural heart diseases.

The latest transcatheter intervention strategies for the treatment of pediatric and adult patients with congenital and structural heart disease are discussed. It highlights the techniques used in devices such as valves, stents, implantable balloons and other methods, in addition to special counseling sessions to discuss closing all types of septal defects, percutaneous valve implantation, repair methods, stents and hybrid methods.

The educational program also includes debates between surgeons and cardiologists, oral presentations, posters, and “The Hardest Case in the Cath Lab”, with the participation of interventional medicine doctors for congenital and structural heart diseases, interventional radiologists, congenital heart surgeons, advanced medical care providers, ultrasound specialists and students and medical experts.