Professor, Medicine, U of AL Sch of Med
Cardiology
Dr. Massoud A. Leesar, MD
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Doctor Massoud A. Leesar, MD is an expert in the field of Cardiology. He studied medicine at University Hospital - University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He over the years received 2 awards: "America's Top Doctors" and "Fellow (FACC)". Dr. Massoud A. Leesar is also published. He has 71 publications published. The lastest publication: "Preconditioning of human myocardium with adenosine during coronary angioplasty.' He accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Impact of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement on Surgical Volumes and Outcomes in a Tertiary Academic Cardiac Surgical Practice.
- Lesion flow coefficient: a combined anatomical and functional parameter for detection of Coronary artery disease--a clinical study.
- 12-month primary patency rates of contemporary endovascular device therapy for femoro-popliteal occlusive Disease in 6,024 patients: Beyond balloon angioplasty.
- Optical coherence tomography to guide below-the-knee endovascular interventions.
- Cardioprotective effect of high-dose intragraft adenosine infusion on microvascular function and prevention of no-reflow during saphenous vein grafts intervention.
- Diagnostic performance of pressure drop coefficient in relation to fractional flow reserve and Coronary flow reserve.
- Use of optical coherence tomography during superficial femoral Artery interventions.
- Hyperemia-Free Delineation of Epicardial and Microvascular Impairments Using a Basal Index.
- Functional diagnosis of Coronary stenoses using pressure drop coefficient: A pilot study in humans.
- Drug-eluting stents for ostial Coronary stenoses: Perspectives on the horizon.
- Safety and efficacy of device closure for patent foramen ovale for secondary prevention of neurological events: Comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of ra...
- Impact of Kissing Balloon Inflation on the Main Vessel Stent Volume, Area, and Symmetry After Side-Branch Dilation in Patients With Coronary Bifurcation Lesions: A Ser...
- Effect of myocardial contractility on hemodynamic end points under concomitant microvascular Disease in a porcine model.
- Left main coronary stenosis and Acute myocardial infarction: Stent or surgery? An evolving perspective.
- Letter by hakeem et Al regarding article, "drug-eluting or bare metal stents for the treatment of saphenous vein graft Disease: a bayesian meta-analysis".
- Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and microvascular dysfunction: another diagnostic criteria or predisposing factor?
- Biventricular Pacing Leading to Coronary Stent Fracture.
- Physiological assessment of renal Artery stenosis: comparisons of resting with hyperemic renal pressure measurements.
- Prediction of hemodialysis graft patency by intragraft pressure measurements: prognostic or reflective?
- Angiographic versus functional severity of Coronary artery stenoses in the FAME study fractional flow reserve versus angiography in multivessel evaluation.
- Sirolimus-eluting stent fractures leading to restenosis in cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
- Intravascular ultrasound optimization of drug-eluting stents: still not enough data.
- Hemodynamic and intravascular ultrasound assessment of Myocardial bridging: fractional flow reserve paradox with dobutamine versus adenosine.
- Defining a new standard for IVUS optimized drug-eluting stent implantation--the PRAVIO study: do we know the right technique for stent optimization?
- Prediction of hypertension improvement after stenting of renal Artery stenosis: comparative accuracy of translesional pressure gradients, intravascular ultrasound, and...
- Baseline fractional flow reserve and stent diameter predict event rates after stenting: a further step, but still much to learn.
- Myocardial protection with a beta blocker and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor during PCI: attractive concept, but limited evidence of benefit.
- Acute myocardial infarction in a 19 year-old female owing to hypercoagulable state of pregnancy and the puerperium.
- Fractional flow reserve: FFR B4 U stent.
- Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitors: is their future as bright as their past?
- A revisit: repeat stent placement versus angioplasty alone for renal in-stent restenosis.
- Hemodynamic and intravascular ultrasound assessment of an ambiguous left main Coronary artery stenosis.
- Iatrogenic fistula between the left anterior descending Coronary artery and anterior interventricular vein following stenting.
- Renal hemodynamics: theory and practical tips.
- Pretreatment with intraCoronary enalaprilat protects human myocardium during percutaneous Coronary angioplasty.
- Congenital ostial left main Coronary artery stenosis associated with a bicuspid aortic valve in a young woman.
- Intravascular ultrasound for the assessment of an ambiguous left main Coronary stenosis.
- Thirty-month outcome after fractional flow reserve-guided versus conventional multivessel percutaneous Coronary intervention.
- Correlations between fractional flow reserve and intravascular ultrasound in patients with an ambiguous left main Coronary artery stenosis.
- Novel implication of combined stent crushing and intravascular ultrasound for dislodged stents.
- Physiological and intravascular ultrasound assessment of an ambiguous left main Coronary artery stenosis.
- Use of aminophylline in the treatment of severe symptomatic bradycardia resistant to atropine.
- Nonelectrocardiographic evidence that both ischemic preconditioning and adenosine preconditioning exist in humans.
- Conflicting functional assessment of stenoses in patients with previous Myocardial infarction.
- Use of fractional flow reserve versus stress perfusion scintigraphy after unstable Angina. Effect on duration of hospitalization, cost, procedural characteristics, and...
- Transcatheter Aortic valve replacement program in the post-food and drug administration approval era: early outcomes at an academic medical center.
- Delayed preconditioning-mimetic action of nitroglycerin in patients undergoing Coronary angioplasty.
- Cardioesophageal reflexes: an invasive human study.
- Adenosine as an adjunct to thrombolytic therapy for Acute myocardial infarction: results of a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial: the Acute Myocardial I...
- Bradykinin-induced preconditioning in patients undergoing Coronary angioplasty.
- A prospective randomized trial of 0.010" versus 0.014" balloon PTCA systems and interventional fellow versus attending physician as primary operator in elective PTCA: ...
- Economic aspects of using alternative diagnostic techniques in addition to angiography during percutaneous Coronary artery revascularization.
- Preconditioning of human myocardium with adenosine during Coronary angioplasty.
- Ischemic preconditioning during Coronary angioplasty.
- Cost and therapeutic modification of intraCoronary ultrasound-assisted Coronary angioplasty.
- Noncardiogenic Pulmonary edema complicating massive verapamil overdose.
- Coronary angioplasty compared with bypass grafting.
- Quadfurcation of the left main Coronary artery: double ramus medianus Coronary system.
- Thrombolysis and counterpulsation to improve survival in myocardial infarction complicated by hypotension and suspected cardiogenic shock or Heart failure: results of ...
- Delayed preconditioning-mimetic actions of nitroglycerin in patients undergoing exercise tolerance tests.
- Influence of Heart rate on fractional flow reserve, pressure drop coefficient, and lesion flow coefficient for epicardial coronary stenosis in a porcine model.
- Recombinant nematode anticoagulant protein c2 in patients with non-ST-segment elevation Acute coronary syndrome: the ANTHEM-TIMI-32 trial.
- Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma agonists for the Prevention of Adverse events following percutaneous Coronary Revascularization--results of the PPAR s...
- Effect of changes in contractility on pressure drop coefficient and fractional flow reserve in a porcine model.
- The impact of fractional flow reserve measurement on clinical outcomes after transradial Coronary stenting.
- Clinical presentation and outcomes of drug-eluting stent-associated coronary Aneurysms.
- Drug-eluting stents for saphenous vein graft lesions.
- Safety and efficacy of drug eluting stents compared with bare metal stents for saphenous vein graft interventions: a comprehensive meta-analysis of randomized trials a...
- Comparison of Failure Rates of Crossing Side Branch with Pressure versus Coronary guidewire: A Meta-analysis.
- Diagnostic cutoff for pressure drop coefficient in relation to fractional flow reserve and Coronary flow reserve: A Patient-Level Analysis.
Procedures Preformed
- Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardiac Imaging
- Cardiac Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
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Conditions Treated
- Aneurysm and Dissection of Heart
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Dissection
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiology
- Interventional Cardiology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Fellow (FACC)
Education
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University of Louisville -
Detroit Medical Center - Wayne State University -
University Hospital - University of Cincinnati College of Medicine -
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Hospital
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University of Alabama Hospital -
Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1215937446 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | LEESAR | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | MASSOUD | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 352332110 | |
| NPPES Provider State | AL | |
| Specialty Description | Cardiology | |
| Total Claim Count | 281.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1215937446 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | LEESAR |
| First Name Of The Provider | MASSOUD |
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