About
Dr Ali Al-Fiadh is an Interventional Cardiologist with expertise in general cardiology, echocardiography, coronary angiography, angioplasty, and preventive medicine. He has completed his interventional cardiology fellowship at Austin Hospital and his PhD with The University of Melbourne.
Dr Ali Al-Fiadh also runs the Chest Pain Clinic at Austin Hospital, performs interventional procedures at the Austin Hospital, Warringal Private, Knox Private and The Valley Private Hospitals. He is also involved in overseas hospitals, particulary Missan Centre for Cardiac Disease and Surgery in Iraq.
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What is an interventional cardiologist?
An interventional cardiologist treats cardiovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease by inserting catheters into an artery (the intervention). This procedure is used to open up blocked arteries that would have potentially caused heart attack and is a minimally invasive procedure. Interventional cardiologists will then gather data about the patient’s condition and work towards repairing the damage.
Dr Al-Fiadh also specialises in echocardiography where he can read an echocardiograph of the heart and determine whether or not there is an abnormality, and if there is one, what the next step to recovery is.
Research
Dr Al-Fiadh has done excessive research in methods of discovering biomarkers of heart disease susceptibility inpatients and then implementing a preventative approach.
These methods include vascular reactivity and plasma biomarkers, as well as changes in the retinal micro vascular structure.