Dr Karam Al-Zuhairi

Special Clinical interest in Ischemic Heart Disease & Coronary Artery Disease

About Dr Karam Al-Zuhairi

Dr. Karam Al-Zuhairi is an interventional cardiologist with more than 10 years of experience as a cardiologist and more than 20 years as a medical doctor. His area of expertise is complex coronary intervention. Prior to joining Advara HeartCare, he worked as well as the head of cardiac CT and cardiac MRI unit in hospitals in Denmark.

Dr. Al-Zuhairi was awarded his MBChB from the University of Baghdad in 2000, completed his cardiology training in Aalborg University Hospital in Denmark in 2014, followed by his PhD in cardiovascular medicine in 2016.

He had sub-specialisation training in interventional cardiology in internationally renowned hospitals including Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark and Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney Australia. Following his sub-specialisation training, he then worked as a consultant interventional cardiologist in the UK, Denmark, Sweden and Australia in large University Hospitals.

Dr. Al-Zuhairi also has a special interest in cardiovascular research, publishing multiple research papers in international medical journals.

He practices across the full spectrum of cardiac disease and has particular expertise in the diagnosis and management of coronary artery disease, heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias.

Languages Spoken

English, Arabic, Danish and Swedish.

Professional Memberships

• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in the UK
• Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
• Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
• Member of European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Intervention EAPCI
• Member of European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging EACVI

Publications

• Hyasat K, Femia G, Alzuhairi K, Ha A, Kamand J, Hasche E, Rajaratnam R, Lo S, Almafragy H, Liou K, Chiha J, Asrress K. Safety, Feasibility and Economic Analysis of Same Day Discharge Following Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
  Clin Med Insights Cardiol. 2022 Aug 23;16:11795468221116852. doi: 10.1177/11795468221116852. eCollection 2022
• Pasupathy S, Lindahl B, Litwin P, Tavella R, Williams MJA, Air T, Zeitz C, Smilowitz NR, Reynolds HR, Eggers KM, Nordenskjöld AM, Barr P, Jernberg T, Marfella R, Bainey K, Sodoon Alzuhairi K, Johnston N, Kerr A, Beltrame JF. Survival in Patients With Suspected Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis From the MINOCA Global Collaboration. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2021 Nov;14(11):e007880. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.121.007880. Epub 2021 Nov 16. PMID: 34784229
• Alzuhairi KS, Lønborg J, Ahtarovski KA, Nepper-Christensen L, Kyhl K, Lassen JF, Sørensen R, Joshi F, Ghotbi AA, Schoos M, Goransson C, Bertelsen L, Helqvist S, Holmvang L, Jørgensen E, Pedersen F, Tilsted HH, Høfsten D, Køber L, Kelbæk H, Vejlstrup N, Engstrøm T. Sub-acute cardiac magnetic resonance to predict irreversible reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: A DANAMI-3 sub-study. Int J Cardiol. 2020 Feb 15;301:215-219. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.10.034
• Alzuhairi KS, Søgaard P, Ravkilde J, Azimi A, Mæng M, Jensen LO, Torp-Pedersen C.Long-term prognosis of patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction according to coronary arteries atherosclerosis extent on coronary angiography: a historical cohort study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2017 Nov 16;17(1):279. doi: 10.1186/s12872-017-0710-3.
• Alzuhairi KS, Søgaard P, Ravkilde J, Gislason G, Køber L, Torp-Pedersen C. Incidence and outcome of first myocardial infarction according to gender and age in Denmark over a 35-year period (1978–2012). Eur Hear J – Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2015 Nov 1;1(2):72-78. doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcv016.