Dr. Loai Abudaqa

MBBS, MSc. Cardiology, FSCAI, EAPCI

Consultant - Interventional Cardiologist 

Work Experience

• Consultant Interventional Cardiologist: Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah (15 years).
• Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor: College of Medicine, University of Sharjah (Led undergraduate cardiology clinical rotations and mentored medical students)
• Fellow of Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI)
• Certificate of Excellence in Interventional Cardiology by EAPCI

Languages Spoken:

• English
• Arabic
• Urdu

Special Interests:

• Clinical Cardiology: Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, and Cardiomyopathies.
• Coronary Angiography, Coronary Angioplasty, Stenting.
• Complex Coronary Interventions (Left Main, CTO, Bifurcations, Multi-vessels).
• Intracoronary Imaging (IVUS, OCT).
• Right Heart Catheterization, Heart Transplant Angiography.
• Permanent Pacemaker Implantation and programming.
• 2D Echo, Color Doppler, Stress and Transesophageal Echocardiography
• 24-hour Holter and Ambulatory BP monitoring
• Multislice CT coronary angiography interpretation.
• Valvular Heart Disease.
• Heart Failure Management.
• Management of Resistant Hypertension.
• Renal Artery Denervation (RDN).

Research and Publications:

• Dr. Loai has published extensively in peer-reviewed international journals, with contributions in areas such as bioresorbable scaffolds, global longitudinal strain, cardiac amyloidosis, robotic-assisted PCI, and nuclear cardiology imaging.