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Aliakbar Arvandi

Aliakbar Arvandi, MD

Assistant Professor
 

Office: 806-743-3155
Email: aliakbar.arvandi@ttuhsc.edu

Patient Appointments:
806-743-3150
Clinic Location:
Texas Tech Pavillion

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Education:

  • Fellowship: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
  • Residency: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
  • Medical School: Tabriz Univ. of Medical Sciences, Iran
  • Undergraduate School: No information available

Publications:

  • Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome and radial artery coronary graft spasm. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2009 Oct 19(10):658-60.
  • Plasma pro- BNP level as a predictor of postoperative cardiac events in high-risk patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery. Michael Phy MD, Thomas, Ira MD, Aliakbar Arvandi MD (poster presentation in Heart failure society of America in 2007, also in American college of physician (ACP) in 2008.
  • Case presentation: PQ segment depression in a patient with a benign atrial tumor. Int Jardiol. 2008 Oct 30;130 (1):e22-4. Epub 2007 Nov 19.

Presentations:

  • Case presentation: PQ segment depression in a patient with a benign atrial tumor. Int Jardiol. 2008 Oct 30;130 (1):e22-4. Epub 2007 Nov 19. Hull J, Arvandi A, Nugent K.
  • Poster presentation -presented in TAIM (Texas Academy of Internal Medicine 11/16/08) Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome and risk for radial artery coronary graft spasm (, Yasir Yaqub MD, Aliakbar Arvandi MD, Jose Suarez MD, MD Kenneth Nugent MD)
  • Plasma pro- BNP level as a predictor of postoperative cardiac events in high-risk patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery. Michael Phy MD, Thomas, Ira MD, Aliakbar Arvandi MD (poster presentation in Heart failure society of America in 2007, also in American college of physician (ACP) in 2008.
  Research Interests  
  • Early detection of pulmonary HTN, comparing echocardiography with right heart catheterization
  • Angiographic evidence of native coronary artery disease progression after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) and its comparison with percutaneous intervention (PCI): A retrospective review (Principal Investigator: Jose Suarez, MD Co-Investigator: Aliakbar Arvandi MD, Yasir Yaqub MD, Gary E Meyerrose MD).