Thursday 07/Aug/2025 – 09:28 AM
Cairo University, under the auspices of Dr. Mohamed Sami Abdel -Sadiq, the President of the University, has achieved an unprecedented medical achievement, under the supervision of Dr. Hossam Salah, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Qasr Al -Aini and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cairo University Hospitals, where a medical team in the Department of Medicine of Critical Cases succeeded in conducting the first medical intervention of its kind within the university’s hospitals to change the aortic valve using the TAVI catheter technology, and with the support of the ECMO device, for a patient in a critical and complex condition that threatens His life is the result of a sharp calcified tight with the aortic valve and severely complex blockages in the coronary arteries.
Dr. Mohamed Sami Abdel -Sadiq praised the success of the medical team in achieving this advanced achievement, which represents a live testimony for the scientific, technical and medical readiness of Cairo University, which enables it to provide superior care even in the most complex and most dangerous cases, stressing that this success represents a new addition to the record of the success of Qasr Al -Aini Hospitals and the strategic trend of the university towards achieving the clinical distinction and raising the level Define and advanced health care at the local and regional levels and complies with the highest global levels in order to achieve the university’s vision in developing the medical system and enhancing its pioneering position.
The President of Cairo University stressed that this achievement reflects the global level that the university has reached in the medical and academic field, and confirms the leadership of Al -Aini Palace as an ancient institution that keeps pace with the latest science in dealing with complex cases, and its possession of scientific and professional competencies, and global technical equipment, expressing the pride of Cairo University with its distinguished medical cadres that spare no effort in developing the capabilities of its doctors and skills to save lives The university remains a beacon for medicine in Egypt and the Middle East
For his part, Dr. Hossam Salah, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Qasr Al -Aini and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cairo University Hospitals, said that the process began to fix the sharp distress in the facilitator of the left and right coronary artery, using drug -backed pillars backed by soundtime imaging technology inside the arteries (IVUS), then the aorta valve was changed with the advanced technology Tavi, adding that the patient was connected to the ECMO device previously before starting The procedure, because of the seriousness of the condition and the possibility of a heart muscle stop, is the procedure that reflected the highest levels of professionalism and pre -planning.
Dr. Hossam Salah added that this procedure participated in the implementation of an integrated medical team from several specialties that included critical cases, anesthesia, vascular surgery, technicians, and nursing, led by a group of professors, doctors and young cadres who showed a high level of efficiency and scientific readiness, pointing out that this success embodies the close cooperation between various specialties, and reflects the vision of the College of Medicine towards continuous modernization and scientific development And the technician.
The medical team that performed this surgery included: Dr. Hossam Hossam Muwafi, Assistant Professor of Critical Cases Medicine, the leader of the TAVI team, Dr. Ahmed Al -Battah, Professor of Critical Cases Medicine and Director of the Care of Coffee Care Center, and Dr. Mohamed Abdel -Azim, and Dr. Muhannad Zakaria, and Dr. Ahmed Abdel -Latif.
The ECMO team also included: Dr. Akram Abdel -Bari, head of the Ayko Unit, and Dr. Muhammad Kamal, and Dr. Muhammad Shibl, and Dr. Ahmed Al -Jabali.
The anesthesia team included: d. Majid Salah, Dr. Cherif Mamdouh, and Dr. Zahra Khalil.
As for the vascular team, it included: Dr. Ayman Al -Samdouni, Dr. Marwan Yousry, Dr. Mahmoud Atef and Dr. Shahd Rajab.
The nursing team included: Hana Youssef, Reda Hassan, Wafa Ramadan, Muhammad Al -Shazly, Alaa Atef, the technicians Muhammad Jamal and Mahmoud Abdel -Latif.
Dr. Sharif Mukhtar, Professor of Critical Cases Medicine and the founder of the department, from the control room all stages of surgery, and the supervision of the critical cases department headed by Dr. Tariq Al -Jawhari. It is worth noting that Dr. Al -Janjahi, a professor of critical cases and head of the previous department, was the primary role in the launch of the Tavi program from its inception.
