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Dr. Karim Ghannem

Specialist Interventional Cardiologist
Center for Cardiac Sciences & Cardiology

Experience: More than 12 years experience in the field of Clinical and interventional Cardiology, an interventional cardiologist graduated from Paris-Descartes University, Paris-France.

His interventional cardiology fellowship was performed in the Cardiologic Center of Evequement in Paris

Clinical Expertise:

  • Clinical Cardiology: Diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic cardiac conditions.
  • Independent and competent operator in invasive and non-invasive cardiac procedures

Area of Expertise:

  • Adult Clinical Cardiology
  • Coronary Artery Diseases
  • Valvular Heart Diseases
  • Heart Failure
  • Hypertension
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • Dyslipidemia

Non-Invasive Cardiac procedures:

  • Transthoracic-Thoracic Echocardiography (Adults & Pediatrics)
  • Trans-Esophageal Echocardiography (Adults)
  • Pharmacological Stress Echocardiography
  • Exercise Treadmill Testing
  • Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
  • Ambulatory ECG monitoring (Holter)

Invasive Cardiac procedures:

  • Coronary Heart Disease
  • Adult Interventional Cardiology (Coronary Angiography and Coronary Angioplasty: Balloon, Stents)
  • A chronic total occlusion: CTO
  • Rotational Atherectomy
  • Intravascular Physiology

Certificates:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBCHB)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Cardiology Medicine (DM)
  • Master’s Degree in interventional cardiology Paris-Descartes University, Paris-France.(MSc)

Affiliations:

  • Member of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
  • Member of the French Society of Cardiology (SFC)
  • Member of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI)
  • Member of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)
  • Member of the European Association of Heart Failure Association (HFA)
  • Member of the Tunisian Society of cardiology and cardiovascular surgery (STCCV)

Languages Spoken: French, Arabic & English