Hussam S . Abuissa, MB,BS

Department

Medicine

Position

Professor

Articles

• O'Keefe James H., Cordain Loren, Jones Philip G., Abuissa Hussam, Coronary Artery Disease Prognosis and C-Reactive Protein Levels Improve in Proportion to Percent Lowering of Low-Density Lipoprotein 2006

Publications

• Progress in cardiovascular diseases
  O'Keefe Evan L., O'Keefe James H., Metzinger Mark, Murray Ellen, Franco Grant, Lavie Carl J., Abuissa Hussam, Harris William S., Omega-3 and Risk of atrial fibrillation: Vagally-mediated double-edged sword 2024
• The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management (Print)
  Roka Attila, Srikanth Kishan K., Abuissa Hussam, Hidden in Plain Sight—An Unusual Case of Acute-onset Persistent Dyspnea
  14:7, p. 5504 - 5508 2023
• Heart rhythm
  Abusnina Waiel, Kousa Omar, Abuissa Hussam, Roka Attila, Halawa Ahmad, PO-04-087 NOT ALL THAT SHINES IS GOLD AND NOT EVERY LIGHT UP ON PET SCAN IS CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS
  20:5, p. S551 - S551 2023
• The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management (Print)
  Abuissa Hussam, Roka Attila, How to Perform a Completely Fluoroless Ablation
  14:5, p. 5455 - 5464 2023
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  Ahmed Arslan, Roka Attila, Mohammed Selma, Abuissa Hussam, Halawa Ahmad, HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY AND LONG QT SYNDROME, RISK OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH, AND IMPORTANCE OF GENETIC TESTING - A CASE REPORT
  81:8, p. 3250 - 3250 2023
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  Roka Attila, Solsi Anup, Abuissa Hussam, Halawa Ahmad, MULTIPOINT ESOPHAGEAL TEMPERATURE MONITORING DURING COMPLETELY FLUOROLESS LEFT ATRIAL CATHETER ABLATION
  81:8, p. 201 - 201 2023
• Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
  Alugubelli Navya, Abuissa Hussam, Roka Attila, Wearable Devices for Remote Monitoring of Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability—What We Know and What Is Coming
  22:22, p. 8903 2022
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  Roka Attila, Abuissa Hussam, SAFETY OF SAME DAY DISCHARGES AFTER CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PROCEDURES AND FACTORS AFFECTING NEED FOR URGENT CARE POST PROCEDURE
  79:9, p. 163 2022
• JACC: Case Reports
  Kousa Omar, Mahfood-Haddad Toufik, Patil Shantanu M., Agarwal Himanshu, Abuissa Hussam, Left Atrial Appendage Closure in a Patient With a Patent Foramen Ovale Septal Occluder Device
  3:3, p. 508 - 511 2021
• HeartRhythm Case Reports
  Tandon Tarun S., Alla Venkata M., Abuissa Hussam S., Agarwal Himanshu M., Left atrial appendage closure in a patient with situs inversus totalis and interrupted inferior vena cava – A transhepatic approach
  6:11, p. 871 - 874 2020
• HeartRhythm Case Reports
  Freeman Wilbur K., Thibodeau Joseph, Abuissa Hussam, Unrecognized ventricular tachycardia in a patient with mitral annulus disjunction and syncope
  6:9, p. 646 - 651 2020
• JACC: Case Reports
  Freeman Wilbur K., Freeman Katelyn R., Abuissa Hussam S., Spontaneous Pothole Cardioversion of a Wide Complex Tachycardia
  2:6, p. 951 - 955 2020
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  Freeman Wilbur, Abuissa Hussam, Kabach Amjad, Smer Aiman Miloud, Saurav Alok, Nationwide Trends of Preferred Pacemaker Implantation in Patients with Sick Sinus Syndrome: A Cost-Effective Analysis of Single Chamber Atrial Pacemaker versus Dual Chamber Pacemaker
  75:11, p. 300 - 300 2020
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  Dang Geetanjali, Saleh Mohammed, Del Carmen Perez Maria, Flete Wilmary Garcia, Guddeti Raviteja, Abuissa Hussam, Alla Venkata, SAFETY PROFILES OF LEADLESS PACEMAKERS (MICRA) DEVICES: AN ANALYSIS OF THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION MANUFACTURER AND USER FACILITY DEVICE EXPERIENCE (MAUDE) DATABASE
  73:9, p. 344 - 344 2019
• Clinical Cardiology
  Smer Aiman, Salih Mohsin, Darrat Yousef H., Saadi Abdulghani, Guddeti Raviteja, Mahfood Haddad Toufik, Kabach Amjad, Ayan Mohamed, Saurav Alok, Abuissa Hussam, Elayi Claude S., Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on atrial fibrillation ablation in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
  41:11, p. 1430 - 1438 2018
• Journal of the American Heart Association
  Kadri Amer N., Hernandez Adrian V., Abuamsha Hasan, Nusairat Leen, Kadri Nazih, Abuissa Hussam, Masri Ahmad, Causes and predictors of 30-day readmission in patients with syncope/collapse
  7:18 2018
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  Kadri Amer, Abuamsha Hasan, Nusairat Leen, Kadri Nazih, Abuissa Hussam, Hernandez Adrian, PREDICTORS OF 30-DAY READMISSION IN PATIENTS WITH SYNCOPE
  71:11, p. A500 - A500 2018
• The American Journal of Cardiology
  Smer Aiman M., Saurav Alok, Azzouz Muhammad, Salih M., Ayan M., Abuzaid A., Akinapelli Abhilash, Kanmanthareddy Arun, Rosenfeld L. E., Merchant F. M., Abuissa Hussam S., Meta-Analysis of Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmias After Improvement in Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction during Follow-Up in Patients with Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
  120:2, p. 279 - 286 2017
• Heart (British Cardiac Society)
  Smer Aiman M., Alla Venkata M., Abuissa H., A 50-Year-Old Man with Incidental Cardiac Mass
  103:3, p. 189 2017
• Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
  Smer Aiman, Dietz Rebecca, Abuissa Hussam, Repetitive non-reentrant ventriculo-atrial synchrony induced atrial fibrillation terminated with inappropriate shock
  16:4, p. 139 - 144 2016
• Chest
  Anantha Narayanan Mahesh, Aggarwal Saurabh, Loomba Rohit, Gupta Navdeep, Alla Venkata, Abuissa Hussam, Mooss Aryan, Robotic Ablation Versus Manual Ablation for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-analysis
  148:4, p. 73 - 73B 2015
• Journal of Cardiac Failure
  Saurav Alok, Abuissa Hussam, Hunter Claire, Smer Aiman, Azzouz Muhammad S., Impact of Non-apical Right Ventricular Lead Placement on Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling and Inter-ventricular Dys-synchrony in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A Meta-analysis
  21:8, p. S43 - S43 2015
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  Azzouz Muhammad, Ayan Mohamed, Abuissa Hussam, Smer Aiman, Kanmanthareddy Arun, NOT ALL LEFT VENTRICULAR LEADS CREATED EQUAL
  65:10, p. A749 - A749 2015
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  Aggarwal Saurabh, Agarwal Anushree, Ismail Imtiaz, Al-Khafaji Nawfal, Alla Venkata, Abuissa Hussam, Mooss Aryan, Arora Rohit, Gupta Navdeep, loomba rohit, HEALTHCARE RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND IMPACT ON COST WITH USE OF REMOTE MONITORING STRATEGY COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL FOLLOW-UP FOR IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS
  65:10, p. A458 - A458 2015
• Clinical Cardiology
  Saurav Alok, Abuzaid Ahmed S., Bansal Ojas, Abuissa Hussam S., Smer Aiman M., Premature Ventricular Contraction-Induced Cardiomyopathy
  38, p. 251 - 258 2015
• Bengaluru Jayanna Manju, Woodruff Mark, Abuissa Hussam, A Large Hiatal Hernia Presenting With Symptomatic Atrial Flutter and Echocardiographic Left Atrial Mass 2013
• Chest
  Abuzetun Jamil, Kelly Airey, Burrns Tammy, Hvass Luke, Khashab Mohamed El, McCashland Demi, Abuissa Hussam, Management of Stroke Risk in Patients Diagnosed With Atrial Fibrillation in a Tertiary Care Center
  142:4, p. 109A - 109A 2012
• Texas Heart Institute Journal
  Deshmukh Anand, Ulveling Kyle, Alla Venkata, Abuissa Hussam, Airey Kelly, Prolonged QTc interval and torsades de pointes induced by citalopram
  39:1, p. 68 - 70 2012
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  Airey Kelly, Wilde Arthur, Hofman Nynke, Etheridge Susan, Ptacek Louis, Abuissa Hussam, Nubel Caroline, Tristani-Firouzi Martin, INCIDENCE OF DEVICE THERAPY AND COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH ANDERSEN-TAWIL SYNDROME WITH ICDS
  57:14, p. E1233 - E1233 2011
• Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
  Abuissa Hussam S., Roshan J., Lim B., Asirvatham S. J., Use of the Impella microaxial blood pump for ablation of hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia
  21:4, p. 458 - 461 2010
• Clinical Cardiology
  Abuissa Hussam, Bybee Kevin A., O'Keefe James H., Statins as antiarrhythmics
  32:10, p. 544 - 548 2009
• Clinical Cardiology
  Abuissa Hussam, O'Keefe James H., Bybee Kevin A., Statins as antiarrhythmics
  32:10, p. 549 - 552 2009
• Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
  O'Keefe J. H., Abuissa H., Pitt B., Eplerenone improves prognosis in postmyocardial infarction diabetic patients with heart failure
  10:6, p. 492 - 497 2008
• Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
  Bajaj Madhuri, Abuissa Hussam, Main Michael L., Rapid Bioprosthetic Valve Degeneration Resulting in Severe Mitral Stenosis
  21:1, p. 90.e1 2008
• Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
  Abuissa Hussam, O'Keefe James, The role of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system-based therapy in diabetes prevention and cardiovascular and renal protection
  10:12, p. 1157 - 1166 2008
• Abuissa Hussam, O'Keefe James H., Reply 2006
• American Journal of Cardiology
  O'Keefe James H., Abuissa Hussam, Sastre Antonio, Steinhaus David M., Harris William S., Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Resting Heart Rate, Heart Rate Recovery After Exercise, and Heart Rate Variability in Men With Healed Myocardial Infarctions and Depressed Ejection Fractions
  97:8, p. 1127 - 1130 2006
• American Journal of Cardiology
  Abuissa Hussam, O'Keefe James, Lavie Carl, Spertus John, Personal health habits of American cardiologists
  97:7, p. 1093 - 1096 2006
• Clinical Cardiology
  Abuissa Hussam, Khanna Avinash, Spertus John, Low rates of exercise in patients with metabolic syndrome after an acute coronary syndrome
  28:11, p. 530 - 533 2005
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  Abuissa Hussam, Jones Philip G., Marso Steven P., O'Keefe James H., Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers for prevention of type 2 diabetes
  46:5, p. 821 - 826 2005
• Current Medical Research and Opinion
  Abuissa Hussam, Bell David S.H., O'Keefe James H., Strategies to prevent type 2 diabetes
  21:7, p. 1107 - 1114 2005
• Abuissa Hussam, O'Keefe James H., Harris William, Lavie Carl J., Autonomic function, omega-3, and cardiovascular risk 2005
• American Journal of Cardiology
  O'Keefe James H., McGhie A. Iain, Ramza Brian M., Steinhaus David M., Abuissa Hussam, Jones Philip G., Thompson Randall C., Bateman Timothy M., Effect of chronic right ventricular apical pacing on left ventricular function
  95:6, p. 771 - 773 2005

Presentations

• Geetanjali Dang, Mohammed Saleh, Maria Del Carmen Perez, Wilmary Garcia Flete, Raviteja Guddeti, Hussam Abuissa, VenkataAlla: SAFETY PROFILES OF LEADLESS PACEMAKERS (MICRA) DEVICES: AN ANALYSIS OF THE FOODAND DRUG ADMINISTRATION MANUFACTURER AND USER FACILITY DEVICE EXPERIENCE (MAUDE) DATABASE. Poster Presentation American College of Cardiology, 3/2019 2019
• Dept of Medicine Grand RoundsCU School of Medicine"iFib: Are We There Yet?" 2019

Awards

• Cardiovascular Medicine Teacher of the Year Award
  Cardiovascular Medicine Teacher of the Year Award - 2018