Dr. Basel Al Aloul

Education and Training

• Interventional Cardiology Fellowship University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Residency
  • Internal Medicine Residency: University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Internship: Tufts University / BMC - Springfield, Massachusetts
• Medical School Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Dublin, Ireland

 

Professional Experience

• Interventional Cardiologist: University of Florida Health Leesburg Hospital and the Villages Hospitals, Leesburg and the Villages, Florida
• Interventional Cardiologist: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Altoona, Pennsylvania

 

Academic And Administrative Appointments

• Chief of Cardiology at University of Florida Leesburg Hospital
• Vice Chief of Cardiology at University of Florida the Villages Hospital
• Vice Chief of Cardiology at University of Florida Leesburg Hospital
• Echocardiography Lab Director at University of Pittsburg Medical Center UPMC Bedford Memorial Hospital, PA
• Chief Interventional Cardiology Fellow at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Chief Medicine Resident at Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

Certifications

• American Board of Interventional Cardiology
• American Board of Cardiovascular Disease
• American Board of Echocardiography
• American Board of Internal Medicine
• Arab Board of Cardiology Certification

 

Specialties and Expertise

• Interventional Cardiology
  • Left and right heart catheterization
  • High risk percutaneous coronary interventions
  • Radial and Ulnar access cardiac catheterization and coronary intervention
  • Percutaneous mechanical circulatory support devices (IABP and Impella)
• Structural Heart Disease
  • Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
• Peripheral Vascular Disease
  • Peripheral percutaneous transluminal interventions
• Cardiovascular Disease
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Valvular Heart Disease
  • Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy
  • Arrhythmias, cardiac monitoring and cardioversion
  • Primary prevention and risk factors modification including treatment of hypercholesterolemia
• Nuclear Cardiology
  • Exercise and pharmacological nuclear stress test
  • Viability studies
• Adult Echocardiography
  • Transthoracic echocardiography
  • Transesophageal echocardiography including 3D
  • Exercise and pharmacological echocardiogram stress test
• Cardiac computed tomography
  • Coronary Calcium Score and Coronary CT angiography

 

Memberships

• Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC)
• Fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (FSCAI)
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• Jordanian Medical Association (JMA)

 

Honours and Awards Publications

• Honours Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland
• First prize Epidemiology and Public Health Competition Award Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland

 

Publications

1. Al Aloul B. What Surgeons Need to Know About Preoperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Non-Cardiac Surgery. Clinics in Surgery. 2017 March; 2: 1370.
2. Al Aloul B, Sigurdsson G, Adabag S, Li JM, Dykoski R, Tholakanahalli VN. Atrial flutter ablation and risk of right coronary artery injury. J Clin Med Res. 2015 Apr;7(4):270-3.
3. Al Aloul B, Guigari P, Nicholas Burke M."Head-to-toe" kissing balloon angioplasty during PCI of right coronary artery chronic total occlusion. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Nov 1;82(5):E672-5.
4. Al Aloul B, Mbai M, Adabag S, Garcia S, Thai H, Goldman S, Holman W, Sethi G, Kelly R, Ward HB, McFalls EO. Utility of nuclear stress imaging for detecting coronary artery bypass graft disease. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2012 Aug 3;12:62.
5. Al Aloul B, Sigurdsson G, Can I, Li JM, Dykoski R, Tholakanahalli VN. Proximity of right coronary artery to cavotricuspid isthmus as determined by computed tomography. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2010 Nov;33(11):1319-23.
6. Al Aloul B, Adabag AS, Can I, Roukoz H, McClintock S, Benditt D, Tholakanahalli V. Electrocardiographic Markers of Cardioversion Success in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. South Med J. 2009 Sep;102(9):885-9.
7. Adabag AS, Mithani S, Al Aloul B, Collins D, Bertog S, Bloomfield HE; Veterans Affairs High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Intervention Trial Study Group. Efficacy of gemfibrozil in the primary prevention of atrial fibrillation in a large randomized controlled trial. Am Heart J. 2009 May;157(5):913-8.
8. H Roukoz, B Al Aloul, S Vats, AA Bavry.Efficacy and safety of drug eluting stents versus bare metal stents in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009, 53 (10): A8-A8.
9. Adabag AS, Kim HG, Al Aloul B. Arrhythmias associated with electroconvulsive therapy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2008 Feb;31(2):253-5.
10. Al Aloul BK, Adabag AS, Goussous TY, Weinert CR. Medical residents' self-reported adherence to guidelines during placement of central venous catheters. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Jan;29(1):86-8.
11. Z Hong, JA Cabrera, M Dutt, B Aloul, EK Weir. Serotonin And Endothelin Increase L-type Calcium Channel Current In Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells, Unrelated To Changes In Membrane Potential. Circulation. 2008; 118:
12. Al Aloul B, Adabag AS, Houghland MA, Tholakanahalli V. Brugada pattern electrocardiogram associated with supratherapeutic phenytoin levels and the risk of sudden death. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2007 May;30(5):713-5.
13. Al Aloul B, Li JM, Benditt D, Tholakanahalli V. Atrial fibrillation associated with hypokalemia due to primary hyperaldosteronism (Conn's syndrome). Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2006 Nov;29(11):1303-5.
14. McRedmond JP, Mulvihill NT, Kane M, Burke B, Aloul B, Forde T, Walsh M, Fitzgerald DJ. A Rapid Agglutination Assay to Detect Anti-Streptokinase Antibodies. Ir J Med Sci. 2004 Oct-Dec; 173(4): 204-10.

 

Abstracts

1. Henri Roukoz, Basel Al Aloul, Venkat Tholakanahalli. Radiofrequency ablation versus antiarhythmic drug therapy for atrial fibrillation: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. HRS 2009.
2. Henri Roukoz, Basel Al Aloul, Shashank Vats, Anthony A. Efficacy and safety of drug eluting stents versus bare metal stents in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. ACC 2009.
3. Zhigang Hong, Jesus A Cabrera, Mohan Dutt, Basel Aloul. E. K Weir. Serotonin And Endothelin Increase L-type Calcium Channel Current In Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells, Unrelated To Changes In Membrane Potential. AHA 2008.
4. Basel Al Aloul, Salam Petros, Craig Weinert. The Practice of Central Venous Catheterization by Internal Medicine Residents. ACP 2006.
5. Salam Petros, Basel Al Aloul, Gardar Sigurdsson. A Rare Source of Bacterial Endocarditis. ACP 2006.
6. James Abraham, Basel Al Aloul, JoEllen Kohlman, Katherine Marenfield, Peter Duane. Intern Procedure Workshop; A Technique To Reduce Procedural Mistakes. ACP 2006.
7. Basel Al Aloul, Amir Lotfi, James Cook. Neglected Chest Trauma Resulting in Constrictive Pericarditis. ACP 2005.
8. B Al Aloul, A Fulton, E Ch'ng, E O'Brien, A Stanton. Acute Effects of Hyperoxia, Hypoxia and Hypercarbia on Retinal Arteriolar and Venular Diameters. International Society of Hypertension, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2004.