Meet Dr. Masood Ahmed
Dr. Masood is an endovascular specialist treating coronary artery disease and doing Intervention in diverse vascular beds.
Dr. Masood graduated from King Edward Medical College, Lahore. He did general medical and specialist training in NHS in United Kingdom between 1981-1994 including Interventional Cardiology in Victoria Hospital Blackpool, England. He briefly held position of Assistant Professor in Medicine in Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad 1988- 89. Later he worked as Head of Cardiology in Al-Noor Specialist Hospital Holy Makkah for 7 years and two years in Armed Forces Hospital Khamis Mushayt, KSA. He was invited as Head of Cardiology in Ittefaq Hospital, Lahore where he served from 2004 to 2012. At present he is based in Hameed Latif Hospital and works as Interventional Cardiologist.
In addition to his interventional training in UK, he has trained in Centers of Excellence (COE) around the world including in Austria for certification in rotational atherectomy, SUD Paris for training in Bifurcation & LMS intervention; Washington Hospital Center for training in IVUS and Rota; Assan Medical center S. Korea for training in LMS and IVUS intervention, CTO course in Nice, France. He regularly keeps updated by attending TCT (USA), Euro PCR (Paris), ACC, and ESC meetings.
For peripheral intervention he regularly attends LINC courses in Leipzig, Germany since 2008 and ICCA courses in Frankfurt, Venice course in CLI foot (Abano Terme General Hospital, PD) by Dr Marco Manzi.
Our Expertise
Coronary Interventions to avoid Bypass Surgery (CABG)
- Left Main Stem intervention
- DK-Crush for bifurcation lesions
- Rotational atherectomy for calcified lesion
- FFR for assessment of intermediate lesions
- IVUS for assessment of coronary anatomy and optimisation of intervention
Peripheral Interventions to avoid amputation of foot
- Aorto-iliac angioplasty
- SFA and below knee intervention
- Subclavian artery stenting
Renal Interventions for resistant hypertension and fistula repair
- Blocked renal fistula (AV) intervention
- Renal artery stenting
Permanent Pacemaker Therapy
- For Brady-arrythmias leading to unexplained falls and dizziness
- Varicose Veins:
- These veins look tortuous and unsightly on the inner side of thighs and lower legs, causing pain, irritation, ulceration, and ultimately brownish pigmentation and non-healing ulcers.
- The earlier treatment by surgical stripping is cumbersome and painful.
- Present day treatment is painless and can be done as a day patient with discharge home the same day.
- DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis):
- Clotting in the deep veins can cause considerable disability in the swollen, painful limbs.
- These patients can be successfully treated with deployments of stents to keep the veins open, much like the arteries of the legs.
Why Choose Dr. Masood?
30+ Years of Extensive Experience
International Training & Credentials
Innovative Techniques and Procedures
Long-term Commitment to Patient Care
Expert in Complex Procedures
Success Stories
Renal artery stenting for resistant hypertension
53Y old non diabetic lady presented with severe limitation of walking around less than 200 yards and resistant hypertension for few months before presentation. Initial assessment by CT angiogram showed severe disease in both renal arteries and severe aorto iliac disease secondary to vasculitis. She underwent successful angioplasty of both kidneys and iliac vessels restoring normal flow in kidneys and the lower limbs.
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Successful Angioplasty
53Y, Female diabetic with angina on mild effort. She had two vessel disease (LAD and RCA). She underwent successful angioplasty to both vessels through right arm. She was discharged home on the same day.
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Bypass saved through LMS intervention
55Y, DM-T2 presented with chest pain at rest. He was advised bypass operation(CABG). He declined and wanted angioplasty. He was referred to our services from Faisalabad. He underwent successful angioplasty to left main stem (LMS) through right arm and walked away the same day. He remains asymptomatic to date.
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