Current Position

• M.D Interventional Cardiologist

Education

2008 to 2009: Interventional cardiology fellowship, Rajaee heart center, Iran University of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran.

2003 to 2007: Cardiovascular residency, Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

1996 to 2003: Medical school, Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

1996: graduate from Andishe high school, Shiraz, Iran.

Faculty appointments

2007 to 2008: Assistant professor in cardiology department, Bushehr University of medical sciences, Bushehr, Iran.

2010 till now:  Assistant professor in cardiology department, Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Membership

• A member of Iranian heart association, IHA.
• A member of Iranian society of interventional cardiology, ISOIC.
• A member of European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)

Awards

1. First rank in Motahhari festival, for medical education Bushehr University of medical sciences, Bushehr, Iran.2008.
2. Forth rank in Iranian board of cardiology (second rank in written exam and forth rank in oral exam), Iran, 2007.
3. Emeritus resident of cardiology in Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran, 2004, 2005.
4. Emeritus resident of Shiraz University, Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran, 2006.
5. Emeritus medical student in Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran, 2001.
6. Emeritus medical student of medical universities, Iran.2001.
7. Third rank in national comprehensive exam of basic sciences, Iran, 1999.

Executive activity:

1. Vice director of residency cardiology program in cardiology department and also program director of interventional cardiology fellowship in, Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran, 2010-1013.
2. A member of emergency department committee, Namazi hospital, Shiraz, Iran, 2010 – 2013.
3. Director of primary PCI program in emergency department, Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Since2010 with more than 100 procedure/year.
4. Chief of cardiovascular emergency ward in Namazi hospital, Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran, 2010-1013.
5. A member of mortality committee, Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran, 2010-1013.
6. A member of supervision committee and quality control for cardiac catheterization and PCI, Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran, 2012-1013.
7. A member of patient’s education committee, Adzharia heart center, Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran, 2012-1013.
8. A member of clinical skill lab. (Cardiovascular division), Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran, 2010-1013.
9. Head of catheterization department, AL Zahra hospital, Shiraz, Iran from 2013.
10. Head of catheterization department, Abu- Ali Sina hospital, Shiraz, Iran from 2017.
11. A member of Heart transplant organization, Abu- Ali Sina hospital, Shiraz, Iran from 2017.
12. Chief of interventional committee in cardiology department, Shiraz University of medical Sciences since 2017.

Presentation

• A: Thesis:

1. Prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in diabetic patients, thesis for M.D, 2003.
2. ICAM-1 polymorphism in CAD patients, thesis for cardiovascular residency, 2007
3. Prognostic value of inflammatory marker in MI- ongoing
4. Assessment of TS-2 level in patient with MI

• B: Oral presentation:

1. Case presentation in Gulf PCR 2014, LM stenting and cardiogenic shock.
2. Case presentation in Euro PCR2015, A case of massive coronary air emboli
3. Case presentation in Euro PCR 2015, an unusual case of STEMI
4. Case presentation in Gulf PCR2013, interactive case corner, a case rescue PCI on RCA.
5. Case presentation in Euro 2017, a case of giant coronary aneurysm.
6. LM stenting, tips and trick, Kowsar congress, Iran, Shiraz, 2017
7. In sixth Razavi congress; “Stent thrombosis, a real catastrophe”, Mashhad, Iran,2013.
8. In bimonthly symposium of ISOIC;” myocardial bridge”, Rajaee heart center, Tehran, Iran, 2013.
9. In first congress of woman and health; “Woman and cardiovascular disease”, Shiraz, Iran, 2012.
10. In first congress of Emergency medicine; “cardiovascular emergency”, Shiraz, Iran, 2012.
11. In second Rajaee interventional congress; “Vascular complication of interventional procedures”, Rajaee heart center, Tehran, Iran, 2010.
12. In bimonthly symposium of ISOIC, “Pulmonary thromboemboli”, Rajaee heart center, Tehran, Iran, 2010.
13. In Kowsar congress;” ICAM-1 polymorphism in CAD patients, thesis for cardiovascular”, Shiraz, Iran, 2007.

• C: articles:

1. Importance of mild inferolateral ischemia on single photon emission computed tomography with 99mTc-MIBI using 20 left ventricular segments model. Majid Assadi,Alireza Abdi-Ardekani, Mohammad Reza Pourbehi, Lati Amini ,Hamid Javadi ,Moloud Abbaszadeh,Mahsan Assadi. Iranian journal of nuclear medicine. 18; Issue: Suppl 1; Start page: 132; Date: 2010.
2. Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome among Iranian Military Parachutist. Alireza Khoshdel, Seyed Morteza Seyed Jafari, Seyed Taghi Heydari, Firoozeh Abtahi, AlirezaAbdi Ardekani, Fatemeh Jabbary Lak. Int Cardiovasc Res J.2012;6(2):51-55. icrj: 1825.
3. Retrograde pulmonary embolectomy in 11 patients. Zarrabi K, Mollazadeh R, Ostovan MA, Abdi Ardekani AR.Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Apr;85(4):1471-2.
4. ICAM-1 polymorphisms (G241R, K469E), in coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction. Aminian B, Abdi Ardekani AR, Arandi N.Iran J Immunol. 2007 Dec; 4(4):227-35.
5. Adjunctive use of verapamil in patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy. Asadi-Pooya AA, Razavizadegan SM, Abdi-Ardekani A, Sperling MR.Epilepsy Behav. 2013 Aug 20;29(1):150-154. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.07.006
6. Interleukin-18 Gene Polymorphism in Patients with and without Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease. S Shayan1, AR Abdi1, MJ Zibaeenezhad1, MR Haghshenas2, N Erfani2, A Ghaderi2. Iranian Cardiovascular Research Journal Vol.3, No.3, 2009.158-163.
7. Correlation of Early and Late Ejection Fractions with CCL5 and CCL18 Levels in Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction. Mahdi Sajedi Khanian, Alireza Abdi Ardekani, Shahdad Khosropanah, Mehrnoosh DoroudchiIran J Immunol 2016 Jun;13(2):100-13.
8. Download: Pulmonary artery stenosis caused by a large aortic arch pseudo aneurysm detected 10 years after a minor trauma .Jalal Zamani, Kamran Aghasadeghi, Khalil Zarrabi, Alireza Abdi Ardekani, Abdolali Zolghadrasli. J Cardiovasc Thorac Res 2016 15;8(1):46-8. Epub 2016 Mar 15.
9. The Comparison Between Two Surgical Methods for Left Internal Mammary Artery (LIMA) Anastomosis on Left Anterior Descending (LAD) Artery in Patients with Severe Diffuse Lesions: Short to Mid-Term Results. Khalil Zarrabi,Pooyan Dehghani,Alireza Abdi Ardekani,Mohammad Amin Zarrabi,Abdoali Zolghadrasli, Acta Med Iran 2015 ;53(6):369-72