Sohail Ikram, M.D. FACC

Sohail Ikram, M.D. FACC Professor of Medicine Director, Invasive and Interventional Cardiology Program Director, Peripheral Vascular Interventions Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program University of Louisville Health Care Outpatient Center 401 East Chestnut Street, Ste. 310 Louisville, KY 40202 502-852-7959 - Academic Office 502-813-6500 - Patient Appointments

Clinical Expertise

Interventional Cardiology, Endovascular Interventions, General Cardiology

Board Certifications

• American Board of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease / Interventional Cardiology

Education and Training

• Medical School: Rawalpindi Medical College, Punjab Univ. Pakistan

• Residency: University of Louisville

• Fellowship: Peripheral Vascular Intervention, Washington Hospital Center; Interventional Cardiology, University of Louisville; Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Louisville

Recent Publications

• Sekhar A, Raheja P, Ikram S. The Macklin effect causing a pneumopericardium. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2012 Aug;13(8):527-8. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328356bc37. PubMed PMID: 22767013.

• Bolli R, Chugh AR, D'Amario D, Loughran JH, Stoddard MF, Ikram S, Beache GM, Wagner SG, Leri A, Hosoda T, Sanada F, Elmore JB, Goichberg P, Cappetta D, Solankhi NK, Fahsah I, Rokosh DG, Slaughter MS, Kajstura J, Anversa P. Cardiac stem cells in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy (SCIPIO): initial results of a randomised phase 1 trial. Lancet. 2011 Nov 26;378(9806):1847-57. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61590-0. Epub 2011 Nov 14. PubMed PMID: 22088800.

• Wallentin L, Becker RC, Budaj A, Cannon CP, Emanuelsson H, Held C, Horrow J, Husted S, James S, Katus H, Mahaffey KW, Scirica BM, Skene A, Steg PG, Storey RF, Harrington RA; PLATO Investigators, Freij A, Thorsén M. Ticagrelor versus clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes. N Engl J Med. 2009 Sep 10;361(11):1045-57. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0904327. Epub 2009 Aug 30. PubMed PMID: 19717846.

• Leesar MA, Varma J, Shapira A, Fahsah I, Raza ST, Elghoul Z, Leonard AC, Meganathan K, Ikram S. Prediction of hypertension improvement after stenting of renal artery stenosis: comparative accuracy of translesional pressure gradients, intravascular ultrasound, and angiography. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Jun 23;53(25):2363-71. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.03.031. PubMed PMID: 19539148.

• Dieter RS, Ikram S, Satler LF, Babrowicz JC, Reddy B, Laird JR. Perforation complicating carotid artery stenting: the use of a covered stent. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2006 Jun;67(6):972-5. PubMed PMID: 16649241.