AliGhaniMDFACC

Cardiology • Rockford, IL

Interventional Cardiology

Interventional Cardiologist

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Office
1401 E State St
UW Health Swedish American Hospital
Rockford, IL 61104
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Education & Training

University of Connecticut/Hartford HospitalFellowship, Interventional Cardiology, 2022 - 2023
St Louis University School of MedicineFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2019 - 2022
Abington Memorial HospitalChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 2018 - 2019
Abington Memorial HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2015 - 2018
King Edward Medical UniversityClass of 2011

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 2023 - 2026
MO State Medical License 2019 - 2025
IN State Medical License 2023 - 2025
CT State Medical License 2022 - 2024
PA State Medical License 2015 - 2024
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Sex-Based Outcomes in Patients Undergoing WATCHMAN Device Implantation.
Lolita Golemi, Sundeep Kumar, Ali Ahmad, Ali Ghani, Ruthvik Srinivasamurthy, Sarika Kumari, Ammar Nasir, Kishore Harjai> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2023 Aug 15
Ticagrelor and primidone interaction masquerading as dual antiplatelet therapy noncompliance.
Haris Patail, Ali Ghani, Chad Nagle, Raymond McKay, Jawad Haider, Rizvi, A. A., Asad Rizvi> ;Future Cardiology. 2023 Mar 1
1 citations
Contemporary trends in the incidence of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) - ethnic and household income disparities.
Mohsin S Mughal, Hafsa Akbar, Ikwinder P Kaur, Ali R Ghani, Hasan Mirza, Weiyi Xia, Mohammed Haris Usman, Mahboob Alam, Tarek Helmy> ;Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy. 2022 Jun 1
Heart Failure Patients and Implications of Obesity: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.
Mohsin Sheraz Mughal, Ali Ghani, Sundeep Kumar, Waqas Hanif, Irfan Ahsan, Hafsa Akbar, Sara Aslam, Zain Khakwani, Deana Mikhalkova, Howard Levitt> ;Cureus. 2021 Sep 20
Cardiac Arrest in the Presence of Alcohol Abuse, Hypokalemia, and Possible Brugada Syndrome
Akhil Mogalapalli, Sundeep Kumar, Aliraza Ghani, Philip L. Mar> ;Texas Heart Institute Journal. 2021 Sep 1
4 citations
The contemporary trends and geographic variation in premature mortality due to heart failure from 1999 to 2018 in the United States.
Ali Raza Ghani, Mohsin Sheraz Mughal, Sundeep Kumar, Sara Aslam, Mahboob Alam, Mohammed Haris Usman, Deanna Mikhalkova> ;International Journal of Cardiology. Heart & Vasculature. 2021 Jun 1
Wrapped Left Anterior Descending Artery Presenting As Inferior Myocardial Infarction: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Ali Raza Ghani, Mohsin Sheraz Mughal, Sundeep Kumar, Preetham Muskula, Elsayed Abo-Salem> ;Cureus. 2021 Feb 15
2 citations
Percutaneous repair of post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture presenting with cardiogenic shock.
Zach Oman, Sundeep Kumar, Ali Ghani, Ziad SayedAhmad, Piotr J. Horbal, Ammar Nasir, Michael Forsberg, Tarek Helmy> ;American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease. 2020 Oct 15
8 citations
Clinical Approach to Manage Gastrointestinal Bleeding with a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD).
Irfan Ahsan, Aniqa Faraz, Asif Mehmood, Waqas Ullah, Ali Ghani> ;Cureus. 2019 Dec 10
2 citations
The role of echocardiography in diagnostic evaluation of patients with syncope-a retrospective analysis.
Ali Ghani, Waqas Ullah, Hafez Mohammad Ammar Abdullah, Yasar Sattar, Usman Sarwar, Irfan Ahsan, Wajahat Humayun> ;American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease. 2019 Oct 15
Weight Loss: A Significant Cue To The Diagnosis of Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia
Ayesha Bakhtiar, Adeel S Yousphi, Ali Ghani, Zain Ali, Waqas Ullah> ;Cureus. 2019 Aug 7
“Singultus” uncloaking potentially fatal vascular dissections
Waqas Ullah, Shristi Khanal, Zeeshan Sattar, Sohaib Roomi, Asrar Ahmad, Usman Sarwar, Ali Ghani> ;Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives. 2019 Jun 19
Tetralogy of Fallot with isolated levocardia in a young female.
Zeeshan Sattar, Hafez Muhammad Ammar Abdullah, Sohaib Roomi, Waqas Ullah, Adnan Khan, Ali Ghani, Asrar Ahmad> ;Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives. 2019 Jun 19
1 citations
Acute mesenteric ischemia in an African American patient with heterozygous factor V Leiden deficiency.
Hadiatou Barry, Ali Ghani, David Gary Smith> ;Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives. 2019 Jun 19
2 citations
Tilting the balance: hemidiaphragm paralysis leading to right to left cardiac shunt.
Ali Ghani, Mohsin Hamid, Puneet Dhillon, Waqas Ullah> ;BMJ Case Reports. 2018 Nov 1
The Effects of Geography on Outcomes of Routine Early Versus Selective Late Revascularization Strategy in the Treatment of Unstable Angina and Non-ST-Segment Elevation...
Hafeez Ul Hassan Virk, Kevin Bryan Lo, Chayakrit Krittanawong, Faisal Inayat, Usman Sarwar, Ali Ghani, Christian Witzke, Sean Janzer, Jon C. George, Gregg S. Pressman,...> ;Journal of Clinical Medicine Research. 2018 Oct 30
27 citations
Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm: An Overview of Diagnosis and Management.
Faisal Inayat, Ali Ghani, Iqra Riaz, Nouman Safdar Ali, Usman Sarwar, Raphael Bonita, Hafeez Ul Hassan Virk> ;Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports. 2018 Jan 1
4 citations
Spontaneous Lung Herniation Leading to Extensive Subcutaneous Emphysema, Pneumothorax, Pneumomediastinum, and Pneumopericardium.
Mohsin Hamid, Ali Ghani, Waqas Ullah, Usman Sarwar, Rajesh Patel> ;Cureus. 2018 Jun 22
17 citations
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) after bevacizumab therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer.
Mohsin Hamid, Ali Ghani, Ida Micaily, Usman Sarwar, Bilal Lashari, Faizan Malik> ;Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives. 2018 Jun 12
10 citations
Meta-Analysis of Antithrombotic Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
Safi U. Khan, Muhammad U. Khan, Ali Ghani, Ahmad Naeem Lone, Adeel Arshad, Edo Kaluski> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2018 May 15
4 citations
Trends, etiologies, and predictors of 90-day readmission after percutaneous ventricular assist device implantation: A national population-based cohort study.
Hafeez Ul Hassan Virk, Byomesh Tripathi, Shuchita Gupta, Akanksha Agrawal, Sandeep Dayanand, Faisal Inayat, Chayakrit Krittanawong, Ali Raza Ghani, Mohammad Nour Zabad...> ;Clinical Cardiology. 2018 May 1
3 citations
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: A Case Series of 9 Patients With Literature Review.
Ali Ghani, Faisal Inayat, Nouman Safdar Ali, Reema Anjum, Michael Viray, Arsalan Talib Hashmi, Iqra Riaz, Bruce D. Klugherz, Hafeez Ul Hassan Virk> ;Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports. 2018 Apr 18
1 citations
Some neck swellings are serious; a case of Lemierre's Syndrome.
Ali Ghani, Mohsin Hamid, Ahsan Raza, Rizwan Naseer, Joseph Crocetti> ;Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives. 2017 Sep 19
2 citations
Hemochromatosis as Junctional Tachycardia, a Rare Presentation.
Ali Ghani, Irfan Ahsan, Charles Gottleib> ;Clinics and Practice. 2017 Aug 3
6 citations
A Rare Presentation of Fibromuscular Dysplasia: Postpartum Vascular Catastrophe and Brief Literature Review:
Fatima Khan, Ali Ghani, Larami MacKenzie, Ashwin Matthew, Usman Sarwar, Bruce D. Klugherz> ;Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports. 2017 Jul 31
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