Interventional Cardiologist in VIC
BOOKING ENQUIRYBiography
Dr Omar Al-Mukhtar shares his message for patients over the age of 65 years old
Procedures & Conditions
Procedures Performed
- Coronary Angiograms
- Coronary Angioplasty
- Intra-Coronary Physiological Assessments
- Intra-Coronary Imaging
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
- Transcatheter Mitral/Tricuspid Valve Edge to Edge Repair
- Atrial Septal Defects (ASD) Closures
- Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closures
- Non-Invasive Stress Testing (Stress Echo and Stress ECG)
Conditions Treated
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Chest Pain
- Palpitations
- Lipid Disorders
- Hypertension
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Heart Failure
Experience
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Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Victorian Heart Hospital; Monash Heart Private; Northern Hospital Epping; Epworth Hospital in Richmond Present -
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
MyHeart Coburg and New Gisborne Present -
Clinical Fellowships
Western Health; Monash Health; Victorian Heart Hospital
Memberships and Affiliations
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
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2020
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRACP)
Awards
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2012
Australian Medical Council (AMC) Certificate
Research & Publications
Publications
1. Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Stub, Dion & Reid, Christopher & Lo, Sidney & Lefkovits, Jeffery & Walton, Antony & Chew, Derek & Yong, Andy & Nicholls, Stephen & Cox, Nicholas & Peter, Karlheinz & Chan, William. (2023). Variability in Contemporary Heparin Prescription and Activated Clotting Time Monitoring During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Call for Up-To-Date Evidence-Based Guidelines. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 32. 10.1016/j.hlc.2023.09.020.
2. Zheng, Wayne & Đinh, Diễm & Noaman, Samer & Bloom, Jason & Batchelor, Riley & Lefkovits, Jeffrey & Brennan, Angela & Reid, Christopher & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Shaw, James & Stub, Dion & Yang, Yang & French, Craig & Kaye, David & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2023). Effect of Concomitant Cardiac Arrest on Outcomes in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome-Related Cardiogenic Shock. The American journal of cardiology. 204. 104-114. 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.06.123.
3. Hanson, Laura & Vogrin, Sara & Noaman, Samer & Goh, Cheng Yee & Zheng, Wayne & Wexler, Noah & Jumaah, Haider & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Bloom, Jason & Haji, Kawa & Schneider, Daniel & Kadhmawi, Ahmed & Stub, Dion & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2023). Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure for the Prediction of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Who Underwent Primary Percutaneous Intervention (the ELEVATE Study). The American journal of cardiology. 203. 219-225. 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.06.111.
4. Ho, Felicia & Zheng, Wayne & Noaman, Samer & Batchelor, Riley & Wexler, Noah & Hanson, Laura & Bloom, Jason & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Haji, Kawa & D’Elia, Nicholas & Kaye, David & Shaw, James & Yang, Yang & French, Craig & Stub, Dion & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2022). Sex differences among patients presenting to hospital with out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest and shockable rhythm. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 35. 10.1111/1742-6723.14117.
5. Zheng, Wayne & Noaman, Samer & Batchelor, Riley & Hanson, Laura & Bloom, Jason & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Haji, Kawa & D’Elia, Nicholas & Ho, Felicia & Kaye, David & Shaw, James & Yang, Yang & French, Craig & Stub, Dion & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2022). Evaluation of factors associated with selection for coronary angiography and in‐hospital mortality among patients presenting with out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest without ST‐segment elevation. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 100. 10.1002/ccd.30442.
6. Wexler, Noah & Vogrin, Sara & Brennan, Angela & Noaman, Samer & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Haji, Kawa & Bloom, Jason & Dinh, Diem & Zheng, Wayne & Shaw, James & Duffy, Stephen & Lefkovits, Jeffrey & Reid, Christopher & Stub, Dion & Kaye, David & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2022). Adverse Impact of Peri-Procedural Stroke in Patients Who Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. The American Journal of Cardiology. 181. 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.06.063.
7. Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Vogrin, Sara & Lampugnani, Edwin & Noaman, Samer & Dinh, Diem & Brennan, Angela & Reid, Christopher & Lefkovits, Jeffrey & Cox, Nicholas & Stub, Dion & Chan, William. (2022). Temporal Changes in Pollen Concentration Predict Short‐Term Clinical Outcomes in Acute Coronary Syndromes. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11. 10.1161/JAHA.121.023036.
8. Wexler, Noah & Vogrin, Sara & Brennan, Angela & Noaman, Samer & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Haji, Kawa & Đinh, Diễm & Zheng, Wayne & Duffy, Stephen & Lefkovits, Jeffrey & Reid, Christopher & Stub, Dion & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2022). ADVERSE IMPACT OF PERI-PROCEDURAL STROKE AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 79. 823. 10.1016/S0735-1097(22)01814-9.
9. Hanson, Laura & Goh, Cheng Yee & Vogrin, Sara & Noaman, Samer & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Schneider, Daniel & Cheng, Yik & Wexler, Noah & Haji, Kawa & Neil, Chris & Stub, Dion & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2022). LEFT VENTRICULAR END-DIASTOLIC PRESSURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCIDENT CONTRAST-INDUCED NEPHROPATHY AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION UNDERGOING PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS INTERVENTION. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 79. 618. 10.1016/S0735-1097(22)01609-6.
10. Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Vogrin, Sara & Noaman, Samer & Lampugnani, Edwin & Dinh, D. & Brennan, Angela & Reid, Christopher & Lefkovits, J. & Cox, N. & Stub, D. & Chan, William. (2021). Temporal Changes in Pollen Grain Concentration Predict Short-Term Clinical Outcomes in Acute Coronary Syndromes. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 30. S112. 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.06.045.
11. Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Bilgrami, Irma & Noaman, Samer & Lapsley, Rebecca & Ozcan, John & Marane, Candida & Groen, Fiona & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2020). Cardiac Arrest in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory: Initial Experience With the Role of Simulation Setup and Training. American Journal of Medical Quality. Publish Ahead of Print. 106286062095080. 10.1177/1062860620950805.
12. Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Bilgrami, I. & Noaman, Samer & Lapsley, Rebecca & Marane, Candida & Groen, F. & Cutter, H. & Cox, N. & Chan, William. (2019). Cardiac Arrest in The Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory (CCL): Initial Experience with the Role of Simulation Set-up and Training. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 28. 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.590.
13. Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Vogrin, Sara & Noaman, Samer & Dinh, D. & Brennan, Angela & Reid, C. & Lefkovits, J. & Cheng, Y. & Cox, N. & Chan, William. (2019). Association of Pollen Count with Short Term Clinical Outcomes in Different Subtypes of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS). Heart, Lung and Circulation. 28. 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.583.
14. Noaman, Samer & Goh, Cheng Yee & Vogrin, Sara & Brennan, Angela & Andrianopoulos, Nick & Dinh, Diem & Lefkovits, Jeffrey & Reid, Christopher & Walton, Antony & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Biswas, Sinjini & Stub, Dion & Duffy, Stephen & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2018). Comparison of short-term clinical outcomes of proximal versus nonproximal lesion location in patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: The PROXIMITI study. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 93. 10.1002/ccd.27665.
15. Noaman, Samer & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Abramovic, Sheri & Mohammed, Hanin & Goh, Cheng Yee & Long, Claire & Neil, Christopher & Janus, Edward & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2018). Changes in Statin Prescription Patterns in Patients Admitted to an Australian Geriatric Subacute Unit. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 28. 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.12.009.
16. Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Noaman, Samer & Cheng, Y. & Seman, M. & Mulligan, A. & Cox, N. & Chan, William. (2018). Pollen Count Association With Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Melbourne. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 27. S468-S469. 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.06.966.
17. Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Noaman, Samer & Lim, M. & Goh, Cheng Yee & Seman, M. & Mulligan, A. & Chan, William & Cox, N.. (2017). Predictors of Short-Term Readmissions in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Treated with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 26. S228. 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.06.424.
18. Goh, Cheng Yee & Noaman, Samer & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Cheng, Y. & Schneider, D. & Jumaah, Haider & Kadhmawi, A. & Lim, M. & Neil, Christopher & Cox, N. & Chan, William. (2017). Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure and its Association with Contrast-Induced Nephropathy and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 26. S86. 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.06.097.
19. Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Mulligan, A. & Noaman, Samer & Goh, Cheng Yee & Seman, M. & Neil, Christopher. (2017). A Systematic Review of Palliative Intent Medical Interventions for Patients with Advanced Heart Failure: A Best Evidence Synthesis Approach. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 26. S126. 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.06.191.
20. Mulligan, Andrew & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Wong, Michael. (2017). Public access defibrillation: Emerging importance of automated external defibrillators as a diagnostic clinical tool. The Medical Journal of Australia. 206. 186. 10.5694/mja16.01037.
21. Noaman, Samer & Goh, Cheng Yee & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Seman, M. & Mulligan, A. & Zakhem, B. & Brazzale, Anthony & Walton, A. & Stub, Dion & Cox, N. & Chan, William. (2016). Comparison of Short-term Clinical Outcomes of Proximal Versus Distal Culprit Lesions in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 25. S170. 10.1016/j.hlc.2016.06.399.
22. Noaman, Samer & Goh, Cheng Yee & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Jumaah, Haider & Brazzale, Anthony & Walton, A. & Stub, Dion & Chan, William & Cox, N.. (2016). Comparison of Short-Term Clinical Outcomes of Transradial Versus Transfemoral Vascular Access in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 25. S170. 10.1016/j.hlc.2016.06.400.
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