
Mohammed Waseem Akhter M.D.
Cardiologist | Interventional Cardiology
55 Lake Avenue North Umass Memorial Medic Worcester MA, 01655About
Dr. Mohammed Akhter is a cardiologist practicing in Worcester, MA. Dr. Akhter specializes in diagnosing, monitoring, and treating diseases or conditions of the heart and blood vessels and the cardiovascular system. These conditions include heart attacks, heart murmurs, coronary heart disease, and hypertension. Dr. Akhter also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
University of Punjba
Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College 1997
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Interventional Cardiology- 2008
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The role of organic nitrates in the treatment of heart failure.
- The effect of valvular heart disease on maternal and fetal outcome of pregnancy.
- Nesiritide: a new drug for the treatment of decompensated heart failure.
- Evaluation of myocardial blood flow reserve in patients with chronic congestive heart failure due to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
- Comparison of effects on left ventricular filling pressure of intravenous nesiritide and high-dose nitroglycerin in patients with decompensated heart failure.
- Anticoagulation in pregnant women with prosthetic heart valves.
- Survey of the use of organic nitrates for the treatment of chronic congestive heart failure in the United States.
- Intravenous nitroglycerin in the treatment of decompensated heart failure: potential benefits and limitations.
- Pregnancy-associated cardiomyopathy: clinical characteristics and a comparison between early and late presentation.
- Levosimendan: dual mechanisms for acute heart failure...and beyond?
- Constrictive pericarditis masquerading as chronic idiopathic pleural effusion: importance of physical examination.
- Variable response of conductance and resistance coronary arteries to endothelial stimulation in patients with heart failure due to nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy.
- [Update in the clinical management of valvular heart disease].
- Purification and characterization of two native extracellular carboxymethylcellulases of Cellulomonas flavigena.
- Purification and characterization of three extracellular carboxymethylcellulases of Cellulomonas flavigena.
Awards
- 2012 UMASS Champions of Excellence Award
Treatments
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Heart Disease
- Varicose Veins
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (aaa)
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Pain
- Peripheral Artery Disease (pad)
- Vascular Disease
Professional Memberships
- Member UMass Memorial Medical Group
- Member AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
Fellowships
- University of Southern California Medical Center, Fellow:Interventional Cardiology 2004
- Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, Fellow:Vascular Medicine 2008
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1500 S MAIN STREET EATON RAPIDS MI 48827