Prof. Amit Segev, M.D. ,FESC ,FACC
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Services at The Heart Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Specialty
Prof. Segev specializes in all aspects of Interventional Cardiology including: cardiac catheterization, percutaneous coronary interventions, valvular interventions, carotid artery stenting, subclavian stenting
Languages
Hebrew & English
Publications
Education & Fellowships
- School of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- Residency and Fellowship in Internal Medicine and Adult Cardiology, Meir General Hospital, Kfar-Saba, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
- Residency in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Meir General Hospital, Kfar-Saba, Israel
- Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology– St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Board certifications – Cardiology, Internal Medicine
Career Accomplishments
- Director, Cardiac Catheterization Services, The Heart Centre, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
- Deputy Director, The Heart Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
- Secretary General, Israel Heart Society
- Member of Israel Medical Association
- Member of Israel Heart Society
- Member of the European Society of Cardiology, FESC
- Member of the American College of Cardiology, FACC
- Assistant Professor, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Research Interests & Advanced Training
Overseeing the treatment of over 2000 patients per year with variety of cardiac disorders including ischemic heart diseases (and acute coronary syndromes), valvular diseases, myocardial diseases in whom cardiac catheterization and intervention are undertaken at the Leviev Heart Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel and Private Clinic at Assuta Medical Center in Tel Aviv.
The range of treatments includes diagnosis, pharmacological (medication), and interventianal treatment of all adult cardiac diseases including:
The range of treatments includes diagnosis, pharmacological (medication), and interventianal treatment of all adult cardiac diseases including:
- Diagnostic coronary angiography
- Hemodynamic cardiac catheterization for the assessment of:
- Valvular disaeses
- Myocardial and pericardial diseases
- Candidates for heart transplantation
- Assessment of pulmonary hypertension
- Diagnostic peripheral angiography – carotids, renal, aorta, limbs
- Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI)
- Complex PCI procedures
- Intra-vascular ultrasound (IVUS)
- Fractional flow reserve (FFR)
- Percutaneous peripheral interventions
- Carotid artery stenting
- Subbclavian artery stenting
- Renal artery stenting
- Percutaneous valvular interventions
- Trans-catheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) – both Edwards and CoreValv