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Dr. Waleed Ismail KamelPediatric and congenital cardiac surgery
Practice scope
Congenital cardiac surgery, pediatric and adult
This page is written for referring colleagues. It sets out the procedures and case categories this service takes, and the categories it refers on. It is not patient information.
At a glance
- Age range
- Neonate to adult
- Weight floor
- From 2 kg
- Theatres
- Nine hospitals, Greater Cairo
- Referral review
- 3 working days
Pediatricneonatal, infant and childhood congenital disease
- Arterial switch operation — transposition of the great arteries
- Atrial and ventricular septal defect closure
- Complete and partial atrioventricular septal defect repair
- Tetralogy of Fallot — primary and staged repair
- Systemic-to-pulmonary shunt and pulmonary artery banding
- Coarctation and aortic arch repair
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair
- Single-ventricle palliation — Glenn and Fontan pathways
- Ross Procedure and Ross-Konno Procedure
- Ozaki Procedure for Aortic Valve Replacement
- Pediatric Mitral Valve Repair
- Minimally Invasive Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
- Cardiac Tumor Resection
Adult congenitallate presentation, reoperation and revision
- Late repair of septal defects in adolescents and adults
- Late tetralogy repair and pulmonary valve replacement
- Conduit and homograft revision
- Reoperation after childhood repair
- Valve repair and replacement in congenital disease
- Ebstein anomaly and tricuspid valve surgery
- Aortic root and ascending aorta in congenital aortopathy
- Pacemaker and lead revision alongside congenital repair
Both lists are taken from his own operative record.
01Cases outside this service’s scope
Referred on
Transplantation and pediatric mechanical circulatory support — ECMO, ventricular assist devices and the Berlin Heart — are not performed at the hospitals this service operates in. Those cases are referred on.
02What to send with a referral
For physicians and medical teams
Echocardiogram, catheter report where available, weight and age, and a one-paragraph summary. Reviewed within 3 working days.
For patients and families
Appointments, condition guides and costs live on the patient site.
This site is written for referring physicians, colleagues and press.