M. Reza Movahed, Prof.

Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Arizona, Tucson and Phoenix
Tucson, Arizona, United States

Dr. M. Reza Movahed was trained at Yale University in 2000. He is a Clinical Prof. of Med. at the U of A, Tucson, and U of A, Phoenix. He was the Director of Cardiac Cath and Nuclear Card Labs at the UCI, and Director of CCU and Med Director of Card Transplant at the U o A He was the CareMore Regional Card Director. He is renowned for “The Movahed Coronary Bifurcation Classification” and known for his discovery of the flattening of interventricular septum as a sign of right ventricular overload the “ Movahed’s sign” He is also known for reverse “Movahed Maneuver” that can be used for stent deliverability in tortuous vein grafts. He has a patent for a contrast removal device and a device that can measure the cross-sectional lumen of a vessel. He has over 300 peer-reviewed publications He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular disease, Advanced Heart failure/Transplant, Nuc Card, and Interventional cardiology.

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Presentation(s):

• Selective Patient and Operator Selection for CTO Procedure

  Saturday, March 8, 2025
  9:46 AM – 9:54 AM ET

• High Level Of Discordant Between Reported Wedge Pressure With Diastolic Pulmonary Pressure Found During Right Heart Catheterization In Patients Undergoing Cardiac Transplant Evaluation

  Monday, March 10, 2025
  4:32 PM – 4:40 PM ET

• Traditional Risk Factors Are Not Associated With Development Of Allograft Vasculopathy, But They Are Associated With More Severe Lesion Requiring Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

  Monday, March 10, 2025
  10:12 AM – 10:20 AM ET