Research
Innovative Research and Development
Our department is highly committed to conducting cutting-edge research, and we take immense pride in our active involvement in various research endeavors. With a dedicated team, we strive to push the boundaries of knowledge in our field. Our research work has gained significant recognition, both at the national and international levels, resulting in numerous publications that have contributed to the advancement of our discipline. By engaging in rigorous research methodologies, collaborating with esteemed institutions, and staying updated with the latest developments, we continuously seek to make valuable contributions to our field and foster a culture of innovation and excellence.
Research Interests
Exploring innovative strategies to prevent and manage heart (cardiac) diseases, focusing on lifestyle interventions, medications, and advanced therapies.
Investigating new and minimally invasive surgical techniques for heart (cardiac), vascular, and thoracic conditions to improve patient outcomes and recovery times.
Researching cutting-edge imaging technologies and methods to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of diagnosing heart (cardiac) and vascular diseases.
Studying novel treatments and management strategies for heart failure, including medication regimens, lifestyle changes, and surgical options.
Examining the latest advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of aortic and peripheral vascular diseases, including hybrid and endovascular procedures.
Focusing on the unique challenges and advancements in diagnosing and treating congenital heart (cardiac) diseases in children.
Research and Publications
- Body Mass Index And Its Impact On Outcomes In Cabg Surgery: The Paradox of Obesity And Underweight Risks.”.
Authors: Rokhan Yousaf Zai, Muhammad Wasim Sajjad, Azam Jan, Saif Ullah, et al
Journal-Year: Professional Med.J-2024 - Clinical Outcomes Of Lima-Lad And Rsvg-Lad Anastomoses In Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery- Single Center 3 Years Experience
Authors: MW Sajjad, W Ayub, S Ullah, MS Farsi, A Mehmood, A Jan Et al
Journal-Year: Biological and Clinical Sciences Research Journal-2024 - Pre-operative Anemia as a Risk Factor of Morbidity & Mortality in Valvular Surgeries
Authors : Sardar Saud Abbas, Muhammad Wasim Sajjad et al
Journal-Year: Pakistan Journal Of Health Science ,2024 - Quantitative Analysis of Epicardial Adipose Tissue: 120K Shades of Heart
Authors: Yasir jan, Azam Jan, Wahaj Ayub ,Wasim Sajjad, Rashid Qayyum
Journal-Years : JHRR 2024 - Concomitant CABG vs. CABG Alone -A comparative Analysis of Early outcomes.
Authors: Muhammad Wasim Sajjad , Sarmad Khattak , Azam Jan Et al
Journal- Year : Pakistan Journal Of Health Science ,2023 - Comparison of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Outcomes in patients with and without Prior Percutaneous Coronary Artery intervention
Authors : Khan MS , H ahmad , R shakil , A Jan Et al
Journal – year : Pakistan Journal Of Health science , 2023 - Preoperative Anemia as a negative risk factor for CABG surgery:a retrospective study.
Authors : Robina Bangash, Imtiaz Ahmed, Mujahid ul islam, Haseeb Ahmed, Azam Jan,
M Wasim Sajjad, Saifullah
2.Journal – year : J Gandhara Med Dent Sci, 2024:11(1):50-53 - Outcomes of Surgical Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot: A Comparison Between the Adult and Pediatric Population
Authors : MS khan , A Jan Et al
Journal – year : Cureus, June 2023 - The Effect Of Low Ejection Fraction On Mortality In Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
(Cabg) Patients
Authors: H ahmad , MS khan , R Shakil , A Jan et al
Journal – Year : Gomal Journal of Medical Secienc , March 2023 - Outcomes and Trends of Surgical Ventricular Septal Defect Repair in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan: a retrospective study.
Authors : A Jan Et al
Journal – Year : AVCEENA Journal Of Medical Science , 2023 - Effect of COVID-19 on the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Procedures Mix at a Tertiary Care Hospital.
Authors: R Ullah, MK Hayat, R Shakil, A Jan et al
Journal –Year : Cureus, 2022 - Preoperative Anemia as a Predictor of Morbidity and Mortality in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgical Patients: Our Four Years’
Authors : I Ahmad, MU Islam, M Shahid, A Jan et al
Journal- Year : Pakistan Biomedical Journal, 2022 - Pulmonary Hypertension as a Predictor of Early Outcomes of Mitral Valve Replacement: A Study in Rheumatic Heart Disease Patients
Authors : O Farooq, A Jan, et al
Journal- Year : Cureus, 2022 - Early Chest Re-Exploration for Excessive Bleeding in Post Cardiac Surgery Patients: Does It Matter?
Authors: Mujahid ul islam, Imtiaz Ahmed , Bahaudin Khan, Azam Jan Et al
Journal-Year: Cureus ,2021 - Comparison of Magnesium Sulphate with placebo for prevention of atrial fibrillation in post Coronary Artery Bypass
Authors : A Tahir, F Khan, N Ahmed, H Achakzai, MGR Malik, A Jan et al
Journal-Year : Interventional Cardiology, 2021 - Trends in per-operative parameters and postoperative complications associated with coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG); A four-year retrospective study
Authors : A Jan et al
Journal- Year : Pakistan Journal Medical Sciences, 2021 - Management of retrosternal goiters: A 4-year institutional review in a tertiary hospital
Authors: I Ullah, S Khan, NI Khan, A Jan et al
Journal-Year: The Professional Medical Journal, 2021 - The Lung Mass and Nodule: A Case Series
Author: A Jan et al
Journal: Pakistan Biomedical Journal, 2021 - Pulmonary Endarterectomy for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension.
Author: T Iqbal, A Jan et al
Journal –Year: Pakistan Heart Journal, 2021 - Early Chest Re-Exploration for Excessive Bleeding in Post Cardiac Surgery Patients: Does It Matter?
Author: MU Islam, I Ahmad, B Khan, A Jan et al
Journal- Year : Cureus, 2021 - Incidence and Causes of Re-intubation Other Than Reopening of the Chest in Post-Cardiac Surgical Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Authors : I Ahmed, B Khan, A Jan et al
Journal-Year : Cureus 2021 - Interventional Approach to Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst in Thoracic Surgery Unit of a Tertiary Care Hospital
Authors: I Tahir, M Ahmad, A Jan et al
Journal-Year : 2021 - Effect of Concomitant Tricuspid Annuloplasty on Early Outcomes of Mitral Valve Replacement: A Study on Rheumatic Heart Disease Patients
Authors : O Farooq, A Jan et al
Journal-Year : Cureus 2021 - Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease – A Challenge To Revascularize And The Role Of
Coronary Endarterectomy
Authors: Omer Farooq, Azam Jan, Nabil Iftikhar Awan
Journal-Year: JAMC-2021
- Button Battery in Thoracic Esophagus: A Case Report
Authors: I Tahir, N Awan, A Jan et al
Journal-Year: Journal of Saidu Medical College, Swat, 2021 - To Determine the Frequency of Stroke and Common Factors Leading to it after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Authors: SMA Shah, MU Reman, NI Awan, A Jan et al
Journal-Year: Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021 - The effect of ejection fraction on mortality in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) patients
Authors : NI Awan, A Jan et al
Journal-Year: Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020 - Characteristics, morbidity and mortality factors associated with Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery patients
Authors: SMA Shah, NI Awan, A Jan et al
Journal-Year : Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020 - Fingolimod (FTY720) preserves high energy phosphates and improves cardiac function in heterotopic heart transplantation model
Authors : N Ahmed, J Farooq, S Sadiq, SA Meo, A Jan et al
Journal-Year : International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - Labour-Induced Diaphragmatic Hernia Causing Emergency
Author : A Jan et al
Journal-Year : CTS NET 2019 - Bronchogenic Cyst;
Author: A Jan et al
Journal Year : CTS Net, 2019 - Emergency Lobectomy for Congenital Lobar Emphysema
Author: A Jan et al.
Journal _ Year : CTS NET ,2019 - A Retrospective Cohort Study on Coronary Endarterectomy Outcomes in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patients
Authors : HM Abdullah, A Khan, MK Afridi, A Jan et al
Journal –Year : Cureus, 2019 - Surgery for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Thrombo-endarterectomy of the Pulmonary Artery
Authors : A Jan et al
Journal-Year : CTS NET ,2019 - Comparison of outcome and cost in open and thoracoscopic pneumonectomy:13 years multicenter study
Authors : A Jan et al
Journal-Year: Global Surgery, 2019 - Surgical Resection and Reconstruction of a Large Anterior Chest Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans
Authors : A Jan et al
Journal –Year : CTS NET, 2019 - Early operative outcome of pericardiectomy for symptomatic chronic tuberculous
constrictive pericarditis
Authors : A Jan et al
Journal-Year : International Journal of Endorsing Health Science Research, 2019 - Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Left Coronary Ostium Stenosis: A Surgical Approach
Authors : ASA Khan, A Jan et al
Journal-Year: CTS Net, 2018 - A Giant Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Pending Rupture
Authors : A Jan et al
Journal – Year : Journal of Rehman Medical Institute, 2017 - Aortic surgery cost and outcome at teaching vs. non-teaching hospitals
Authors : A Jan et al
Journal – Year : -Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, 2017 - Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and the cost of treatment
Author : A Jan et al
Journal – Year : E-Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, 2016 - Hydatid Cyst of Interventricular Septum
Authors : A Jan Et al
Journal- Year : CTS NET , 2016 - An Assessment of Religious Impediments to Polio Vaccination in Tehsil Khwazakhela, Swat
Authors: L Ali, A Mussawar, M Shah, A Ullah, A Jan, A et al.
Journal – Year : Journal Pain Relief, 2016 - Outcomes of open repair of chronic descending thoracic aortic dissection
Authors : AL Estrera, A Jan et al
Journal –Year : The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2016 - Surgical outcomes based on resident involvement: what is the impact on vascular surgery patients
Authors : A Jan et al
Journal – Year : Journal of Surgical Education, 2012 - Achalasia; US Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Authors : E Akkary, M Kusti, T Caranasos, A Jan et a , Review 2010 - Evaluation of midlevel and upper-level residents performing their first robotic-sutured intestinal anastomosis.
Authors : SJ Marecik, LM Prasad, JJ Park, A Jan et al
Journal – Year : The American journal of surgery, 2008 - Tricuspid valve repair during left ventricular assist device insertion
Authors : G. Comas, KJ Glithero, T Naseem, A Jan et al
Journal _ Year : ; Circulation, 2007 - A comparison of robotic, laparoscopic, and hand-sewn intestinal sutured anastomoses performed by residents
Authors : SJ Marecik, V Chaudhry, A Jan et al
Journal-Year : The American journal of surgery, 2007
Extended operative day affects performance on laparoscopic simulator
Authors : JA Talarico, A Jan et al
Journal – Year : GASTROENTEROLOGY, 2005 - Can a surgeon’s gentle touch be taught outside the operating room
Authors : JA Talarico, D Rathburn, A Jan et al
Journal – Year : Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2005