Nawwar Al-Attar serves as the specialty advisor for cardiac surgery to the chief medical officer in Scotland.
Prof. Al-Attar specializes in the surgical management of advanced heart failure and total arterial coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). He is a Fellow of the European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons and a member of the French College of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. He held various national and international appointments, including previous Director the Scottish National Heart Failure Service, Chair of the Cardio-Thoracic Transplant Audit Group, member of the Cardio-Thoracic Transplant Advisory Group (NHS BT), and the Scottish Donation and Transplant Group (SDTG). He was also a nucleus member of the Cardiovascular Surgery working group of the European Society of Cardiology.
His interests include heart failure, transplantation, atrial fibrillation surgery, patient blood management, digital transformation of healthcare, and non-technical surgical skills.
He has authored over 140 peer-reviewed manuscripts. He serves as a reviewer for multiple journals and has been either course director or faculty member for training programs in both France and the UK including the Birmingham Review Course, National Virtual Anastomosis surgical skills and advanced echocardiography courses.
Selected publications from PubMed
The current clinical practice for management of post-infarction ventricular septal rupture: a European survey.
Ronco D, Ariza-Solé A, Kowalewski M, Matteucci M, Di Mauro M, López-de-Sá E, Ranucci M, Sionis A, Bonaros N, De Bonis M, Russo CF, Uribarri A, Montero S, Fischlein T, Kowalówka A, Naito S, Obadia JF, Martín-Asenjo R, Aboal J, Thielmann M, Simon C, Andrea-Riba R, Parra C, Folliguet T, Martínez-Sellés M, Sanmartín Fernández M, Al-Attar N, Viana Tejedor A, Serraino GF, Burgos Palacios V, Boeken U, Raposeiras Roubin S, Solla Buceta MA, Sánchez Fernández PL, Scrofani R, Pastor Báez G, Jorge Pérez P, Actis Dato G, Garcia-Rubira JC, de Gea Garcia JH, Massimi G, Musazzi A, Lorusso R
Eur Heart J Open. 2023 Sep;3(5):oead091 doi: 10.1093/ehjopen/oead091.
Surgical Treatment of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Rupture.
Ronco D, Matteucci M, Kowalewski M, De Bonis M, Formica F, Jiritano F, Fina D, Folliguet T, Bonaros N, Russo CF, Sponga S, Vendramin I, De Vincentiis C, Ranucci M, Suwalski P, Falcetta G, Fischlein T, Troise G, Villa E, Dato GA, Carrozzini M, Serraino GF, Shah SH, Scrofani R, Fiore A, Kalisnik JM, D'Alessandro S, Lodo V, Kowalówka AR, Deja MA, Almobayedh S, Massimi G, Thielmann M, Meyns B, Khouqeer FA, Al-Attar N, Pozzi M, Obadia JF, Boeken U, Kalampokas N, Fino C, Simon C, Naito S, Beghi C, Lorusso R
JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Oct 1;4(10):e2128309 doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28309.
Clinical cases referring to current options and recommendations for the use of thoracic endovascular aortic repair in acute and chronic thoracic aortic disease: an expert consensus document of the European Society for Cardiology (ESC) Working Group of Cardiovascular Surgery, the ESC Working Group on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Diseases, the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) of the ESC and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS).
Czerny M, Pacini D, Aboyans V, Al-Attar N, Eggebrecht H, Evangelista A, Grabenwöger M, Stabile E, Kolowca M, Lescan M, Micari A, Muneretto C, Nienaber C, de Paulis R, Tsagakis K, Rylski B
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Jan 4;59(1):74-79 doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa313.
Current options and recommendations for the use of thoracic endovascular aortic repair in acute and chronic thoracic aortic disease: an expert consensus document of the European Society for Cardiology (ESC) Working Group of Cardiovascular Surgery, the ESC Working Group on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Diseases, the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) of the ESC and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS).
Czerny M, Pacini D, Aboyans V, Al-Attar N, Eggebrecht H, Evangelista A, Grabenwöger M, Stabile E, Kolowca M, Lescan M, Micari A, Muneretto C, Nienaber C, de Paulis R, Tsagakis K, Rylski B, Braverman AC, Di Marco L, Eagle K, Falk V, Gottardi R
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Jan 4;59(1):65-73 doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa268.
Postimplant biological aortic prosthesis degeneration: challenges in transcatheter valve implants.
Bidar E, Folliguet T, Kluin J, Muneretto C, Parolari A, Barili F, Suwalski P, Bonaros N, Punjabi P, Sadaba R, De Bonis M, Al-Attar N, Obadia JF, Czerny M, Shrestha M, Zegdi R, Natour E, Lorusso R
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2019 Feb 1;55(2):191-200 doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezy391.
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