MuhammadAftabMDFACC

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Associate Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado-Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

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Office
12631 East 17th Avenue, Room 6602, Mail Stop C310
Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado-Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Aurora, CO 80045
Phone+1 303-724-7428

Fax+1 303-724-2806

Dr. Muhammad Aftab is a thoracic surgeon in Aurora, CO and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including University of Colorado Hospital, UCHealth Memorial Hospital, and UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital. He received his medical degree from King Edward Medical University and has been in practice 18 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Urdu, Punjabi, and Hindi. He specializes in adult cardiac surgery, aortic surgery, and cardiovascular surgery and is experienced in transplant cardiology, aortic diseases, congestive heart failure, adult general thoracic surgery, and aortic surgery.

Aortic diseases, Thoracic Aorta, Re-operative Cardiac Surgery, Aortic valve surgery, Coronary Disease, Adult cardiac surgery, Aortic surgery, Heart failure and transplantation, Left ventricular assist device implantation, Endovascular Aortic Surgery

Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Aortic & Endovascular Surgery, 2014 - 2015
Texas Heart Institute/Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2011 - 2014
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellResidency, Surgery, 2006 - 2011
Baylor College of MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2004 - 2006
King Edward Medical UniversityClass of 1999

PubMed

35 citations
Survival analysis of heart failure patients: A case study
Tanvir Ahmad, Assia Munir, Sajjad Haider Bhatti, Muhammad Aftab, Muhammad Ali Raza
Plos One. 2017-07-20
66 citations
Elamipretide Improves Mitochondrial Function in the Failing Human Heart.
Kathryn C. Chatfield, Genevieve C. Sparagna, Sarah Chau, Elisabeth K Phillips, Amrut V. Ambardekar
JACC. Basic to Translational Science. 2019-04-29
1 citations
Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in patients with COVID-19 respiratory failure: A multicenter study.
Navin G Vigneshwar, Muhammad F Masood, Ivana Vasic, Martin Krause, Karsten Bartels
JTCVS Open. 2022-12-01

Journal Articles

Contemporary outcomes of open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair in octogenarians
M. Aftab, T. Songdechakraiwut, S. Y. Green, S. Zarda, M. D. Price, C. C. Nalty, O. Preventza, K. I. de la Cruz, S. A. LeMaire, J. S. Coselli., The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 9/18/2014
Left ventricular assist device outflow graft: alternative sites
Magdy M. El-Sayed Ahmed, Muhammad Aftab, Steve K. Singh, Hari R. Mallidi, Oscar H. Frazier, Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 9/2014

AppointedMay 21st, 2021
Heart Transplant Patient Receives Generous Gift, Warns Others Not to Ignore Symptoms of Heart AttackMay 17th, 2021
COVID News: UCHealth Performed First Coronavirus Lung TransplantApril 21st, 2021
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