Dr. Afzal Qasim

Qualifications

FCPS, in 2002, Degree Awarded by College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP), Karachi.

Research

1. LABETALOL VERSUS METHYLDOPA- A COMPARISION BETWEEN THE EFFICACIES OF TWO HYPERTENSIVE DRUGS USED IN PATIEND WITH PREGNANCY INDUCED  HYPERTENSION.AFZAL QASIM1, MUNIR  HUSSAIN SIDDIQUI 2 , JAWAD-US-SALAM  3 ,UZMA NUSRAT 4   
2. COMPARISON OF EFFECTIVENESS OF PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION AND MEDICATION IN PATIENTS WITH STABLE ANGINA AFZAL QASIM, MUNEER HUSSAIN SIDDIQUI, MUHAMMAD TANVEER ALAM.  DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY, DOW INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE, DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES, KARACHI, PAKISTAN 
3. STRESS TESTING IS AN IMPORTANT DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN DETECTING CORONARY DISEAES. MOHAMMAD INAM QURESHI,AFZAL QASIM,DARSHAN KUMAR,MOHAMMAD UMAR KHAN.
4. CORONARY HEART DISEASES TOGETHER WITH DIABETES POSES A SEROIUS HEALTH THREAT AFZAL QASIM,  MOHAMMAD INAMQURESHI,DARSHAN KUMAR, MUHAMMAD UMAR KHAN
5. PREVALACE OF METABOLIC SYNDROME IN PATIENTS PRESENT WITH UNSTABLE ANGINA 1.AKHTAR ALI BALOCH2.BABAR BASHIR 3.MUNEER HUSSAIN SIDDIQI4. AFZAL QASIM5. UZMA MAJID JAWWAD USSALAM 7. SYED MOHSIN TURAB 8.MUHAMMAD MASROOR
6. TO OBSERVE THE ROLE OF ANGIOTENSIN  RECEPTOR BLOCKER LOSARTAN  IN TREATING PRE HYPERTENSION  1.SHAH NAWAZ JAMALI 2.SYED MOHSIN TURAB3.MUNEER HUSSAIN SIDDIQI4.MOHAMMAD AURANGZEB5.JAWWAD US SALAM 6.AFZAL QASIM7.BABAR BASHIR8.AKHTAR ALI BALOCH
7. CORRELATION BETWEEN CLINICAL SEVERITY AND EOSINOPHILIC COUNT ASTHAMATIC PATIENTS 1.MUNEER HUSSAIN SIDDIQUI2.AKHTAR ALI BALOCH3.AFZAL QASIM 4.BABAR BASHIR  5 JAWWAD US SALAM
8.  RADIOGRAPHIC PATTERNS IN HIV ASSOCIATED PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS 1.MUNEEER HUSSAIN SIDDIQUI 2.AKHTAR BLI BALOCH 3.BABAR BASHIR4. JAWWAD US SALAM 5.AFZAL QASIM 6.MUHAMMAD MASROOR7.ANUM JAWED 8. SANA WAHAB.
9. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NON STEROIDAL ANTI INFLAMATORY DRUGS. SYED AMBER ZAIDI,SYED MOHSIN TURAB,AZAL QASIM,SHAH NAWAZ JAMALI
10.  RADIOGRAPHIC PATERNS IN HIV ASSOCIATED PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. 1MUNEER HUSSAIN SIDDIQUI2.UZMA MAJID 3.JAWWAD US SALAM 4.BABAR BASHIR5.SYED MOHSIN TURAB 6.AKHTAR ALI BALOCH7.AFZAL QASIM
11. REPETITIVE NERVE STIMILUTION TEST,AN INVESTIGATION THAT HELPS IN CONFIRMING DIAGNOSIS IN SERONAGATIVE MYSTHENIA GRAVIS 1JJAWWAD US SALAM 2. AKHTAR ALI BALOCH4 MUNIR HUSSAIN SIDDIQUI 4. BABAR BASHIR 5. QAMAR UN NISA 6. AFZAL QASIM 7. MUHAMMAD MASROOR
12. TO ASSESS VITAMIN DLEVEL IN PATIENTS DIAGNOSED ASFIBROMYALGIA IN PATIENTS ATTENDING DOW UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL 1.AKHTAR ALI BALOCH2.MUNIR HUSSAIN SIDDIQUI3.BABAR BASHIR4.UZMA MAJID 5.AFZAL QASIM 6.AURANGZEB7.JAWWAD US SALAM8.MOHAMMAD MASROOR9. QAMAR UN NISA.
13. CARDIOVASCULAR AND RENAL PROTECTION IN TYPE 2 DIABETIC  AND HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS.ROLE OF CALCIUM CHANNELBLOCKERS 1.ZEBA SAEED 2.SYED MOHSIN TURAB 3.MUNEER HUSSAIN SIDIQUI 4.AFZALQASIM5. AKHTER ALI BALOCH6. JAWWAD US SALAM 7.SYEDA AMBER ZAIDI
14. TO DETERMINE THE ASSOCIATION OF NEUTROPHIL TO LYMPHOCYTE RATIO WITH MORTALITY AND OUTCOME IN NON ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, WHO PRESENT TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF KARACHI, PAKISTAN  MUHAMMAD INAM QURESHI, DARSHAN KUMAR, AFZAL QASIMAND MUHAMMAD UMAR KHAN
15.  FREQUENCY OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND ITS COMMON CLINICAL OUTCOMES AMONG PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION MEDICAL FORUM MONTHLY 29(4):60-63 · APRIL 2018 MI QURESHI, AFZAL QASIM NAEEM UDDIN MOHAMMAD UMAR KHAN
16. FREQUENCY OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS SUFFERING CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE ARTICLE VOLUME 29 MEDICAL FORUM JUN 2018 M.I. QURESHI  A. QASIM  NADEEMUDDIN M.U. KHAN
17. FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLIANCE TO ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY IN PATIENTS VISITING TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL.  AFZAL QASIM1 , MUHAMMAD INAM QURESHI2 , DARSHAN KUMAR3 , SYED MUHAMMAD KASHIF4
18. ACUTE ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC MANIFESTATIONS Nida Sajid1 Faiza Ghuman2, Sadia Iqbal3Qamar un Nisa4 Sadaf Ahmed Asim5 Ayesha Sarwat6Afzal Qasim7 Rabia Azmat, Noor-us-Saba  Professional Med J 2017;24(10):1461-1465.DOI:10.17957/TPMJ/17.3484
19. Association between TIMI Risk Score and in-Hospital Mortality in Acute STEMI Patients Undergoing Primary PCI SYED DILBAHAR ALI SHAH1, ARSHAD ALI SHAH2, AFZAL QASIM3, MUHAMMAD SAMI KHAN4, FAISAL AHMED5 , ADNAN WAHID6 1,2Assistant Professors, 3Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, Dow University of Health Sciences/ Civil Hospital Karachi 4Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Dr. Ruth KM Pfau Civil Hospital/Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi, Pakistan  5Cardiologist, Dr. Ruth KM Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi6senior Registrar, NICVD Lyari Karachi
20. Effectiveness of Calcium Channel Blockers and Nitrates in Inhibition of Spasm of Radial Artery during Coronary Angiography. YASIR ARFAT, NOOR FARAZ2, MUHAMMAD NAZIM3, IMRAN ELLAHI SOOMROO4, AFZAL QASIM5, MASROOR HUSSAIN SHARFI6 1Assistant Professor, Qazi Hussain Ahmed Medical Complex, Nowshera 2FCPS Cardiology, DHQ Hospital Landikotal3Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Wazirabad Institute of Cardiology, Wazirabad4Associate Professor of Cardiology Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women PUMHSW (SBA) Nawabshah5, 6Associate Professor, Dow Institute of Cardiology and Dow University Hospital, Karachi
21. Predictors of Complications at Common Femoral Artery Access Site among Patients on Oral Anticoagulants and Undergoing a Cardiac Catheterization NOOR FARAZ1, YASIR ARFAT2, IMRAN ELLAHI SOOMROO3, SARFRAZ ALI MANGI4, AFZAL QASIM5, MASROOR HUSSAIN SHARFI6  1FCPS Cardiology, DHQ Hospital Landikotal 2Assistant Professor, Qazi Hussain Ahmed Medical Complex, Nowshera 3Associate Professor of Cardiology Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women PUMHSW (SBA) Nawabshah4Assistant Professor, NICVD, Nawabshah5,  6Associate Professor, Dow Institute of Cardiology and Dow University Hospital, Karachi
22. Frequency of Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Patients with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy  1. Akhtar Ali Baloch 2. Anam Naveed Khan 3. Sadaf Ahmed Asim 4. Munir Hussain Siddiqui 5. Aurangzaib 6. Jawad-us-Salam 7. Qamar-un-Nisa 8. Afzal Qasim9. Muhammad Masroor 1. Assoc. Prof. of Medicine, 2. Medical Officer of Medicine, 3. Asstt. Prof. of Dermatology, 4. Asstt. Prof. of Medicine, 5. Assoc. Prof. of MEDICINE, 6. Asstt, Prof. of Medicine, 7. Asstt. Prof. of Neurology, 8. Asstt. Prof. of Cardiology, 9. Principal DIMC / Prof. of Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi.
23. Correlation of Cardiopulmonary Bypasses and Cardiac Troponin I in Predicting Post-Op Arrhythmia Authors Afzal Qasim, Masroor Hussain Sharfi, Ibtesam-E-Fajar, Riffat Farrukh, Shahida Mushtaq, Aummara Rafique Vol. 17 No. 02 (2023): Pakistan Journal of Medical & Health Science