Weather Alert

EARLY CLOSURE MARCH 4 - Due to the forecast for severe winter weather, Creighton's Omaha campus will close at 7 P.M. this evening. 

All in-person classes, clinics, and events, regardless of start time, are asked to end by 7 P.M. For those needing a shuttle, please visit my.creighton.edu for the most up-to-date maps and schedule. Shuttles will run until 8 P.M. this evening. We encourage you to be mindful of other closures or impacted services across the city as well. 

Employees, including those classified as responsible for “essential operations” should review Creighton's Weather and Emergency-Related Absence Policy and work with your immediate supervisor on expectations for job functions during this curtailment of campus operations. 

Please take proper winter weather precautions throughout the day and contact public safety at 402.280.2911 for any emergencies.

Hussam S . Abuissa, MB,BS

Professor

Contact

HussamAbuissa@creighton.edu
School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Cardiology Division

Hussam S . Abuissa, MB,BS

Professor

Department

Medicine

Position

Professor

Publications

  • The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management (Print)
    Roka Attila, Srikanth Kishan K., Abuissa Hussam, Hidden in Plain Sight—An Unusual Case of Acute-onset Persistent Dyspnea
    14:7, p. 5504 - 5508 2023
  • Heart rhythm
    Abusnina Waiel, Kousa Omar, Abuissa Hussam, Roka Attila, Halawa Ahmad, PO-04-087 NOT ALL THAT SHINES IS GOLD AND NOT EVERY LIGHT UP ON PET SCAN IS CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS
    20:5, p. S551 - S551 2023
  • The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management (Print)
    Abuissa Hussam, Roka Attila, How to Perform a Completely Fluoroless Ablation
    14:5, p. 5455 - 5464 2023
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Ahmed Arslan, Roka Attila, Mohammed Selma, Abuissa Hussam, Halawa Ahmad, HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY AND LONG QT SYNDROME, RISK OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH, AND IMPORTANCE OF GENETIC TESTING - A CASE REPORT
    81:8, p. 3250 - 3250 2023
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Roka Attila, Solsi Anup, Abuissa Hussam, Halawa Ahmad, MULTIPOINT ESOPHAGEAL TEMPERATURE MONITORING DURING COMPLETELY FLUOROLESS LEFT ATRIAL CATHETER ABLATION
    81:8, p. 201 - 201 2023
  • Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
    Alugubelli Navya, Abuissa Hussam, Roka Attila, Wearable Devices for Remote Monitoring of Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability—What We Know and What Is Coming
    22:22, p. 8903 2022
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Roka Attila, Abuissa Hussam, SAFETY OF SAME DAY DISCHARGES AFTER CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PROCEDURES AND FACTORS AFFECTING NEED FOR URGENT CARE POST PROCEDURE
    79:9, p. 163 2022
  • JACC: Case Reports
    Kousa Omar, Mahfood-Haddad Toufik, Abuissa Hussam, Patil Shantanu M., Agarwal Himanshu, Left Atrial Appendage Closure in a Patient With a Patent Foramen Ovale Septal Occluder Device
    3:3, p. 508 - 511 2021
  • HeartRhythm Case Reports
    Tandon Tarun S., Alla Venkata M., Abuissa Hussam S., Agarwal Himanshu M., Left atrial appendage closure in a patient with situs inversus totalis and interrupted inferior vena cava – A transhepatic approach
    6:11, p. 871 - 874 2020
  • HeartRhythm Case Reports
    Freeman Wilbur K., Thibodeau Joseph, Abuissa Hussam, Unrecognized ventricular tachycardia in a patient with mitral annulus disjunction and syncope
    6:9, p. 646 - 651 2020
  • JACC: Case Reports
    Freeman Wilbur K., Freeman Katelyn R., Abuissa Hussam S., Spontaneous Pothole Cardioversion of a Wide Complex Tachycardia
    2:6, p. 951 - 955 2020
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Freeman Wilbur, Abuissa Hussam, Kabach Amjad, Smer Aiman Miloud, Saurav Alok, Nationwide Trends of Preferred Pacemaker Implantation in Patients with Sick Sinus Syndrome: A Cost-Effective Analysis of Single Chamber Atrial Pacemaker versus Dual Chamber Pacemaker
    75:11, p. 300 - 300 2020
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Dang Geetanjali, Saleh Mohammed, Del Carmen Perez Maria, Flete Wilmary Garcia, Guddeti Raviteja, Abuissa Hussam, Alla Venkata, SAFETY PROFILES OF LEADLESS PACEMAKERS (MICRA) DEVICES: AN ANALYSIS OF THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION MANUFACTURER AND USER FACILITY DEVICE EXPERIENCE (MAUDE) DATABASE
    73:9, p. 344 - 344 2019
  • Clinical Cardiology
    Smer Aiman, Salih Mohsin, Darrat Yousef H., Saadi Abdulghani, Guddeti Raviteja, Mahfood Haddad Toufik, Kabach Amjad, Ayan Mohamed, Saurav Alok, Abuissa Hussam, Elayi Claude S., Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on atrial fibrillation ablation in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
    41:11, p. 1430 - 1438 2018
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
    Kadri Amer N., Hernandez Adrian V., Abuamsha Hasan, Nusairat Leen, Kadri Nazih, Abuissa Hussam, Masri Ahmad, Causes and predictors of 30-day readmission in patients with syncope/collapse
    7:18 2018
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Kadri Amer, Abuamsha Hasan, Nusairat Leen, Kadri Nazih, Abuissa Hussam, Hernandez Adrian, PREDICTORS OF 30-DAY READMISSION IN PATIENTS WITH SYNCOPE
    71:11, p. A500 - A500 2018
  • The American Journal of Cardiology
    Smer Aiman M., Saurav Alok, Azzouz Muhammad, Salih M., Ayan M., Abuzaid A., Akinapelli Abhilash, Kanmanthareddy Arun, Rosenfeld L. E., Merchant F. M., Abuissa Hussam S., Meta-Analysis of Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmias After Improvement in Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction during Follow-Up in Patients with Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
    120:2, p. 279 - 286 2017
  • Heart (British Cardiac Society)
    Smer Aiman M., Alla Venkata M., Abuissa H., A 50-Year-Old Man with Incidental Cardiac Mass
    103:3, p. 189 2017
  • Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
    Smer Aiman, Dietz Rebecca, Abuissa Hussam, Repetitive non-reentrant ventriculo-atrial synchrony induced atrial fibrillation terminated with inappropriate shock
    16:4, p. 139 - 144 2016
  • Chest
    Anantha Narayanan Mahesh, Aggarwal Saurabh, Loomba Rohit, Gupta Navdeep, Alla Venkata, Abuissa Hussam, Mooss Aryan, Robotic Ablation Versus Manual Ablation for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-analysis
    148:4, p. 73 - 73B 2015
  • Journal of Cardiac Failure
    Saurav Alok, Abuissa Hussam, Hunter Claire, Smer Aiman, Azzouz Muhammad S., Impact of Non-apical Right Ventricular Lead Placement on Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling and Inter-ventricular Dys-synchrony in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A Meta-analysis
    21:8, p. S43 - S43 2015
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Azzouz Muhammad, Ayan Mohamed, Abuissa Hussam, Smer Aiman, Kanmanthareddy Arun, NOT ALL LEFT VENTRICULAR LEADS CREATED EQUAL
    65:10, p. A749 - A749 2015
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Aggarwal Saurabh, Agarwal Anushree, Ismail Imtiaz, Al-Khafaji Nawfal, Alla Venkata, Abuissa Hussam, loomba rohit, Mooss Aryan, Arora Rohit, Gupta Navdeep, HEALTHCARE RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND IMPACT ON COST WITH USE OF REMOTE MONITORING STRATEGY COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL FOLLOW-UP FOR IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS
    65:10, p. A458 - A458 2015
  • Clinical Cardiology
    Saurav Alok, Abuzaid Ahmed S., Bansal Ojas, Abuissa Hussam S., Smer Aiman M., Premature Ventricular Contraction-Induced Cardiomyopathy
    38, p. 251 - 258 2015
  • Bengaluru Jayanna Manju, Woodruff Mark, Abuissa Hussam, A Large Hiatal Hernia Presenting With Symptomatic Atrial Flutter and Echocardiographic Left Atrial Mass 2013
  • Chest
    Abuzetun Jamil, Kelly Airey, Abuissa Hussam, Burrns Tammy, Hvass Luke, Khashab Mohamed El, McCashland Demi, Management of Stroke Risk in Patients Diagnosed With Atrial Fibrillation in a Tertiary Care Center
    142:4, p. 109A - 109A 2012
  • Texas Heart Institute Journal
    Deshmukh Anand, Ulveling Kyle, Alla Venkata, Abuissa Hussam, Airey Kelly, Prolonged QTc interval and torsades de pointes induced by citalopram
    39:1, p. 68 - 70 2012
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Airey Kelly, Wilde Arthur, Hofman Nynke, Etheridge Susan, Ptacek Louis, Abuissa Hussam, Nubel Caroline, Tristani-Firouzi Martin, INCIDENCE OF DEVICE THERAPY AND COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH ANDERSEN-TAWIL SYNDROME WITH ICDS
    57:14, p. E1233 - E1233 2011
  • Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
    Abuissa Hussam S., Roshan J., Lim B., Asirvatham S. J., Use of the Impella microaxial blood pump for ablation of hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia
    21:4, p. 458 - 461 2010
  • Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
    Bajaj Madhuri, Abuissa Hussam, Main Michael L., Rapid Bioprosthetic Valve Degeneration Resulting in Severe Mitral Stenosis
    21:1, p. 90.e1 2008
  • Clinical Cardiology
    Abuissa Hussam, Khanna Avinash, Spertus John, Low rates of exercise in patients with metabolic syndrome after an acute coronary syndrome
    28:11, p. 530 - 533 2005

Presentations

  • Geetanjali Dang, Mohammed Saleh, Maria Del Carmen Perez, Wilmary Garcia Flete, Raviteja Guddeti, Hussam Abuissa, VenkataAlla: SAFETY PROFILES OF LEADLESS PACEMAKERS (MICRA) DEVICES: AN ANALYSIS OF THE FOODAND DRUG ADMINISTRATION MANUFACTURER AND USER FACILITY DEVICE EXPERIENCE (MAUDE) DATABASE. Poster Presentation American College of Cardiology, 3/2019 2019
  • Dept of Medicine Grand RoundsCU School of Medicine"iFib: Are We There Yet?" 2019

Awards

  • Cardiovascular Medicine Teacher of the Year Award
    Cardiovascular Medicine Teacher of the Year Award - 2018