Overview - Faour.MD

# Research Overview Dr Amir Faour’s research focuses on interventional cardiology, STEMI systems of care, coronary physiology and imaging, structural heart disease, and clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention. His doctoral work at the University of New South Wales examined computer-assisted prehospital ECG interpretation, cardiac catheterisation laboratory activation decisions, late outcomes in patients with STEMI-like ECG presentations, and reperfusion therapy in rescue PCI. This work reflects a broader research interest in practical, systems-level questions that affect acute cardiac care: how patients are triaged, how treatment pathways are activated, and how procedural strategies influence outcomes. ## Academic Impact <div class="impact-card impact-card--research" aria-label="Academic impact statistics"> <div class="impact-card__grid"> <a class="impact-card__metric" href="https://openalex.org/A5027983091" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>196</strong><span>Citations</span></a> <a class="impact-card__metric internal-link" data-href="Research/Publications" href="Research/Publications"><strong>50</strong><span>Publications</span></a> <a class="impact-card__metric" href="https://openalex.org/A5027983091" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>6</strong><span>h-index</span></a> <a class="impact-card__metric" href="https://openalex.org/A5027983091" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>4</strong><span>i10-index</span></a> </div> </div> Academic impact metrics are drawn from [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5027983091) via [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4354-8899). [ResearchGate](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amir-Faour) is linked as a public profile. Last updated 2026-05-05. ## Research Themes - STEMI systems of care, prehospital ECG interpretation, and catheterisation laboratory activation. - Reperfusion strategy, rescue PCI, and antithrombotic therapy after fibrinolysis. - Outcomes after PCI, including late mortality, infarct-size assessment, and risk stratification. - Complex coronary intervention, including bifurcation PCI, CTO-PCI exposure, rotational atherectomy, and mechanical circulatory support. - Intracoronary imaging and physiology-guided PCI using OCT, IVUS, FFR, and iFR. - Structural heart intervention, including TAVI outcomes and valve-team decision-making. ## Research Methods and Clinical Audit Dr Faour’s research combines clinical cohort analysis, registry-style outcomes work, randomised trial participation, procedural audit, and statistical analysis. His CV includes experience leading yearly PCI clinical audits, using R for statistical analysis and data visualisation, and contributing to multidisciplinary Heart Team and Valve Team meetings in Australia and the United Kingdom. ## Thesis and Publications The PhD thesis, **Computer-Assisted Electrocardiogram Interpretation and Reperfusion Therapy in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction**, is available through the University of New South Wales institutional repository. - [[Research/PhD|PhD Thesis]] - [[Research/Publications|Publication List]] [[Home|← Back to Home]]  ## Academic impact <div class="impact-card impact-card--research" aria-label="Academic impact statistics"> <div class="impact-card__grid"> <a class="impact-card__metric" href="https://openalex.org/A5027983091" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>196</strong><span>Citations</span></a> <a class="impact-card__metric" href="/Research/Publications"><strong>50</strong><span>Publications</span></a> <a class="impact-card__metric" href="https://openalex.org/A5027983091" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>6</strong><span>h-index</span></a> <a class="impact-card__metric" href="https://openalex.org/A5027983091" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>4</strong><span>i10-index</span></a> </div> <p class="impact-card__source">Updated from <a href="https://openalex.org/A5027983091" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OpenAlex</a> via <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4354-8899" target="_blank" rel="me noopener">ORCID</a> · 2026-05-11</p> </div> ResearchGate profile: <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amir-Faour> - ResearchGate-specific fields such as Research Interest Score and reads are linked rather than scraped.