Article
No prosthesis mismatch and a lifetime valve strategy: what to consider before a valve replacement surgery
Heart valve surgery is a life-saving intervention for many patients with advanced heart va...
Professional statement
Mr Walid Elmahdy is a distinguished Consultant Cardiac and Aortic surgeon based at Leeds Teaching Hospital. He specialises in complex aortic surgery addressing the aortic root and aortic arch including hybrid procedures. His areas of expertise include aortic valve surgery, mitral valve surgery, minimal invasive cardiac surgery, coronary artery bypass grafts including beating heart, arterial revascularisation and endoscopic conduit harvesting. His expertise extends to surgery for infected heart valves, complex re-operative cardiac surgery, and surgery for cardiac tumours.
In addition, Mr Elmahdy has a special interest in prosthesis-patient mismatch preventive surgery, put simply, avoiding the implantation of a small valve for the patient body size, and providing a lifetime valve strategy. This is supported by his expertise in aortic root enlargement surgery and use of new generation sutureless valves.
Mr Elmahdy qualified in 2002 from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. He obtained a Master’s degree in 2007 and became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons the same year. He worked at the National Heart Institute in Egypt until 2010 when he moved to the UK, working at several institutions including Wolverhampton New Cross Hospital, Leeds Yorkshire Heart Centre, London Royal Brompton Hospital, Cambridge Royal Papworth Hospital, and Oxford John Radcliffe Hospital. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, and holds a PhD, awarded in 2015, from Ain Shams University in Cardiothoracic surgery.
Mr Elmahdy, is a senior lecturer at Leeds University, and is the clinical supervisor for the Leeds Aortic Fellowship. He is a member of several esteemed societies from both the UK and Egypt.
In addition to his surgical practice, Mr Elmahdy is a semi-professional artist with national and international painting exhibitions.
Clinics
2 Leighton St, Leeds LS1 3EB, LeedsMedical insurances accepted
Credentials
Professional experience
- 23 years of experience
- Consultant cardiothoracic surgeon Leeds Nuffield Health Hospital
Subspecialties
- Aortic surgery
Professional memberships
- Royal College of Surgeons
- Egyption Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons
Education
- PhD, Ain Shams University (2015)
- Fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons in England (2015)
Teaching posts
- Honorary senior lecturer, University of Leeds (2023 – present)
Publications and conferences
- A selection of Mr Elmahdy's published research is accessible on ResearchGate.|https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Walid-Elmahdy
Languages spoken
- English
- ِArabic
Registration number: 7037236
Content
Health content
Other information
Reviews
All reviews are from real patients and have been verified by our Customer Service department to ensure they meet our guidelines. Rules of the service
- Would you recommend this doctor?
- Treatment of the doctor
- Treatment of the staff
- Waiting time
- Condition of facilities
- Felt very safe in the hands of Mr Elmahdy He always had a friendly happy manner when speaking to me.
- From my very first consultation with Mr Elmahdy through to my discharge 12 months after heart surgery, I couldn't have wished for better care. What impressed me most was his ability to put me at ease and make me feel reassured throughout the entire process. At what was naturally a worrying time, his calm, friendly and professional manner gave me tremendous confidence. Our consultations never felt rushed. He always took the time to explain everything in terms I could understand, often using sim
- I cannot praise Mr Elmahdy and his team enough for the care, attention and support I received earlier this year. Mr Elmahdy has excellent communication skills and despite only meeting minutes before to an emergecncy operation (Aortic dissection type A) he explained the situation, procedure and survival odds clearly and succinctly. I felt involved in my care and safe in his care, despite further complications (collapsed lung, choking), I owe my life to man with ‘the nicest arms in the NHS’
- although I was originaly seen at the Nuffield in Leeds, my surgery took place at the LGI. As I was a test case for Endoscopic vein Harvesting; which I recommened. The care that I received at Leeds General Infirmary, Jubilee Wing was excellent.The only improvement could be the NHS food. Mr Elmahdy visited me every day, he is the best.
- I meet Mr Elmahdy a year ago as I was in need of an aortic valve replacement. He explained the procedure in full and answered all my questions thoroughly. After the operation on the heart which was a great success he came to see me a number of times on the ward to make certain I was recovering .successfully. I have had two follow ups in clinic by Mr Elmahdy and each time I have found him to be professional and a gentleman. I would highly recommend Mr Elmahdy should you need heart surgery .
- It's a year ago today that I was privileged to have Mr Elmahdy perform an aortic valve replacement for me: in doing so, he's successfully extended my life expectancy, and for that I will be eternally grateful. In all my meetings with him, he was very professional, caring and friendly and instilled in me a sense of confidence in his abilities and surgical skills and a real belief that I would enjoy a successful outcome, and an enriched life subsequent to the surgery.
- I couldn't have chosen a better surgeon for my valve replacement : from the first consultation, to the surgery, then my time in hospital couldn't have gone better, and I think this is in no small measure due to Mr Elmahdy's skills. Thank you, from the bottom of my (new) heart.
- I felt very confident having Mr. Elmahdy perform my heart bypass surgery. He took the time to see me each day while I was in hospital following the operation. I could not have wished for a better consultant.