Dr. Wissam Jaber
Interventional Cardiologist
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Dr. Wissam Jaber is the director of the cardiac cath lab at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Episode # 9 • 14 Oct 2025
Coronary Atherectomy: Indications, Techniques, and Device Selection
What coronary device do you reach for when a blockage won’t budge? In this episode of the BackTable Cardiology Podcast, Dr. Wissam Jaber from Emory University Hospital joins host Dr. Hady Lichaa to discuss the intricacies of coronary atherectomy, outlining the differences between rotational and orbital atherectomy, their indications, and their technical nuances.
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Dr. Wissam Jaber is an interventional cardiologist at Emory Healthcare, specializing in coronary artery disease, chronic total occlusion (CTO), complex coronary interventions, and pulmonary embolism. He is the director of the cardiac catheter lab at Emory, and is the founding member of the Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PETT) Consortium.
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