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It was a case no one else was ready to take on – a heart condition so rare that even the Mayo Clinic has recorded just 30 cases in the past 20 years – and a patient with a history of going into cardiac arrest during surgical procedures. But for Dr Khaled Awad, Electrophysiologist and Interventional Cardiologist at Clemenceau Medical Center Hospital (CMC Hospital), it was a chance to give a woman her life back. “Everybody was telling her, ‘we can’t do it’, but she was really suffering,” says Dr Awad. “For years, even with high dosages of anti-arrhythmia drugs, she would have a heart rate going up to 180 for many hours, every couple of days.” For people with her condition, this was potentially life-threatening, he says, because it could trigger sudden cardiac death. [Dr Awad’s head shot goes here with the pull quote] Born with dextro-transposition – a rare congenital heart defect where the position of the pulmonary artery and aorta are swapped – and the survivor

United arab emiratesSaudi arabiaKhaled awadInterventional cardiologist at clemenceau medical center hospitalImage creditMayo clinicInterventional cardiologistClemenceau medical center hospitalClemenceau medical centerPacemaker clinicCardiac resynchronization therapyConduction system pacingClemenceau medical centers electrophysiology clinic performs rare and risky procedureMc hospital treats tachycardia ina dextro transposed heart with multiple ablations