Dr. Issa Loutfi

Full name: Issa Loutfi
Position: Associate Professor
Department of Nuclear Medicine
Contact details:
Email : [email protected]
Tel: +965 2498-6417
Area of Specialization: Nuclear Cardiology, PET
Qualifications: MD, MSc , PhD, ABNM.
Research interest: Cardiac, renal and pediatric applications of radiotracers.
Publication :
1. Loutfi I, Nair MK, Ebrahim AK, Salivary Gland Scintigraphy: The Use of
Semiquantitative Analysis for Uptake and Clearance. Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Technology 31:81-5, 2003.
2. Al-Tawheed A, Al-Awadi KA, Kehinde EO, Loutfi I, Abdul-Haleem H, Al-Mohannadi S,
Sectorial Tc-99m DMSA scintigraphy for monitoring the effect of extracorporeal
piezoelectric lithotripsy for calyceal calculi on regional renal function. Medical Principles
and Practice 12:145-150, 2003.
3. Loutfi I, Collier BD, Mohammed AM, Nonosseous abnormalities on bone scans. Journal
of Nuclear Medicine Technology 31:149-153, 2003.
4. Loutfi I, Sakr M, Al-Shummari AM, Minimizing radiation exposure from patients treated
with iodine-131 for hyperthyroidism using a lead collar: A simple and effective approach.
Medical Principle and Practice 12:203-207, 2003.
5. Elgazzar AH, Loutfi I, Baqer M, Farghali M, Khadada M, Heiba S, Uza O, Mahussein S,
Al-Tailji S, Post-test probability for pulmonary embolism after ventilation-perfusion scan
assessed by nuclear medicine physicians. Medical Principles and Pratice 14:217-220,
2005.
6. Abdul-Mohsen A, Kehinde EO, Loutfi I, Ali Y, Roberts OO, Normal serum alkaline
phosphatase in the presence of extensive skeletal metastases of prostate cancer. African
Journal of Urology 13: 45-49, 2007.
7. Al-Awadi KA, Kehinde EO, Loutfi I, Mojiminiyi OA, Al-Hunayan A, Abdul-Halim H,
Al-Sarraf A, Memon A, Abraham MP, Treatment of renal calculi by lithotripsy:
minimizing short-term shock wave induced renal damage by using antioxidants.
Urological Research 36:51-60, 2008.
8. Al-Hunayan A, Al-Ateeqi A, Kehinde EO, Thalib L, Loutfi I, Mojiminiyi OA, Diagnostic
accuracy of urinary creatinine concentration in the estimation of differential renal function
in patients with obstructive uropathy. Urologia Internationalis 80:300-305, 2008.