Dr. Boshra F. Louka, MD
Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology
Locations
Willis Knighton Cardiology
2727 Hearne Avenue
Suite 301
Shreveport
, LA 71103
About Me
Education
Fellowship:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Fellowship:
Mayo Clinic-Scottsdale
Residency:
Bridgeport Hospital
Residency:
University Hospital-Winthrop
Internship:
University Hospital-Winthrop
Medical School:
University of Alexandria - Egypt
ECFMG:
Educational Commission for Foreign Med. Graduates
Board Certifications
Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
Interventional Cardiology, American Board of Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Nuclear Cardiology, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
American Society of Echocardiography
Insurances Accepted
- AARP Medicare Supplemental Plans
- Aetna
- Aetna Better Health of Louisiana
- Aetna Coventry Advantra Louisiana
- Aetna Coventry Medicare Dual Preferred
- Aetna Medicare Freedom PPO
- Amerihealth Caritas Louisiana
- Beech Street (Multiplan)
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield - PPO Preferred Care
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield Federal Employees
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Louisiana - HMO Louisiana
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Louisiana - Medicare Advantage
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield OGB
- Cigna HealthCare
- Coventry Health Care (Aetna)
- First Health
- GEHA (Government Employees Health Association)
- Gilsbar
- Health Plus of Louisiana
- Healthy Blue
- Humana
- Humana Choice PPO
- Humana Gold Plus SNP Dual Eligible
- IMA of Louisiana
- Louisiana Healthcare Connections
- Louisiana Medicaid
- Louisiana Medicaid CHIP
- Mail Handler's Benefit Plan (Aetna)
- Medicare Railroad
- Medicare Traditional Part B
- Multiplan
- Mutual of Omaha Supplemental Plans
- Novasys Health
- People's Health
- PHCS (Private Healthcare Systems / Multiplan)
- PPO Plus
- Tricare for Life
- Tricare Prime
- Tricare Select / Standard
- UMR (United Healthcare)
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare Community Plan - Medicaid
- United Healthcare Dual Complete
- Vantage Health Plans – Commercial & Medicare Advantage
- Workers Compensation
Conditions Treated
- Angina
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Ectasia
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Aortic Valve Regurgitation
- Arrhythmias
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
- Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
- Carotid Artery Disease
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Pulmonary Heart Diseases (incl. Pulmonary Hypertension)
- Congenital Heart Defects
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
- Coronary Artery Dissection
- First Degree Heart Block
- Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction; MI)
- Heart Disease
- Heart Murmur
- Heart Palpitations
- High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease
- Hypertensive Heart and Chronic Kidney Disease
- Hypertensive Heart Disease
- Hypotension
- Limb Swelling Caused by Fluid Overload
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Mobitz, Type 2, Heart Block
- Pericardial Disease
- Pericarditis
- Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Hypertension (PH)
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
- Second Degree Heart Block
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Sinus Bradycardia
- Sinus Tachycardia
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Syncope
- Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Unstable Angina
- Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
Procedures Performed
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
- Angiography
- Atherectomy
- Balloon Angioplasty
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Cardiac Event Monitor
- Cardiac Imaging
- Cardiology Consultation
- Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
- Coronary Angioplasty, Atherectomy and Stent
- Coronary Stenting
- Defibrillator Implantation
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- Holter Monitoring
- Mitral Valve Repair
- Nuclear Stress Testing
- Pacemaker Insertion or Replacement
- Pacemaker Monitoring
- Peripheral Vascular Surgical Procedures
- PET Scan
- Stress Echocardiogram
- Stress Test
- Thrombolysis
- Tilt Table Testing
- Tilt Testing or Cardiac Event Monitors
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR; TAVI)