Indian poverty and cardiovascular diseaseRadhakrishnan Ramaraj
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
Am J Cardiol 102:102-6. 2008
..In conclusion, this review addresses the imminent threats and ways to tackle the epidemic in India...
- Stress cardiomyopathy: aetiology and management
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
Llandudno Hospital, Northwest Wales NHS Trust, Llandudno, UK
Postgrad Med J 83:543-6. 2007
..Therefore physicians should be aware of this new condition and how to diagnose and treat it, even though the causal mechanisms are not yet fully understood...
- Peripartum cardiomyopathy: Causes, diagnosis, and treatment
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, 85724, USA
Cleve Clin J Med 76:289-96. 2009
..It is characterized by left ventricular dysfunction and symptoms of heart failure that can arise in the last trimester of pregnancy or up to 5 months after delivery. We review its possible causes and how to recognize and manage it...
- Cardiovascular risk in South Asians
R Ramaraj
University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1501 N Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Postgrad Med J 84:518-23. 2008
..In this review, the risk factors and reasons for the higher rate of CVD in South Asians are discussed...
- Microvascular dysfunction following primary percutaneous coronary intervention in the setting of ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
J Invasive Cardiol 20:603-14. 2008
..This article attempts to review the process of microvascular dysfunction following reperfusion of STEMI with primary PCI and different strategies tried thus far to improve this...
- Recently defined cardiomyopathies: a clinician's update
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Am J Med 121:674-81. 2008
..We have discussed the causes and diagnostic methods for these newly described cardiomyopathies and ways to manage them...
- Aortic dissection presenting as uniocular blindness
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
Department of Internal Medicine, Llandudno Hospital, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
South Med J 101:842-4. 2008
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- A deviated tongue
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
Department of Internal Medicine, Llandudno Hospital, Llandudno, Wales, UK
Lancet 372:176. 2008
- Rationale for continuous chest compression cardiopulmonary resuscitation
R Ramaraj
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Heart 95:1978-82. 2009
..This article provides rationale for continuous chest compression CPR by all bystanders...
- Degenerative aortic stenosis
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1501, N Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
BMJ 336:550-5. 2008
- Peripartum cardiomyopathy
R Ramaraj
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
Minerva Ginecol 62:129-36. 2010
..Patients with PPCM often present with heart failure and therefore standard treatment for heart failure is recommended. Depending on the recovery of ventricular function subsequent pregnancies carry a higher risk of relapse of PPCM...
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: etiology, diagnosis, and treatment
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA
Cardiol Rev 16:172-80. 2008
..The prevalence of HCM is estimated to be 0.2%, with nearly 600,000 Americans affected. This limited exposure of clinicians to HCM understandably accounts for the uncertainty that prevails regarding this disease and its management...
- Nationwide trends in the age adjusted prevalence of non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) across various races and gender in the USA
Mohammad Reza Movahed
The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, USA
Acute Card Care 12:58-62. 2010
..The goal of this study was to evaluate any decline in the age adjusted incidence of acute non ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) using a large database...
- Rate of acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction in the United States from 1988 to 2004 (from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample)
Mohammad Reza Movahed
Division of Cardiology, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, AZ, USA
Am J Cardiol 104:5-8. 2009
..The cause of the steady decrease in STEMI rate most likely reflects the advancement in management of patients with atherosclerosis...
- Decreasing in-hospital mortality of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with persistent higher mortality rates in women and minorities in the United States
Mohammad Reza Movahed
Division of Cardiology, The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System and University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
J Invasive Cardiol 22:58-60. 2010
..The goal of this study was to evaluate the age-adjusted in-hospital mortality rate in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using a large database...
- Sex- and ethnic group-specific nationwide trends in the use of coronary artery bypass grafting in the United States
Mohammad Reza Movahed
The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System and University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, 1501 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 139:1545-7. 2010
..This study examined nationwide trends in use of coronary artery bypass grafting between 1988 and 2004...
- Reverse or inverted takotsubo cardiomyopathy (reverse left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome) presents at a younger age compared with the mid or apical variant and is always associated with triggering stress
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
Congest Heart Fail 16:284-6. 2010
..0001). Among patients presenting with takotsubo cardiomyopathy, the reverse or inverted variant presents at a younger age and is always associated with a triggering of emotional or physical stress...
- Levels of troponin release can aid in the early exclusion of stress-induced (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Arizona School of Medicine, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Exp Clin Cardiol 14:6-8. 2009
..In the present study, reported cases of stress cardiomyopathy were compared with documented cardiac enzyme levels to evaluate the upper cut-off point of troponin in this population...
- Sharp chest pains occurring during right ventricular biopsy in a patient 9 years after cardiac transplant
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
Section of Cardiology, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Exp Clin Transplant 7:56-7. 2009
..The goal of this case report is to discuss the possible cause of sharp chest pain occurring during myocardial biopsy in post cardiac transplant patients...
- Novel antiplatelet agent ticagrelor in the management of acute coronary syndrome
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
Department of Cardiology, Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
J Interv Cardiol 24:199-207. 2011
..The focus of this article is to review ticagrelor as a new class of P2Y12 inhibitor...
- Nationwide trends in the utilization of multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention (MVPCI) in the United States across different gender and ethnicities
Mohammad Reza Movahed
Division of Cardiology, The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA
J Interv Cardiol 22:247-51. 2009
..To evaluate nationwide trends in the utilization of Multivessel Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (MVPCI) in the past compared to recent years using a large database from 1988 to 2004...
- Cardiorespiratory fitness in elderly
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 15:234. 2008
- Larger infarct size and lower left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) contribute to the higher mortality in diabetic patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction
Radhakrishnan Ramaraj
Am Heart J 155:e27. 2008
