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Arvind Bhimaraj, MD, MPH, FACC, FHFSA

  • Houston Methodist cardiologist
  • Assistant professor of clinical medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Media Contact: Patti Muck , 713.851.4596

Arvind Bhimaraj, MD, MPH, FACC, FHFSA

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Media Contact: Patti Muck , 713.851.4596

Areas of Expertise

  • Blood conservation
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Heart catheterization
  • Heart failure
  • Heart transplant

Credentials

BOARD CERTIFICATION
Cardiovascular Disease
RESIDENCY
Drexel University - Philadelphia
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Gandhi Medical College-Hyderabad, India | 2000
FELLOWSHIP
Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Fellowship - John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital Cook County - Chicago

Publications

Houston Methodist cardiovascular learning health system (CVD-LHS) registry: Methods for development and implementation of an automated electronic medical record-based registry using an informatics framework approach
Nasir, K, Gullapelli, R, Nicolas, JC, Bose, B, Nwana, N, Butt, SA, Shahid, I, Cainzos-Achirica, M, Patel, KV, Bhimaraj, A, Javed, Z, Andrieni, J, Al-Kindi, S, Jones, SL & Zoghbi, WA 2024, , American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, vol. 18, 100678, pp. 100678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpc.2024.100678, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpc.2024.100678

Houston Methodist cardiovascular learning health system (CVD-LHS) registry: Methods for development and implementation of an automated electronic medical record-based registry using an informatics framework approach
Nasir, K, Gullapelli, R, Nicolas, JC, Bose, B, Nwana, N, Butt, SA, Shahid, I, Cainzos-Achirica, M, Patel, KV, Bhimaraj, A, Javed, Z, Andrieni, J, Al-Kindi, S, Jones, SL & Zoghbi, WA 2024, , American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, vol. 18, 100678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpc.2024.100678

Procedural Insights and Clinical Outcomes of a Novel Superior Vena Cava Occlusion Device for Acute Heart Failure: A Single-Center Experience
Yousefzai, R, Patel, K, Barr, D, Kapur, NK & Bhimaraj, A 2024, , ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992), vol. 70, no. 6, pp. 553-556. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000002121

Patients’ and physicians’ beliefs and attitudes towards integrating personalized risk estimates into patient education about left ventricular assist device therapy
Kostick-Quenet, KM, Lang, B, Dorfman, N, Estep, J, Mehra, MR, Bhimaraj, A, Civitello, A, Jorde, U, Trachtenberg, B, Uriel, N, Kaplan, H, Gilmore-Szott, E, Volk, R, Kassi, M & Blumenthal-Barby, JS 2024, , Patient Education and Counseling, vol. 122, 108157, pp. 108157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2024.108157

Outcomes related to hospital characteristics of heart transplant centers: A National Readmission Database analysis
Amirkhosravi, F, Nguyen, DT, Rio, RSD, Graviss, EA, Fida, N, Guha, A, Martin, C, Suarez, E, Chou, L-CP & Bhimaraj, A 2024, , JHLT Open, vol. 4, 100085, pp. 100085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhlto.2024.100085

Assessing the Cardioprotective Effects of Exogenous Hormone Administration in a Post-Myocardial Infarction Female Rat Model
Eversole, E, Fallon, B, Bowden, M, Naegele, F, Martino, A, Lu, AJ, Schmidt, SM, Willson, RC, Bhimaraj, A, Youker, KA & Filgueira, CS 2024, , University of Houston College of Pharmacy Clinical and Translational Research Symposium, Houston, United States, 4/26/24.

Effectiveness of combined plasma cell therapy and costimulation blockade based desensitization regimen in heart transplant candidates
Fida, N, Eagar, TN, Yun, AN, Rogers, AW, Nguyen, DT, Graviss, EA, Ishaq, F, DiPaola, NR, Kim, J, Janardhana, G, Kassi, M, Yousefzai, R, Suarez, EE, Bhimaraj, A, Krisl, JC & Guha, A 2024, , Clinical Transplantation, vol. 38, no. 2, e15249, pp. e15249. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.15249

Repeat left ventricular-assisted device exchange and upgrade from second- to third-generation devices in a high-volume single center
Kassi, M, Avenatti, E, Hoang, KD, Zook, S, Yousafzai, R, Guha, A, Bhimaraj, A, Chou, LCP & Suarez, EE 2024, , Artificial Organs, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 536-542. https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14710


Impact of Female Sex on Cardiogenic Shock Outcomes: A Cardiogenic Shock Working Group Report
Ton, VK, Kanwar, MK, Li, B, Blumer, V, Li, S, Zweck, E, Sinha, SS, Farr, M, Hall, S, Kataria, R, Guglin, M, Vorovich, E, Hernandez-Montfort, J, Garan, AR, Pahuja, M, Vallabhajosyula, S, Nathan, S, Abraham, J, Harwani, NM, Hickey, GW, Wencker, D, Schwartzman, AD, Khalife, W, Mahr, C, Kim, JH, Bhimaraj, A, Sangal, P, Zhang, Y, Walec, KD, Zazzali, P, Burkhoff, D & Kapur, NK 2023, , JACC: Heart Failure, vol. 11, no. 12, pp. 1742-1753. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2023.09.025

Summary of a consensus conference on heart-liver transplantation
Consensus Conference participants 2023, , American Journal of Transplantation, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 380-390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2023.12.002

Translating Pressure Into Practice: Operational Characteristics of Ambulatory Hemodynamic Monitoring Program in the United States
BHIMARAJ, ARVIND, BENJAMIN, TERRIEERRIEANN, GUGLIN, MAYA, VOLZ, ELIZABETH, SHAH, HIRAK, GUHA, ASHRITH, BHATT, KUNJAN, BENNETT, MOSI, SAUER, ANDREW, FUDIM, MARAT, ROBINSON, MONIQUE, MUSE, EVAND, HEYWOOD, THOMASJ, JONSSON, ORVAR & ABRAHAM, JACOB 2023, , Journal of Cardiac Failure, vol. 29, no. 11, pp. 1571-1575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2023.05.021

Imaging for implementation of heart failure guidelines
Nagueh, SF, Nabi, F, Chang, SM, Al-Mallah, M, Shah, DJ & Bhimaraj, A 2023, , European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 1283-1292. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jead163


Treatment Intensity for the Management of Cardiogenic Shock: Comparison Between STEMI and Non-STEMI
Sinha, SS, Pahuja, M, Kataria, R, Blumer, V, Hernandez-Montfort, J, Kanwar, M, Garan, AR, Zhang, Y, Marbach, JA, Khalif, A, Vallabhajosyula, S, Nathan, S, Abraham, J, Li, B, Thayer, KL, Baca, P, Dieng, F, Harwani, NM, Yin, MY, Faugno, AJ, Faraz, HA, Guglin, M, Hickey, GW, Wencker, D, Hall, S, Schwartzman, AD, Khalife, W, Li, S, Mahr, C, Kim, JH, Bhimaraj, A, Ton, VK, Vorovich, E, Burkhoff, D & Kapur, NK 2023, , JACC: Advances, vol. 2, no. 3, 100314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100314

Outflow cannula alignment in continuous flow left ventricular devices is associated with stroke
Kassi, M, Agrawal, T, Xu, J, Marcos-Abdala, HG, Araujo-Gutierrez, R, Macgillivray, T, Suarez, EE, Yousefzai, R, Fida, N, Kim, JH, Hussain, I, Guha, A, Trachtenberg, B, Bhimaraj, A, Chang, SM & Estep, J 2023, , International Journal of Artificial Organs, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 226-234. https://doi.org/10.1177/03913988231154284

Outflow cannula alignment in continuous flow left ventricular devices is associated with stroke
Kassi, M, Agrawal, T, Xu, J, Marcos-Abdala, HG, Araujo-Gutierrez, R, Macgillivray, T, Suarez, EE, Yousefzai, R, Fida, N, Kim, JH, Hussain, I, Guha, A, Trachtenberg, B, Bhimaraj, A, Chang, SM & Estep, J 2023, , International Journal of Artificial Organs, pp. 3913988231154284. https://doi.org/10.1177/03913988231154284

Impact of exercise on pulmonary artery pressure in patients with heart failure using an ambulatory pulmonary artery pressure monitor
Khedraki, R, Abraham, J, Jonsson, O, Bhatt, K, Omar, HR, Bennett, M, Bhimaraj, A, Guha, A, McCann, P, Muse, ED, Robinson, M, Sauer, AJ, Cheng, A, Bagsic, S, Fudim, M, Heywood, JT & Guglin, M 2023, , Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, vol. 10, 1077365. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1077365

Bloodstream infections in prolonged use of axillary-placed, intra-aortic balloon-pump support: A single-center study
Dreucean, D, Donahue, KR, Morton, C, Succar, L, Krisl, J, Agrawal, T, Perez, K, Jaramillo, T, Kim, J, Fida, N, Guha, A, Kassi, M, Yousefzai, R, Hussain, I, Grimes, K & Bhimaraj, A 2023, , Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2023.225

Ventricular arrhythmias prior to continuous flow left ventricular assist device implantation were not associated with reduced 1-year mortality: a single-center experience
Pandat, S, Rothstein, P, Laird, R, Islam, M, Zaid, S, Truman, A, Bhimaraj, A, Yousefzai, R, Guha, A, Schurmann, P, Dave, A, Valderrábano, M & Mathuria, N 2023, , Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 705-707. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-023-01698-3

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  • English
  • Hindi
  • Telugu