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Arvind Bhimaraj, MD, MPH, FACC, FHFSA

  • Houston Methodist cardiologist
  • Assistant professor of clinical medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Media Contact: Daniel Brown , 832.667.5849

Arvind Bhimaraj, MD, MPH, FACC, FHFSA

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Media Contact: Daniel Brown , 832.667.5849

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

Cardiac Recovery: Webcast September 24 2024
Quiñones, MA, Young, JB, Bhimaraj, A, Wilcox, JE, Kanwar, MK & Drakos, SG 2024, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 125-127. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1527

Predicting the Future for AL Amyloidosis Patients With Cardiac Involvement
Bhimaraj, A & Dispenzieri, A 2024, , JACC: Heart Failure, vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 2007-2010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2024.09.005

Terbutaline for Management of Relative Bradycardia Post-Orthotopic Heart Transplant: A Single Center Experience
Tu, ZH, Yun, AN, Gorthi, J, Guha, A, Krisl, JC & Bhimaraj, A 2024, , Clinical Transplantation, vol. 38, no. 11, e70036, pp. e70036. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.70036

Factors associated with acute limb ischemia in cardiogenic shock and downstream clinical outcomes: Insights from the Cardiogenic Shock Working Group
Kochar, A, Vallabhajosyula, S, John, K, Sinha, SS, Esposito, M, Pahuja, M, Hirst, C, Li, S, Kong, Q, Li, B, Natov, P, Kanwar, M, Hernandez-Montfort, J, Garan, AR, Walec, K, Zazzali, P, Sangal, P, Ton, VK, Zweck, E, Kataria, R, Guglin, M, Vorovich, E, Nathan, S, Abraham, J, Harwani, NM, Fried, JA, Farr, M, Hall, SA, Hickey, GW, Wencker, D, Schwartzman, AD, Khalife, W, Mahr, C, Kim, JH, Bhimaraj, A, Blumer, V, Faugno, A, Burkhoff, D & Kapur, NK 2024, , Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, vol. 43, no. 11, pp. 1846-1856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2024.06.012


Body Mass Index and Mortality in Cardiogenic Shock
Guglin, M, Zweck, E, Kanwar, M, Sinha, SS, Bhimaraj, A, Li, B, Abraham, J, Vallabhajosyula, S, Hernandez-Montfort, J, Kataria, R, Burkhoff, D & Kapur, NK 2024, , ASAIO Journal, vol. 70, no. 10, pp. 885-891. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000002194

Association of Hemometabolic Trajectory and Mortality: Insights From the Cardiogenic Shock Working Group Registry
KHALIFE, WISSAM, KANWAR, MANREETK, ABRAHAM, JACOB, LI, SONG, JOHN, KEVIN, SINHA, SHASHANKS, ZWECK, ELRIC, LI, BORUI, GARAN, ARTHURR, HERNANDEZ-MONTFORT, JAIME, ZHANG, YIJING, TON, VANANKHUE, GUGLIN, MAYA, KATARIA, RACHNA, HICKEY, GAVINW, VALLABHAJOSYULA, SARASCHANDRA, KONG, CHLOE, FARR, MARYJANE, FRIED, JUSTIN, HALL, SHELLEY, HARWANI, NEILM, MAHR, CLAUDIUS, NATHAN, SANDEEP, SANGAL, PAAVNI, SCHWARTZMAN, ANDREW, BHIMARAJ, ARVIND, KIM, JU, VISHNEVSKY, ALECA, VOROVICH, ESTHER, WALEC, KAROLD, ZAZZALI, PETER, ALBAENI, AIHAM, BURKHOFF, DANIEL & KAPUR, NAVINK 2024, , Journal of Cardiac Failure, vol. 30, no. 10, pp. 1196-1207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2024.06.019

Serial Shock Severity Assessment Within 72 Hours After Diagnosis: A Cardiogenic Shock Working Group Report
Ton, VK, Li, S, John, K, Li, B, Zweck, E, Kanwar, MK, Sinha, SS, Hernandez-Montfort, J, Garan, AR, Goodman, R, Faugno, A, Farr, M, Hall, S, Kataria, R, Guglin, M, Vorovich, E, Pahuja, M, Vallabhajosyula, S, Nathan, S, Abraham, J, Harwani, NM, Hickey, GW, Schwartzman, AD, Khalife, W, Mahr, C, Kim, JH, Bhimaraj, A, Sangal, P, Kong, Q, Walec, KD, Zazzali, P, Fried, J, Burkhoff, D & Kapur, NK 2024, , Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 84, no. 11, pp. 978-990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.04.069

Learnings from the 2024 Utah Cardiac Recovery Symposium: A Roadmap for the Field of Myocardial Recovery
Krishnamoorthi, MK, Sideris, K, Bhimaraj, A & Drakos, SG 2024, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 88-97. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1443

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


Myocardial Recovery
Bhimaraj, A & Young, JB 2024, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1446

Misclassification of Pulmonary Hypertension With Current Hemodynamic Criteria
Guglin, M, Munshi, K, Volz, E, Bennett, M, Benjamin, TA, Bhatt, K, Bhimaraj, A, Fendler, T, Fudim, M, Guha, A, Heywood, JT, Jonsson, O, Klein, L, McCann, P, Muse, E, Robinson, M, Sauer, AJ, Shah, H & Abraham, J 2025, , CHEST, vol. 167, no. 1, pp. 241-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2024.05.053

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Telugu