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Education:

Medical school - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (India), 2008
Residency (Internal Medicine) - Loyola Univ. Medical Center, Maywood IL (USA), 2012
Fellowship (Cardiovascular Diseases) - Loyola Univ. Medical Center, Maywood IL (USA), 2015
Fellowship (Interventional Cardiology) - St. Vincent Medical Center, Indianapolis IN (USA), 2016

Certifications:

M.B.B.S - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India, 2008
Internal Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine, USA, 2012
Cardiovascular Diseases - American Board of Internal Medicine, USA, 2015
Interventional Cardiology - American Board of Internal Medicine, USA, 2016
Echocardiography - The National Board of Echocardiography, USA, 2015
Nuclear Cardiology - Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology, USA, 2015
RPVI - American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography, USA, 2015

Expertise:

Structural heart interventions: Transcatheter Aortic and Mitral valve interventions (TAVR/TAVI, TMVR, MitraClip), Alcohol septal ablation, Left atrial appendage closure, Adult congenital heart interventions
Coronary interventions: Rotational and orbital atherectomy, OCT, IVUS, FFR, iFR, Coil embolization
Invasive hemodynamics: Percutaneous hemodynamic support using Impella, Impella CP or CardioHelp
Percutaneous vascular closure (Proglide, Angioseal, Mynx grip, Starclose)
Peripheral vascular interventions

Clinical Experience:

Started Transcatheter Aortic Valve (TAVR) program at CARE Hospitals (across 7 branches in Hyderabad and beyond).
Highest volume TAVR operator in Andhra Pradesh/Telangana region.
Team leader of TAVR heart team at CARE hospital which is the only center in the Andhra Pradesh/Telangana region to have independent operating privilege for TAVR (Evolut R, Medtronic) implantation.
National proctor for TAVR, Percutaneous closure devices, and other coronary interventions.

Research and Publications:

Agrawal A, Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis: Early Intervention in Perspective. Indian Journal of Clinical Cardiology. 2020;1(3-4):154-163
Monigari NK, Agrawal A, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Clinical Indications and Outcomes. Open access peer-reviewed chapter. March 2019 DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.84909
Agrawal A. Physician heal thyself. Indian Heart J. 2018 Sep - Oct;70(5):756-757
Agrawal A, Hermiller JB. Book chapter on Aortic Stenosis. The Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Handbook, 4e by Morton J. Kern.
Agrawal A, Lopez J et al; Computational Analysis of Criteria Combinations for Thin Cap Fibro-Atheroma (VH-TCFA): comparison of culprit plaques in Stable and Unstable Coronary Syndromes. An Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Study. Circulation. 2012; 126: A1768
Hirai T, Chen Z, Downe R, Goel A, Agrawal A, Lopez J et al. Evaluation of Variable Thin-Cap Fibroatheroma Definitions and Association of Virtual Histology-Intravascular Ultrasound Findings With Cavity Rupture Size. Am J Cardiol. 2016 Jul 15;118(2):162-9
Agrawal A, Baaj S, Schwartz J, Lopez J. Coronary dissection in a patient with Loeys-Dietz Syndrome: Role of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging. J Invasive Cardiol. 2015 Sep;27(9):E196-8
Darki A, Schneck MJ, Agrawal A, Rupani A, Barron JT. Correlation of Elevated Troponin and Echocardiography in Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS). J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2013 Oct;22(7):959-61
Panico A, Agrawal A, Bashir A, Nierzwicki R, Sanagala T, Syed M, Dajani K. Practical Use of Ultrasound Contrast Agents in the Echocardiography Lab. JASE: Vol. 26 No. 6 June, 2013 p.567-682
Rabbat M, Wilber D, Thomas K, Agrawal A, Sanagala T, Syed M. Left atrial volume assessment in atrial fibrillation using multimodality imaging: a comparison of echocardiography, invasive three dimensional CARTO and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2012, 14(Suppl 1):P214
Hirai T, Cotseones G, Makki N, Agrawal A, Wilber D, Barron J. Usefulness of left ventricular diastolic function to predict recurrence of atrial fibrillation in patients with preserved left ventricular systolic function. Am J Cardiol. 2014 Jul 1;114(1):65-9
Agrawal A, Pavlovic B. Role of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) in prevention of sudden cardiac death in post-heart transplant patients. Poster presented at St. Albert’s Day (Loyola University Research Meet).
Lynch E, Hirai T, Agrawal A, Soong M, Krishnamoorthi V; Does a written ambulatory discharge instruction affect understanding and satisfaction of Veterans? Quality Initiative project, poster presented at Loyola University Internal Medicine Research Conference (2011-12)

Invited faculty/speaker for conferences:

2021 Indian Association of Cardiac Imaging, TCT-India
2020 Indian Academy of Echocardiography, IIC summit
2019 India LIVE, India Valves, Sentient, Bangladesh society of echocardiography conference, Structural heart India and the vein workshop (CVT India), Eastern India Echo & Imaging Conclave, Myval TAVR certification program. Vascular leadership summit. IIC summit, CSI-STEMI COUNCIL, and STEMI INDIA Conference
2018 India valves, Vascular leadership summit, IIC summit
2017 Bangladesh interventional therapeutics

Media articles:

The stent-phobia, Dec. 2019 https://www.futuremedicineindia.com/the-stent-phobia/
Heart basics you should know, Nov 2019 epaper.newindianexpress.com/c/46350203
Comprehensive article on TAVR in Urdu, May 2019 epaper.sakshi.com/c/39014776
A new lease of life with TAVR, Apr 2019 epaper.newindianexpress.com/c/38814011
TAVR Changing The Game Again, Apr 2019 https://speciality.medicaldialogues.in/tavr-changing-the-game-again-dr-anoop-agrawal
How she regained her lost taste, Oct 2018 https://www.futuremedicineindia.com/how-she-regained-her-lost-taste/
Uncertain about Valsartan, Oct 2018 https://www.futuremedicineindia.com/uncertain-about-valsartan/
TAVR has taken the world by storm, Sep 2018 https://www.futuremedicineindia.com/tavr-has-taken-the-world-by-storm/
Cath-mounted heart pumps for short-term use, Sep 2018 https://www.futuremedicineindia.com/cath-mounted-heart-pumps-for-short-term-use/
TAVR- The Disruptive Cardiovascular Advancement Entire World Is Talking About, May 2018 https://speciality.medicaldialogues.in/tavr-the-disruptive-cardiovascular-advancement-entire-world-is-taking-about
The true cost of ‘low-cost’, Sep 2017 https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/the-true-cost-of-low-cost/article19610683.ece

Kims Widow-maker heart attack: What you need to know and why you should be concerned.

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