Harsh Agrawal, MD

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Given my desire to practice in academic and clinical interventional cardiology, I am immensely grateful to have had the opportunity to further my education in the American health care system. In the past years, I have witnessed improvements in patient outcomes related to advancements in medical technology and new devices, which are currently unavailable in my native country. With these goals in mind, I now seek to continue my training with increased patient volume and opportunities for research. Reminiscent of the dedicated and hard-working nature of the doctors in my family, I have an insatiable desire to excel in patient care. For me, there is no greater privilege in life than to learn from and help individuals in need of medical care. Concluding that my strengths and ambitions are highly compatible with a career in academic structural interventional cardiology, I have grown inseparable from this calling.

Clinical Interests
I work in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and take care of patients with valvular heart disease, complex coronary artery disease interventions and peripheral vascular interventions. I perform complex structural and coronary interventions including Transcatheter Valve replacement’s, Percutaneous coronary and peripheral arterial and venous interventions, percutaneous left and right ventricular assist device placements. I also take care of patients on the general inpatient cardiology service, the cardiac intensive care service and the procedural service. I have 2 outpatient clinics where the patients can see me for non-urgent issues and their cardiovascular care. Clinical interests include cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment, interventional cardiology, adult congenital heart disease, peripheral vascular disease and structural cardiology.Dr.Agrawal is American board certified in 8 specialties of Medicine/Cardiology which include, internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine, interventional cardiology, endovascular interventions, echocardiography, cardiac CT, nuclear cardiology and vascular ultrasound.

Research Interests
Dr. Agrawal is currently researching the utilization of MRIs in patients with chronic kidney disease during valve replacement in order to decrease their expose to contrast medium. This is one of the largest patient population where we have used this novel technique to limit all contrast exposure. He is examining the outcomes of percutaneous techniques for PFO closure after stroke. He is examining the achievability of same day discharges of patients who have undergone structural heart valve replacements, as well as analyzing the research for the most effective strategies of coronary artery bifurcation interventions. He is also involved with looking at out comes on patients who undergo patent ductus arteriosus interventions. Dr. Agrawal has published over 40 peer-reviewed research articles and is actively involved in clinical research at UCSF.

Education
Structural Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, 06/2019 - Structural Heart Disease, UCSF
Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, 6/2018 - Interventional Cardiology, St Elizabeths Medical Center/Tufts School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, 6/2017 - Cardiovascular Medicine, Texas Tech University/Paul L Foster School of Medicine
General Cardiology Fellowship, 6/2016 - Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Missouri
Kennamer Fellow, Clinical Instructor, 6/2013 - Internal Medicine, UCLA
Fellowship in Medical Education, 6/2013 - Medical Education, UCLA
Internal Medicine Residency, 6/2012 - Internal Medicine, UCLA-OVMC
Internal Medicine Internship, 6/2010 - Internal Medicine, West-Penn Allegheny General Hospital System
Internship, 3/2007 - Internal Medicine, King George Medical College
MD, 2/2006 - Medical School, Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical University
Publications
  1. Melo D, Agrawal H, Parikh DS, Sarwary S, Lin S, Choy HH, Mallawaarachchi I, Kallianos K, Hope M, Mahadevan VS. Accuracy of Ferumoxytol-Enhanced MRA-Guided TAVR in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease. 2022. PMID: 35331463


  2. Blusztein D, Agrawal H. Aortic Rupture in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. The Journal of invasive cardiology 2021. PMID: 34224386


  3. Agrawal H, Choy HK, Liu J, Auyoung M, Albert MA. Coronary Artery Disease. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2020. PMID: 32579480


  4. Curran L, Agrawal H, Kallianos K, Kheiwa A, Lin S, Ordovas K, Mahadevan VS. Computed tomography guided sizing for transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement. International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature 2020. PMID: 32885027


  5. Judson GL, Agrawal H, Mahadevan VS. Conduction System Abnormalities After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Mechanism, Prediction, and Management. Interventional cardiology clinics 2019. PMID: 31445724


  6. Agrawal H, Agarwal A, Eichler CM, Mahadevan VS. Percutaneous exclusion of a giant ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm. BMJ case reports 2019. PMID: 31302626


  7. Agrawal H, Lange RA, Montanez R, Wali S, Mohammad KO, Kar S, Teleb M, Mukherjee D. The Role of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the Treatment of Chronic Total Occlusions: Rationale and Review of the Literature. Current vascular pharmacology 2019. PMID: 29345588


  8. Agrawal H, Mahadevan VS, Shunk K, Lee MS. Fractional Flow Reserve and Intravascular Ultrasound of Coronary Artery Lesions Beyond the Left Main: A Review of Literature. Reviews in cardiovascular medicine 2018. PMID: 31032597


  9. Agrawal H, Teleb M, Lahsaei S, Carbajal L, Montanez R, Carrozza JP. Routine Angiographic Follow-Up After Coronary Artery Disease Revascularization: Is Seeing Believing? Current cardiology reports 2018. PMID: 29511900


  10. Kanu O, Teleb M, Agrawal H, Cashin LB. Cocaine-related subcutaneous emphysema, pneumorrhachis and pneumomediastinum: a rare clinical finding. BMJ case reports 2017. PMID: 28784876


  11. Abolbashari M, Kar S, Marmol-Velez A, Ramos-Duran L, Mullins C, Mukherjee D, Agrawal H. Double right coronary artery and its clinical significance: Review of the literature. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 2017. PMID: 28778391


  12. Agrawal H, Martinez A, Volkmann ER, Melamed O, Wali S. Initial Experience of a Primary Urgent Care Clinic Curriculum and Subspecialty Lectureship Series Implementation in a Los Angeles County Hospital. Southern medical journal 2017. PMID: 28464172


  13. Albaghdadi A, Teleb M, Liu C, Agrawal H. Leiomyosarcoma: a rare but fatal tumour of the inferior vena cava. BMJ case reports 2017. PMID: 28450471


  14. Agrawal H, Schaefer JD, Teleb M, Cashin LM. Uncommon cause of adult onset cyanosis: single left ventricle. BMJ case reports 2017. PMID: 28167694


  15. Harsh Agrawal, Jessica D. Schaefer, Joseph P. Carrozza, Debabrata Mukherjee. A rare cause of chest pain: Cardiac synovial sarcoma The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine 2017. PMID:


  16. Bramblett T, Teleb M, Albaghdadi A, Agrawal H, Mukherjee D. Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Entresto a Possible Option. Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets 2017. PMID: 28676030


  17. Agrawal H, Aggarwal K, Alpert MA. Persistent atrial standstill following the Cox-maze III procedure: reversal with sustained atrial pacing. Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc 2016. PMID: 27558131


  18. Agrawal H, Aggarwal K. Mechanical Circulatory Support in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Expanding the Possibilities. The Journal of invasive cardiology 2016. PMID: 27236008


  19. Doaty S, Agrawal H, Bauer E, Furst DE. Infection and Lupus: Which Causes Which? Current rheumatology reports 2016. PMID: 26951251


  20. Scheiman-Elazary A, Duan L, Shourt C, Agrawal H, Ellashof D, Cameron-Hay M, Furst DE. The Rate of Adherence to Antiarthritis Medications and Associated Factors among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Literature Review and Metaanalysis. The Journal of rheumatology 2016. PMID: 26879354


  21. Alpert MA, Lavie CJ, Agrawal H, Kumar A, Kumar SA. Cardiac Effects of Obesity: PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC, CLINICAL, AND PROGNOSTIC CONSEQUENCES-A REVIEW. Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention 2016. PMID: 26629864


  22. Katta N, Balla S, Velagapudi P, Mittal M, Agrawal H, Kumar A, Aggarwal K. Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation in Kidney Transplant Patients: Is Coronary Angiography Superior? A Focused Review. Advances in peritoneal dialysis. Conference on Peritoneal Dialysis 2016. PMID: 28988587


  23. Mittal M, Aggarwal K, Littrell RL, Agrawal H, Alpert MA. Does pharmacotherapy improve cardiovascular outcomes in hemodialysis patients? Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis 2015. PMID: 26448387


  24. Agrawal H, Aggarwal K, Littrell R, Velagapudi P, Turagam MK, Mittal M, Alpert MA. Pharmacological and non pharmacological strategies in the management of coronary artery disease and chronic kidney disease. Current cardiology reviews 2015. PMID: 25981315


  25. Velagapudi P, Turagam MK, Agrawal H, Mittal M, Kocheril AG, Aggarwal K. Antithrombotics in atrial fibrillation and coronary disease. Expert review of cardiovascular therapy 2014. PMID: 25046150


  26. Gevorgyan R, Perlowski A, Shenoda M, Mojadidi MK, Agrawal H, Tobis JM. Sensitivity of brachial versus femoral vein injection of agitated saline to detect right-to-left shunts with Transcranial Doppler. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2014. PMID: 24403023


  27. Volkmann ER, Saggar R, Khanna D, Torres B, Flora A, Yoder L, Clements PJ, Elashoff RM, Ross DJ, Agrawal H, Borazan N, Furst DE, Saggar R. Improved transplant-free survival in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary hypertension and interstitial lung disease. Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) 2014. PMID: 24729406


  28. Alpert MA, Agrawal H, Aggarwal K, Kumar SA, Kumar A. Heart failure and obesity in adults: pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and management. Current heart failure reports 2014. PMID: 24682831


  29. Alpert MA, Lavie CJ, Agrawal H, Aggarwal KB, Kumar SA. Obesity and heart failure: epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and management. Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine 2014. PMID: 24814682


  30. Mittal MK, Jain K, Agrawal H, Velagapudi P, Dhuper S, Kumar A. Current Drug Therapy Use of N-Acetyl-Cysteine to Prevent Nephrotoxicity Associated with Iodinated Contrast Agents. 2014. PMID:


  31. Middlekauff HR, Park J, Agrawal H, Gornbein JA. Abnormal sympathetic nerve activity in women exposed to cigarette smoke: a potential mechanism to explain increased cardiac risk. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2013. PMID: 23997107


  32. Agrawal H, Bishop C, Wali S. Hepatitis C and its double hit on the lungs: A case of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome Proceedings of UCLA Healthcare 2013. PMID:


  33. Agrawal H, Bishop CI, Wali S. Inferior Vena Cava Filter Fracture Mimicking a Myocardial Infarction Proceedings of UCLA Healthcare 2013. PMID:


  34. Volman M, Mojadidi MK, Gevorgyan R, Kaing A, Agrawal H, Tobis J. Incidence of patent foramen ovale and migraine headache in adults with congenital heart disease with no known cardiac shunts. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2012. PMID: 22927216


  35. Agrawal H, Bishop CI, Sealey ML, Wali.S. Deep Vein Thrombosis /Pulmonary Embolism in a patient with Retroperitoneal fibrosis: A case report Proceedings of UCLA Healthcare 2012. PMID:


  36. Agrawal H, Hay MC, Volkmann ER, Maranian P, Khanna D, Furst DE. Satisfaction and access to clinical care in a rheumatology clinic at a large urban medical center. Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases 2012. PMID: 22647867


  37. Singh JA, Furst DE, Bharat A, Curtis JR, Kavanaugh AF, Kremer JM, Moreland LW, O'Dell J, Winthrop KL, Beukelman T, Bridges SL, Chatham WW, Paulus HE, Suarez-Almazor M, Bombardier C, Dougados M, Khanna D, King CM, Leong AL, Matteson EL, Schousboe JT, Moynihan E, Kolba KS, Jain A, Volkmann ER, Agrawal H, Bae S, Mudano AS, Patkar NM, Saag KG. 2012 update of the 2008 American College of Rheumatology recommendations for the use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and biologic agents in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis care & research 2012. PMID: 22473917


  38. Agrawal G, Mehta DC, Agrawal H, Agrawal.CG. Gujarat Medical Journal Current Trends in The Management of Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy: A Review 2012. PMID:


  39. Agrawal A, Sridharan A, Prakash S, Agrawal H. Dendritic cells and aging: consequences for autoimmunity. Expert review of clinical immunology 2012. PMID: 22149342


  40. Agrawal H, Volkmann ER. Aberrant right subclavian artery aneurysm. Internal medicine journal 2011. PMID: 21831121


  41. Nashid M, Khanna PP, Furst DE, Clements PJ, Maranian P, Seibold J, Postlethwaite AE, Louie JS, Mayes MD, Agrawal H, Khanna D. Gender and ethnicity differences in patients with diffuse systemic sclerosis--analysis from three large randomized clinical trials. Rheumatology (Oxford, England) 2010. PMID: 20889574


  42. Khanna D, Agrawal H, Clements PJ. Infliximab may be effective in the treatment of steroid-resistant eosinophilic fasciitis: report of three cases. Rheumatology (Oxford, England) 2010. PMID: 20308119


  43. Storage SS, Agrawal H, Furst DE. Description of the efficacy and safety of three new biologics in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The Korean journal of internal medicine 2010. PMID: 20195397


  44. Agrawal H*, Volkmann ER*, Maranian P and Furst DE (* Co first authors).. Clinical Medicine Insights: Therapeutics Rituximab for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review. 2010 Sep; 2010(2): 749-760. 2010. PMID:


  45. Agrawal G, Agrawal A, Agrawal H, Agrawal CG, Mehta DC, Ghodadra BK.. Recent Advances in the Treatment of Neovascular Age Related Macular Degeneration Gujarat Medical Journal 2008. PMID:


  46. Agrawal G, Agrawal A, Agrawal H. . . 2007 Jul; 2(7): 51-56.. Gujarat Medical Journal Newer Trends in Diabetic Retinopathy 2007. PMID:


  47. Agrawal G, Agrawal A, Agrawal H, Agrawal C.G. Journal of Internal Medicine of India Current and Emerging Concepts in Diabetic Retinopathy. 2006. PMID: