Aken Desai, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine-Cardiology

Teaching

Publications

• Cotton, J, Groves, DW, Vargas, D, Morrison, J, Desai, A, Rove, JY. Impact of advanced imaging techniques on preoperative planning in cardiac surgery. J Card Surg. 2022; 4112-4118. doi:10.1111/jocs.16864
• Desai A, Messenger JC, Quaife R, Carroll J. Update in Paravalvular Leak Closure. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2021 Jul 16;23(9):122. PubMed PMID: 34269898
• Desai AA, Birlea M, Carroll JD. Reevaluating PFO Closure for Migraine. http://www.acc.org. April 22, 2021. Accessed April 22, 2021. https://www.acc.org/latest-in-cardiology/articles/2021/04/22/13/03/reevaluating-pfo-closure-for-migraine.
• Desai AA, Carrroll JD. Percuatenous mitral balloon valvotomy for mitral stenosis. UpToDate. Accessed April 30, 2021. https://www.uptodate.com/contents/percutaneous-mitral-balloon-valvotomy-for-mitral-stenosis?source=history_widget.
• Desai A, Strobel A. LV Pseudoaneurym Closure: Planning the Approach. Oral Presentation at: CSI Congress America 2021. December 3, 2021.
• Desai A, Carroll J. Live Case in a Box: Mitral Transcatheter Edge to Edge Repair. Oral Presentation at: CSI Congress America 2021. December 3, 2021.
• Desai A, Carroll J. Live Case in a Box: Patent Foramen Ovale Closure. Oral Presentation at: CSI Congress America 2021. December 3, 2021.
• Messenger J, Desai A. Live Case in a Box: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Oral Presentation at: CSI Congress America 2021. December 4, 2021.
• Chen Y, Lu W, Yang K, Duan X, Li M, Chen X, Zhang J, Kuang M, Liu S, Wu X, Zou G, Liu C, Hong C, He W, Liao J, Hou C, Zhang Z, Zheng Q, Chen J, Zhang N, Tang H, Vanderpool RR, Desai AA, Rischard F, Black SM, Garcia JGN, Makino A, Yuan JX, Zhong N, Wang J. Tetramethylpyrazine: A promising drug for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension. Br J Pharmacol. 2020 Jun;177(12):2743-2764. PubMed PMID: 31976548
• Purohit SN, Lee PJ, Strobel AL, Desai AA, Marsala MT, Bull TM, Brieke A, Vargas D, Kay JD, Altman NL. Unusual Case of Acquired Hypoxemia Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. Circ Heart Fail. 2020 Jan;13(1):e006394. PubMed PMID: 31896269
• Barrett CD, Cerbin L, Desai A, Carroll JD. Red Blood Cell Fragmentation Syndrome After Placement of MitraClip. JACC: Case Reports. 2020;2(7):1084-1088. doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.009.
• Pi H, Kosanovich CM, Handen A, et al. Outcomes of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Are Improved in a Specialty Care Center [published online ahead of print, 2020 Feb 25]. Chest. 2020;S0012-3692(20)30334-2. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2020.01.046
• Desai AA, Biswas M, Rogers K. An Atypical Presentation of Early Iliac Stent Failure. http://www.acc.org. Jan 02, 2020. Accessed Jan 5, 2020. https://www.acc.org/education-and-meetings/patient-case-quizzes/2020/01/02/08/52an-atypical-presentation-of-early-iliac-stent-failure.
• Purohit S, Lee P, Strobel A, Desai A, Marsala M, Bull T, Brike A, Vargas D, Kay J, Altman N. “An Unusal Case of Hypoxemia Folloing LVAD.” Circulation: Heart Failure. 2020 Jan; 13(1):
• Barrett CD, Cerbin L, Desai A, Carroll JD. Red Blood Cell Fragmentation Syndrome After Placement of MitraClip. JACC Case Rep. 2020 Jun 17;2(7):1084-1088. PubMed PMID: 34317420
• Purohit SN, Lee PJ, Strobel AL, Desai AA, Marsala MT, Bull TM, Brieke A, Vargas D, Kay JD, Altman NL. Unusual Case of Acquired Hypoxemia Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. Circ Heart Fail. 2020 Jan;13(1):e006394. PubMed PMID: 31896269
• Pi H, Kosanovich CM, Handen A, Tao M, Visina J, Vanspeybroeck G, Simon MA, Risbano MG, Desai A, Mathier MA, Rivera-Lebron BN, Nguyen Q, Kliner J, Nouraie M, Chan SY. Outcomes of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Are Improved in a Specialty Care Center. Chest. 2020 Jul;158(1):330-340. PubMed PMID: 32109446
• Davis MB, Shafton A, Desai A, Childers D, Bach DS. Reliable exclusion of acute coronary syndrome among hospitalized patients with elevated troponin. Clin Cardiol. 2014 Jul;37(7):395-401. PubMed PMID: 25180409
• Silverman LZ, Hoesel LM, Desai A, Posa P, Purtill MA, Brandt MM. It takes an intensivist. Am J Surg. 2011 Mar;201(3):320-3; discussion 323. PubMed PMID: 21367371
• Desai AA, Gill EA. Atlas of 3D Echocardiography, 2nd Edition: Mitral Stenosis. Editor: Edward A. Gill.
• Desai AA, Gill EA. Atlas of 3D Echocardiography, 2nd Edition: Mitral Stenosis. Editor: Edward A. Gill
• Desai AA, Gill EA, Carroll JD. Cardiac Imaging in Structural Heart Disease Interventions: A Textbook for the Heart Team: PFO and ASD. Editors: Anita M. Kelsey, Sreek Vemulapalli and Anita Sadeghpour.

Professional Memberships

• American College of Cardiology, Fellow
• Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, Fellow