Branavan Umakanthan, DO, FACC, FSCAI

Accurate Determination of High-Risk Coronary Lesion Type by Multidetector Cardiac Computed Tomography

08/01/2008

Invasive coronary arteriography (CA) has been the standard method for imaging coronary lesions since its beginnings in 1958. Multidetector cardiac computerized tomography (MDCT) has undergone rapid developments over the last decade and now...

Invasive coronary arteriography...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

An Interesting Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Case: A Valve-in-Valve Procedure

10/03/2012

Branavan Umakanthan , DO, FACC, FSCAI;

Rafael Valencia , MD, FACC;

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become a viable alternative to traditional open heart surgery in individuals who have severe aortic valve stenosis and are of high or prohibitive surgical risk.1

Transcatheter aortic valve...

10/03/2012

Cath Lab Digest

Spearheading Transradial Access in Las Vegas

11/05/2009

Branavan Umakanthan , DO, FACC, FSCAI;

Can you tell us about your current practice and community? I moved to the Las Vegas area nearly a year and a half ago, after finishing my interventional fellowship in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Currently, I am practicing as an interventional...

Can you tell us about your...

11/05/2009

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

Impella 2.5-Supported Revascularization in a Patient with Normal EF and a Large Amount of Myocardial Jeopardy

12/05/2011

Branavan Umakanthan , DO, FACC, FSCAI;

Mirvat Alasnag , MD, FACP, FSCAI;

IntroductionThe advent of left ventricular assist devices has allowed the interventional cardiology community to perform complex coronary interventional procedures in a safe, effective manner. Initial iterations of left ventricular assist...

IntroductionThe advent of left...

12/05/2011

Cath Lab Digest

Tips and Techniques

New Wire-Retained Method to Performing the Pre-Close Technique of Percutaneous Closure During Large-Bore Femoral Procedures

09/06/2011

Branavan Umakanthan , DO, FACC, FSCAI;

Mirvat Alasnag , MD, FACP, FSCAI;

Large-bore vessel sheaths are being utilized more frequently in the cardiac catheterization laboratory, especially with the advent of newer technologies which demand larger bore sheaths, such as the Impella 2.5 ventricular assist device...

Large-bore vessel sheaths are...

09/06/2011

Cath Lab Digest