Sivasubramanian Sivasankaran, MD, DM

Case Report

An Unusual Thrombotic Complication during Percutaneous Closure of Atrial Septal Defect

02/11/2009

From the Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. The authors report no conflicts of interest regarding the content herein. Manuscript submitted March 3, 2008,...

From the Department of...

02/11/2009

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy Using Metallic Commissurotome: Long-Term Follow-Up Results

08/01/2008

Sivasubramanian Sivasankaran , MD, DM;

Jaganmohan Achuthan Tharakan , MBBS, MD, DM;

Sivadasan Pillai Harikrishnan , MD, DM;

Kavassery Mahadevan Krishnamoorthy , MD, DM;

Anil Bhat , MD;

Thomas Titus , MD;

Ajith Kumar , MD;

Percutaneous transmitral commissurotomy (PTMC) has been established as an effective treatment for mitral stenosis (MS) and is now the procedure of choice.1–6 Of the procedures available to treat mitral stenosis, percutaneous valvotomy using...

Percutaneous transmitral...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology