Pooja Prasad

Jul 4, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Pooja Prasad |Raj Nagappan |Brian Davidson |Kevin H-C Wei

Abstract Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) remains a common long-term complication of cardiac transplantation. While invasive coronary angiography is considered the gold standard, it is also invasive and lacks sensitivity to detect early, distal CAV. Although vasodilator stress myocardial contrast echocardiography perfusion imaging (MCE) is used in the detection of microvascular disease in non-transplant patients, there is little data guiding its use in transplant recipients.

Mar 17, 2023 | docwirenews.com | Pooja Prasad

Many of us over the course of our clinical practice have cared for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and have hoped for better therapies in this challenging patient population. On the last day of ACC 2023 in New Orleans, LA, we had the pleasure of hearing firsthand from Dr. Marius Hoeper, deputy director of the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Hannover Medical School in Hannover, Germany, where heads the pulmonary hypertension program.

Mar 1, 2023 | docwirenews.com | Pooja Prasad

When I think about the social determinants of health, race, gender, socio-economic status and zip code immediately come to mind. Having practiced medicine in Sacramento and Portland at hospitals with large catchment areas, I have taken care of numerous patients from rural areas.