Cardiology

Sunil Vadlakonda Rao, MD

Professor of Medicine
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
Campus mail VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street (111a), Durham, NC 27705
Phone (919) 286-0411

Focus of research is in the radial approach to PCI, transfusion physiology and outcomes in patients with ischemic heart disease, quality assessment and improvement through registries, and clinical trials in interventional cardiology

In Their Words

Education and Training

  • Fellow in Cardiology, Medicine, Duke University, 1999 - 2004
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, Duke University, 1996 - 1999
  • M.D., Ohio State University, 1996

Grants

Publications

Shah, Rahman, Samuel B. Latham, Jennifer M. Porta, Arshi Naz, Khalid Matin, and Sunil V. Rao. “Bivalirudin with a post-procedure infusion versus heparin monotherapy for the prevention of stent thrombosis..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 94, no. 2 (August 1, 2019): 210–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.28065.

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30636368
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Urban, Philip, Roxana Mehran, Roisin Colleran, Dominick J. Angiolillo, Robert A. Byrne, Davide Capodanno, Thomas Cuisset, et al. “Defining High Bleeding Risk in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention..” Circulation 140, no. 3 (July 16, 2019): 240–61. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.040167.

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31116032
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Faggioni, Michela, Usman Baber, Jaya Chandrasekhar, Samantha Sartori, William Weintraub, Sunil V. Rao, Birgit Vogel, et al. “Use of prasugrel and clinical outcomes in African-American patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndromes..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 94, no. 1 (July 1, 2019): 53–60. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.28033.

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30656812
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Ge, Zhen, Usman Baber, Bimmer E. Claessen, Jaya Chandrasekhar, Rishi Chandiramani, Shawn X. Li, Samantha Sartori, et al. “Associations between use of prasugrel vs clopidogrel and outcomes by type of acute coronary syndrome: an analysis from the PROMETHEUS registry..” J Thromb Thrombolysis 48, no. 1 (July 2019): 42–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-019-01842-9.

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30924052
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Gutierrez, J Antonio, Deepak L. Bhatt, Subhash Banerjee, Thomas J. Glorioso, Kevin P. Josey, Rajesh V. Swaminathan, Thomas M. Maddox, et al. “Risk of obstructive coronary artery disease and major adverse cardiac events in patients with noncoronary atherosclerosis: Insights from the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking (CART) Program..” Am Heart J 213 (July 2019): 47–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.04.004.

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31102799
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Shroff, Adhir R., Christopher Fernandez, Mladen I. Vidovich, Sunil V. Rao, Michael Cowley, Olivier F. Bertrand, Tejas M. Patel, and Samir B. Pancholy. “Contemporary transradial access practices: Results of the second international survey..” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 93, no. 7 (June 1, 2019): 1276–87. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.27989.

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30456913
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Shah, Rahman, Sunil V. Rao, and David E. Kandzari. “Quantifying the Treatment Effect of Drug-Eluting Stents Optimized for Biocompatibility vs Bare-Metal Stents With a Single Month of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy-Reply..” Jama Cardiol 4, no. 5 (May 1, 2019): 494–95. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2019.0556.

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30916718
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