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

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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Rymer, Jennifer A., Lisa A. Kaltenbach, Ajar Kochar, Connie N. Hess, Ian C. Gilchrist, John C. Messenger, Robert A. Harrington, et al. “Comparison of Rates of Bleeding and Vascular Complications Before, During, and After Trial Enrollment in the SAFE-PCI Trial for Women..” Circ Cardiovasc Interv 12, no. 5 (May 2019). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.118.007086.

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31014090
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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 (April 15, 2019): 47–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.04.004.

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31102799
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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, March 28, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-019-01842-9.

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30924052
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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, March 27, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2019.0556.

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30916718
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Ambrosy, Andrew P., Jerry H. Gurwitz, Grace H. Tabada, Andrew Artz, Stanley Schrier, Sunil V. Rao, Huiman X. Barnhart, et al. “Incident Anemia in Older Adults with Heart Failure Rate, Etiology, and Association with Outcomes..” European Heart Journal. Quality of Care & Clinical Outcomes, March 7, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcz010.

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30847487
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Khan, Abdul Ahad, Hemang B. Panchal, Syed Imran M. Zaidi, Muralidhar R. Papireddy, Debabrata Mukherjee, Mauricio G. Cohen, Subhash Banerjee, Sunil V. Rao, Samir Pancholy, and Timir K. Paul. “Safety and efficacy of radial versus femoral access for rotational Atherectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis..” Cardiovasc Revasc Med 20, no. 3 (March 2019): 241–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2018.06.006.

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30030065
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