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Department of Cardio Vascular and Thoracic Surgery 11. Departmental Research Lab. Central Research Laboratory which is fully equipped is available at B.J. Medical College and Gujarat Cancer Research Institute to which this Institute is affiliated and has full access. Equipment s: Available o Adequate number of Computers with printers o Internet and LAN facility o We have fully equipped library with sufficient Books and Journals with Electronic resources for Research purpose o No. of publications from the department during the last three yearspublished/accepted :Original articles Total no: 32

Sr. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 CVTS-original published/accepted articles Original article Title Authors Citation Effect of Red Blood Cell Arvind Kumar Bisnoi; Pankaj Storage Duration on Garg; Kartik Patel; Outcome after Chandrasekaran Heart Lung and Circulation Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: Ananthanarayanan; Ritesh (2018 Accepted) A Prospective Shah; Atul Solanki; Himani Observational Study Pandya; Sanjay Patel Lipoprotein A as an Journal of Cardiovascular independent risk factor of Seema Sharma, Pranav Medicine and Surgery 2018 coronary artery Sharma Volume 4, Issue 1, January - disease in Western Indians March 2018, Pages 40-45 Vivek Wadhawa, Jigar Shah, Surgical overview of Interactive Cardiovascular And Chirag Doshi, Jaydip Ramani, Cardiac echinococcosis A Thoracic Surgery 2018 Ketav Lakhia, Divyesh Rathod rare entity (Accepted) Reema Tavar, Jignesh Kothari Vivek Wadhawa,Amber A Normokalemic, non Malhotra, Jaydip Ramani, Asian Cardiovascular Thoracic depolarising, long Acting Pankaj Garg, Pranav Sharma, Annals. 2017 Sep-Oct;25(7- Blood Cardioplegia Himani Pandya, Dayesh 8):495-501 Rodricks Off pump CABG and Journal of Cardiovascular Dr. Sudhir Adalti, Dr. K N stroke: incidence and Medicine and Surgery Bhosale, Dr. Vijay Gupta, mechanisms- a single Volume 3 Number 2, July - Ms. Himani Pandya center experience December 2017 Coarctation and its surgical Journal of Cardiovascular Sudhir Adalti, Vivek repair: mid to long term Medicine and Surgery 2017 wadhawa, Vijay Gupta, follow up in children and Volume 3 Number 2, July - Sanjay Patel adults December 2017 Journal ing

Amber Malhotra, 7 OPCABG for Moderate CIMR in elderly- A Superior Option?? Chandrasekaran Ananthanarayanan, Vivek Wadhawa, Sumbul Siddiqui, Pranav Sharma, Kartik Patel, Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2017 (Accepted) Komal Shah, Pratik Shah 8 Techniques, Timing & Prognosis of Post Infarct Ventricular Septal Rupture: A Re-look at Old Dogmas Amber Malhotra, Kartik Patel, Pranav Sharma, Vivek Wadhawa,Tarun Madan, Jagdish Khandeparkar, Komal Shah., Sanjay Patel Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2017; Volume 32(3): 147 155. 9 Single dose lignocaine based blood cardioplegia in single valve replacementpatients Jaydip Ramani, Amber Malhotra, Vivek Wadhwa, Pranav Sharma, Pankaj Garg, Malkesh Tarsaria, Himani Pandya Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2017 Volume;32 Issue (2): pp 90-95 Outcome of Bioprosthetic Journal of Cardiovascular 10 Aorticvalvular replacement: A Single Parth Solanki Medicine and Surgery Volume 3 Number 2, July - center experience December 2017 Journal of Cardiovascular 11 Study of Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Parth Solanki Medicine and Surgery Volume 3 Number 2, July - December 2017 12 Anterior mini thoracotomy : A safe approach for surgical ASD closure & ASD device retrieval Vivek Wadhawa, Chirag Doshi, Manish Hinduja, Pankaj Garg, Kartik Patel, Amit Mishra, Pratik Shah Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2017;32(4):270-5 13 A Single Centre Experience Dr.Chirag Doshi, Dr.Manish

With Coronary Hinduja, Dr.Vivek Wadhawa Medicine And Endarterectomy In Patients Dr. Gaurag Shah, Dr. Healthcare. 2017; Volume4 (11), Undergoing Off-Pump Malkesh Tarsaria, Dr.Bhavin pp 578-583. Coronary Artery Bypass Brahmbhatt, Dr. Shaival Grafting Majumdar, Dr. Sumbul Siddiqui Manish Hinduja, Vivek 14 Comparison of Preoperative Noninvasive And Intraoperative Measurements of Aortic Annulus Wadhawa, Sandip Singh Rana, Harkant Singh, Parminder Singh, Manphool Singhal, Chirag Doshi, Amber Medicine And Healthcare. 2016; Volume 3(80), pp 4310-4317 Malhotra 15 Techniques And Early Results of Mini Left Thoracotomy Approach For Repair Of Tetralogy Of Fallot Dr.Chirag Doshi, Dr.Vivek Wadhawa, Dr.Manish Hinduja Dr. Pankaj Garg, D Nikunj Vaidhya,Dr. Jaydip Ramani, Dr. Vaibhav Jain, Dr. Mausam Shah Medicine And Healthcare. 2017; Volume 32(3): 147 155. Transverse Sternal Split: A 16 Safe Mini-Invasive Approach For Perventricular Device Closure of Ventricular Pankaj Garg, Arvind Kumar Bishnoi, Ketav Lakhia, Jigar Surti, Sumbul Siddiqui, Parth Solanki, Himani Pandya Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2017; Volume 32(3):184-190 Septal Defect 17 Hemodiafiltration A Technique For Physiological Correction of Priming Solution In Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: An Pankaj Garg, Arvind Kumar Bishnoi, Kartik Patel, Vivek Wadhawa, Jigar Surti, Atul Solanki, Komal Shah, And Sanjay Patel Artificial Organs 2016. Volume 41(8):773-778

In Vitro Study 18 Dialyzer Based Cell Salvage System: A Superior Alternative To Conventional Cell Salvage In Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Amber Malhotra, Pankaj Garg, Arvind Kumar Bishnoi, Pranav Sharma, Vivek Wadhawa, Komal Shah, Sanjay Patel, Umesh Kumar Ahirwar, Dayesh Rodricks, Himani Pandya Interactive Cardiovascular And Thoracic Surgery 2017; 1 9 doi:10.1093/icvts/ivw371 19 Transverse Split Sternotomy: A Safe Mini- Invasive Approach For Repair of Congenital Cardiac Defects" Pankaj Garg, Arvind Kumar Bishnoi, Kartik Patel, Chandrashekaran Annanthnarayan, Jigar Patel, Malkesh Talsariya, Komal Shah, Sanjay Patel Innovation Technology And Techniques of Cardiovascular And Thoracic Surgery 2017;32(3):184-90 20 Effect of Prime Blood Storage Duration On Clinical Outcome AfterPediatric Cardiac Surgery Arvind Kumar Bishnoi, Pankaj Garg, Kartik Patel, Parth Solanki, Jigar Surti, Atul Solanki, Komal Shah, And Sanjay Patel World Journal For Pediatric And Congenital Heart Surgery 2017; Volume 8(2):166-173. 21 Redo Mitral Valve Replacement For Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis: Single Center Experience Jignesh Kothari, Kartik Patel,Bhavin Brahmbhatt,Kinnaresh Baria, Malkesh Tarsaria,Sanjay Patel, Sandeep Tailor Journal of Clinical And Diagnostic Research 2016; 10(11):PC01-PC03. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/20209.8913 22 Procalcitonin Level For Prediction Of Postoperative Infection In Cardiac Surgery Pranav Sharma, Kartik Patel, Kinneresh Baria, Ketav Lakhia, Amber Malhotra, Komal Shah Asian Cardiovascular & and Thoracic Annals 2016; Volume 24(4): pp 344-9.

And Sanjay Patel Hypomagnesaemia And Vivek Wadhawa, Manish 23 Role of Magnesium Supplementation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass In Pediatrics Cardiac Hinduja, Sandip Singh Rana, Anand Kumar Mishra, Sarin Mathew, Goverdhan Dutt Puri,Reema Tavar, Amit Medicine And HealthCare. 2016; Volume 3 (7): pp 209-215 Surgery. Mishra 24 Transposition of Great Arteries With Intra Mural Coronary Artery - Our Surgical Experience Amit Mishra, Anil Jain, Manish Hinduja, Vivek Wadhawa, Ramesh Patel, Nikunj Vaidhya, Dayesh Rodricks, Hardik Patel. The Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery Feb 2016;Volume 31(1): pp 15-21 25 Influence Of Diabetes Mellitus on Operative Outcome of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Anil Kumar Jain, Chirag Doshi, Manish Hinduja, Kinnaresh Baria, Nikunj Vaidhya, Pratik Shah Medicine And Healthcare. December 2015; Volume 2(57): pp 8894-8897 26 Complex Coronary Pattern Affecting The Surgical Outcome Of Arterial Switch Operation. Amit Mishra, Nikunj Vaidhya, Hardik Patel, Ramesh Patel, Imelda Jain, Harshil Joshi, Komal Shah, Himani Pandya Medical & Healthcare. 2015; Volume: 2 (56): pp 8860-8864 27 Pretransfusion Comparison of Dialyser Based Hemoconcentrator With Cell Saver System For Perioperative Cell Savage Pankaj Garg, Amber Malhotra, Manan Desai, Pranav Sharma, Arvindkumar Bishnoi, Payal Tripathi, Dayesh Rodricks, Himani Pandya Innovations: Technology & Techniques In Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery 2015; Volume 10(5): pp 334-41 Techniques of Left Jignesh Kothari, Hemang 28 Ventricular Aneurysm Repair: Challenges And Gandhi, Bhavin Brahmbhatt, Kinnaresh Baria, Sanjay Medicine And Healthcare.2015;Volume 2(44): Outcome. Patel,Himani Pandya pp 7915-7922

Pranav Sharma, 29 Hyperbiliurubinemia After Cardiac Surgery: An Observational Study. Chandrasekaran Ananthanarayanan,Nikunj Vaidhya, Amber Malhotra, Komal Shah And Ramanand Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals. 2015, Volume: 23(9): pp 1039-43 Sharma Different Strategies For 30 Simultaneous Repair of Aortic Coarctation And Associated Cardiac Jignesh Kothari, Bhavin Brahmbhatt, Kinnaresh Baria, Jigar Patel International Journal of Medical Science And Public Health 2016; Volume 5(2): pp 186-190 Diseases In Adult Patients. Atrial Fibrillation Following Off-Pump Dr. Jignesh Kothari, Dr. International Research And 31 Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Influence Of Ramesh Patel, Dr. Hemang Gandhi, Dr. Ajay Chaurasia, Publications In Medical Sciences. 2015; Volume 1(2): pp Single, Low Dose Sanjay Patel 1-4 Amiodarone. Fluorescein Dye-Guided Arvind Kumar Bishnoi, Intraoperative Pankaj Garg, Manan Desai, World Journal For Pediatirc And 32 Identification And Closure Pranav Sharma, Jigar Patel, Congenital Heart Surgery. 2015; Of Muscular Ventricular Mrugesh Prajapati, And Volume: 6 (1): pp 5966. Septal Defect. Amber Malhotra List of On Going Research Projects: 36 No Principal Investigator Co-PI Ongoing Project 1 Dr.Anil Jain ---------- Troponin after cardiac surgery: a predictor or phenomenon 2 Dr.Anil Jain ---------- Combined valve and coronary bypass grafting: A single center experience 3 Dr.Anil Jain ---------- Comparision of ethibond vs. standard wire sternal

closure in female patients 4 Dr.Amit Mishra Tracheal Reconstruction in patients with congenital heart disease- Our surgical experience 5 Dr. Jignesh Kothari Dr.Divyesh Rathod Mid-term follow-up of patients of tricuspid valve replacement at UNMICRC 6 Dr. Jignesh Kothari Dr. Mausam Shah Study of RV function in operated Cases of Tetralogy of Fallot with RVOT Patch closure 7 Dr. Amit Mishra Dr. Bhavin Follow up of Fontan Studies: Arrhythmia, Exercise Brahmbhatt tolerance & quality of life 8 Dr. Amber Malhotra Dr. Shaival Fate of valve repairs in rheumatic heart disease: Is Majmudar autologous pericardium a savior? 9 Dr.Jagdish Khandeparker Dr.Divyesh Rathod Sternal complications in Post CABG patients 10 Dr.Jagdish Khandeparker Dr.Jigar Shah Prosthetic valve thrombosis 11 Dr. Amber Malhotra Dr. Ananthnarayan, Dr. Sumbul Siddiqui MV repair audit in UNM 12 Dr. Amber Malhotra Dr. Sumbul Siddiqui Retro-prospective study: Evaluation of the predictors of longevity of Bio-prosthetic heart valves 13 Dr. Amber Malhotra Dr. Sumbul Siddiqui Prospective study: MPI based identification of biventricular function and myocardial viability and its impact on revascularization 14 Dr.Sudhir Adalti Dr.Sudhir Adalti Mortality and its predictors after re-exploration in cardiac surgery 15 Dr.Sudhir Adalti Dr.Sudhir Adalti A surgical technique of concomitant LA reduction with mitral valve-a single centre experience 16 Dr.Sudhir Adalti Dr.Sudhir Adalti Stroke after off pump CABG surgery - A single centre experience 17 Dr.Sudhir Adalti Dr.Sudhir Adalti Follow up of uncorrected tricuspid valve

18 Dr. Amber Malhotra Dr. Sumbul Siddiqui regurgitation after mitral valve surgery Mitral valve repair in patients with rheumatic and myxomatous disease (Repair score) 19 Dr. Anil Jain Dr. Anil Jain Re-exploration and re suturing in CABG patients 20 Dr. Chirag Doshi Dr. Manish Hinduja Hemodynamic outcomes after mini invasive cardiac surgery 21 Dr. Chirag Doshi Dr. Manish Hinduja Multivessel Total Arterial in MIDCAB 22 Dr. Jignesh Kothari Dr. Kinnaresh Baria Prognosis Of Aortic Valve Disease Following Mitral Valve Surgery. 23 Dr.Pankaj Garg, Dr.Vivek Wadhawa, Dr. Kartik Patel Predictors of left ventricular dysfunction in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery-retrospective study 24 Dr.Chirag Doshi Dr.Pankaj Garg INR monitoring and follow up 25 Dr.Pankaj Garg, Dr.Vishal Agrawal, Dr. Suresh kumar Rajan 26 Dr.Pankaj Garg, Dr.Vishal Agrawal 27 Dr.Pankaj Garg, Dr.Kartik Patel, Dr. Suresh kumar Rajan Dr.Vishal Agrawal, 28 Dr.Pankaj Garg, Dr. Suresh kumar Rajan 29 Dr.Pankaj Garg, Dr.Vishal Agrawal 30 Dr.Pankaj Garg,Dr.Vishal Agrawal Sano shunt in older patients with hypoplastic pulmonary artery-retrospective study Central shunt in older patients with hypoplastic pulmonary artery-retrospective study Prediction of need for trans annular patch in patients with TOF-CT study- Retrospective review SVC drainage obstruction during CPB : whether a cause of hypoxic brain injury- retrospective study Change in SVC pressure during CPB with SVC cannulation -prospective observational study Result of central shunt in older patients-systemic review 31 Dr. Amber Malhotra Dr. Sumbul Siddiqui Ebstein anomaly "The one & a half ventricle heart"

Dr. Pranav Sharma 32 Dr. Amber Malhotra Dr. Sumbul Siddiqui Dr. Pranav Sharma 33 Dr. Amber Malhotra Dr. Sumbul Siddiqui 34 Dr. Anil Jain ------------- Our technique & Prognostic co-relation on follow up. Mitral valve repair - The registry. Determinant of management and prognosis of VSD with AR Is declotting a better procedure than redo MVR for stuck mitral valve? 35 Dr. Anil Jain -------- Experience and outcome of adult TOF 36 Dr.Sudhir Adalti, Dr.Chintan mehta Aortic aneurysm: A clinical experiences of single center experience