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Raj Makkar is affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their work addresses key topics such as Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair, and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.

Several notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Raj Makkar include:

  • Five-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Valve Academic Research Consortium 3: Updated Endpoint Definitions for Aortic Valve Clinical Research, 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Transcatheter Repair for Patients with Tricuspid Regurgitation, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients at Five Years, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Valve Academic Research Consortium 3: updated endpoint definitions for aortic valve clinical research, 2020, European Heart Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Makkar include Tarun Chakravarty, Martin B. Leon, Susheel Kodali, Vinod H. Thourani, and Samir Kapadia.

Their publications are commonly found in these venues:

  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
  • Circulation
  • European Heart Journal
  • The American Journal of Cardiology

Best Publications

  • Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation for Aortic Stenosis in Patients Who Cannot Undergo Surgery

    Martin B. Leon;Craig R. Smith;Michael Mack;D. Craig Miller

  • Transcatheter versus Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in High-Risk Patients

    Craig R. Smith;Martin B. Leon;Michael J. Mack;D. Craig Miller

  • Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients.

    Martin B Leon;Craig R. Smith;Michael J. Mack;Michael J. Mack;Rajendra Makkar

  • Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement with a Balloon-Expandable Valve in Low-Risk Patients

    Michael J. Mack;Martin B. Leon;Vinod H. Thourani;Raj Makkar

  • Surgical or Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients

    M. J. Reardon;N. M. Van Mieghem;J. J. Popma;N. S. Kleiman

  • Two-Year Outcomes after Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement

    Susheel K. Kodali;Mathew R. Williams;Craig R. Smith;Lars G. Svensson

  • 5-year outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement or surgical aortic valve replacement for high surgical risk patients with aortic stenosis (PARTNER 1): a randomised controlled trial

    Michael J Mack;Martin B Leon;Craig R Smith;D Craig Miller

  • Intracoronary cardiosphere-derived cells for heart regeneration after myocardial infarction (CADUCEUS): a prospective, randomised phase 1 trial

    Raj R Makkar;Rachel R Smith;Ke Cheng;Konstantinos Malliaras

  • Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement for Inoperable Severe Aortic Stenosis

    Raj R Makkar;Gregory P Fontana;Hasan Jilaihawi;Samir Kapadia

  • Valve Academic Research Consortium 3: Updated Endpoint Definitions for Aortic Valve Clinical Research.

    Philippe Généreux;Nicolo Piazza;Maria C. Alu

  • Transcatheter aortic valve replacement versus surgical valve replacement in intermediate-risk patients: a propensity score analysis

    Vinod H. Thourani;Susheel Kodali;Raj R. Makkar;Howard C. Herrmann

  • Female gender as a risk factor for torsades de pointes associated with cardiovascular drugs

    Raj R. Makkar;Barbara S. Fromm;Russell T. Steinman;Marc D. Meissner

  • Possible Subclinical Leaflet Thrombosis in Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves

    Raj R Makkar;Gregory Fontana;Lars Søndergaard

  • 5-year outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement compared with standard treatment for patients with inoperable aortic stenosis (PARTNER 1): a randomised controlled trial

    Samir R Kapadia;Martin B Leon;Raj R Makkar;E Murat Tuzcu

  • Subclinical leaflet thrombosis in surgical and transcatheter bioprosthetic aortic valves: an observational study

    Tarun Chakravarty;Lars Søndergaard;John Friedman;Ole De Backer

  • Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in High-Risk Patients

    Craig R. Smith;Martin B. Leon;Michael J. Mack;D. Craig Miller

  • Cross-sectional computed tomographic assessment improves accuracy of aortic annular sizing for transcatheter aortic valve replacement and reduces the incidence of paravalvular aortic regurgitation.

    Hasan Jilaihawi;Mohammad Kashif;Gregory Fontana;Azusa Furugen

  • Intracoronary cardiosphere-derived cells after myocardial infarction: evidence of therapeutic regeneration in the final 1-year results of the CADUCEUS trial (CArdiosphere-Derived aUtologous stem CElls to reverse ventricUlar dySfunction).

    Konstantinos Malliaras;Raj R. Makkar;Rachel R. Smith;Ke Cheng

  • Predictors and Clinical Outcomes of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: The PARTNER (Placement of AoRtic TraNscathetER Valves) Trial and Registry

    Tamim M. Nazif;José M. Dizon;Rebecca T. Hahn;Ke Xu

  • Two-Year Outcomes After Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

    Susheel K. Kodali;Mathew R. Williams;Craig R. Smith;Lars G. Svensson

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin B. Leon
Martin B. Leon Columbia University Medical Center
Susheel Kodali
Susheel Kodali Columbia University Medical Center
Samir R. Kapadia
Samir R. Kapadia Cleveland Clinic
John G. Webb
John G. Webb University of British Columbia
Howard C. Herrmann
Howard C. Herrmann University of Pennsylvania
Michael J. Mack
Michael J. Mack Scott & White Memorial Hospital
Vasilis Babaliaros
Vasilis Babaliaros Emory University
Lars G. Svensson
Lars G. Svensson Cleveland Clinic
Robert J. Siegel
Robert J. Siegel Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Rebecca T. Hahn
Rebecca T. Hahn Columbia University Medical Center

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