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Vinod H. Thourani is affiliated with Georgetown University in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research contributions span several interconnected subfields, including Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The main topics covered in their work reflect a concentration on cardiac and cardiovascular health, with particular emphasis on:

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair

Notable recent papers published by Vinod H. Thourani include:

  • STS-ACC TVT Registry of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Five-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • 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
  • Outcomes 2 Years After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients at Low Surgical Risk, 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Vinod H. Thourani frequently collaborates with several researchers in the field, including:

  • Martin B. Leon
  • Michael J. Mack
  • Susheel Kodali
  • Pradeep Yadav
  • Raj Makkar

The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
  • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Structural Heart

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement for Inoperable Severe Aortic Stenosis

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • STS-ACC TVT Registry of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

    John D. Carroll;Michael J. Mack;Sreekanth Vemulapalli;Howard C. Herrmann

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

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

  • Two-year outcomes of surgical treatment of severe ischemic mitral regurgitation

    Robert E. Michler;Peter K. Smith;Michael K. Parides;Gorav Ailawadi

  • Impact of Renal Dysfunction on Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Results From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Adult Cardiac Database

    William A. Cooper;Sean M. O’Brien;Vinod H. Thourani;Robert A. Guyton

  • Five-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement.

    Raj R. Makkar;Vinod H. Thourani;Michael J. Mack;Susheel K. Kodali

  • Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with three-vessel or left main coronary artery disease: 10-year follow-up of the multicentre randomised controlled SYNTAX trial.

    Daniel J F M Thuijs;A Pieter Kappetein;Patrick W Serruys;Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr

  • Influence of diabetes mellitus on early and late outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting.

    Vinod H Thourani;William S Weintraub;Bernardo Stein;Suzanne S.P Gebhart

  • Protection Against Cerebral Embolism During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

    Samir R. Kapadia;Susheel Kodali;Raj Makkar;Roxana Mehran

  • Staging classification of aortic stenosis based on the extent of cardiac damage.

    Philippe Généreux;Philippe Généreux;Philippe Pibarot;Björn Redfors;Michael J Mack

  • Incidence and sequelae of prosthesis-patient mismatch in transcatheter versus surgical valve replacement in high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis: a PARTNER trial cohort--a analysis.

    Philippe Pibarot;Neil J. Weissman;William J. Stewart;Rebecca T. Hahn

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

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

  • 2011 ACCF/AHA guideline for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Executive summary: A report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    S.R. Neravetla;V.H. Thourani

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Guyton
Robert A. Guyton Emory University
Vasilis Babaliaros
Vasilis Babaliaros Emory University
Michael J. Mack
Michael J. Mack Scott & White Memorial Hospital
Martin B. Leon
Martin B. Leon Columbia University Medical Center
John D. Puskas
John D. Puskas Mount Sinai Hospital
Lars G. Svensson
Lars G. Svensson Cleveland Clinic
Susheel Kodali
Susheel Kodali Columbia University Medical Center
E. Murat Tuzcu
E. Murat Tuzcu Cleveland Clinic
Howard C. Herrmann
Howard C. Herrmann University of Pennsylvania
Raj Makkar
Raj Makkar Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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