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Branavan Umakanthan

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Umakanthan J, Jeyakumar P, Umakanthan B, Jeyakumar N, Senthilkumar N, Saraswathy M, et al.
Int J Surg . 2015 Feb; 16(Pt B):179-82. PMID: 25644543
The left internal mammary artery (LIMA) graft is considered the "gold standard" of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). This conduit provides increased survival, symptomatic relief, increased freedom from myocardial infarction,...
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Alasnag M, Umakanthan B, Foster G
J Invasive Cardiol . 2008 Jul; 20(7):361-3. PMID: 18599896
Background: Coronary arteriography (CA) is the standard method to image coronary lesions. Multidetector cardiac computerized tomography (MDCT) provides high-resolution images of coronary arteries, allowing a noninvasive alternative to determine lesion...
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Chen D, Chang R, Umakanthan B, Stoletniy L, Heywood J
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther . 2007 Sep; 12(3):220-6. PMID: 17875949
In certain patients with left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction, improvements in cardiac function are seen after initiation of medical therapy; however, the long-term stability of ventricular function in such patients...
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Varadarajan P, Gandhi S, Sharma S, Umakanthan B, Pai R
Clin Cardiol . 2006 Oct; 29(10):444-9. PMID: 17063948
Background: Previous studies have shown low hemoglobin (Hb) to have an adverse effect on survival in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) and reduced left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF);...