Publications

 

Original articles: (Published)

 

i.        Raghuram Bollineni, Durgaprasad Rajasekhar, Vanajakshamm Velam, Harini Devi N. Correlation of Spot Urine Protein Creatinine Ratio with Angiographic Disease Severity in Non-Diabetic Stable Coronary Artery Disease, IJSR Volume 9 Issue 4, April 2020, 934-937.

ii.      Sudhakar Reddy P, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Lakshmi A.Y. Latheef Kasala. Correlation of coronary artery calcium score and carotid artery intima-media thickness with severity of coronary artery disease. J Cardiovasc Thorac Res, 2020.

iii.    Vanajakshamma V, Latheef K, Rajasekhar D, Aparna R Bitla. Assessment of healthy lifestyle and wellbeing status among the employees of a tertiary care hospital. J NTR Univ Health Sci 2020; 9(1): 20-4.

iv.    Nagaraja Reddy C, Vanajakshamma V, Rajasekhar D. Electrocardiographic identification of culprit coronary artery and its correlation with angiographic culprit lesion in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction. International Journal of Scientific Research 2020; 9(5). DOI: 10.36106/ijsr

v.      Ravindra Dev V, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V. Left Ventricular longitudinal strain following revascularization in acute ST elevation myocardial infarction – A comparison of primary angioplasty and fibrinolytic therapy. J Med Sci Clin Res. 2020; 8(3): 361-4.

vi.    Naga Narasimha Reddy M, Vanajakshamma V, Rajasekhar D, Sreenivasa Reddy D, Ravindra Dev D. Value of ST-segment elevation in lead aVR in non ST-elevation myocardial infarction/unstable angina in predicting disease extent, severity and outcomes. Ind J Appl Res. 2020; 10 (9): 1-3.

vii.  Praveen Kumar Reddy S, Vanajakshamma V, Rajasekhar D, Narendra Ch, Raja Naga Mahesh M, Madhava Naidu Y. Assessment of Immediate Effects of Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty on Right Ventricular and Pulmonary Functions in Severe Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis Patients using Speckle Tracking Echocardiography and Spirometry. J Cardiovasc Thorac Res 2020; 12(4): 280-85.

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Original articles (Accepted for Publication)

i.                    Raja Naga Mahesh, Durgaprasad Rajasekhar, Vanajakshamma Velam, Sureshbabu Tupakula. Effects of successful percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy on acute and intermediate term aortic stiffness in critical rheumatic mitral stenosis.  IJSR.

 

Previous

 

1.       D. Rajasekhar, K.G. Balakrishnan, C.G. Venkatachalam  et al. Thrombolytic therapy for prosthetic cardiac valve thrombosis. Ind Heart J 1994; 46;101-105.

2.       D. Rajasekhar, K.G. Balakrishnan, C.G. Venkatachalam  et al,. Primary Pulomary  Hypertension-Natural History and Prognostic factors.Ind  Heart J. 1994; 46; 165-170.

3.       D. Rajasekhar, K.M. Lakshmipathy, S.K. Agarwal and Y. Vijaychandra. Stress thallium perfusion imaging using oral Dipyridamole for detection of   coronary   artery disease. Ind J Nucl Med,1996; 11;90-92.

4.       R.S.Iyer, R. Jain, D. Rajasekhar et al. Closed  Mitral Valvotomy versus Balloon Mitral Valvotomy – A  comparison   of 100   cases . Asian Cardiovasc& Thoracic Annals1998;.6;285 –287..

5.       Dronamraju Dilip, Abha Chandra, Durgaprasad Rajasekhar, Manoj Padmanabhan. Early Beneficial Effect of Preservation of Papillo-Annular Continuity in Mitral Valve Replacement on Left Ventricular Function. J Heart Valve Dis 2001; 10: 294-301.

6.       D.Dilip, M.H. Rao, D. Rajasekhar, et al. Coronary  Artery Bypass Grafting in severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction. Asian cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals.2002; 10: 211-214.

7.       D. Rajasekhar, G. Subramaniam, SAA Latheef et al. Infection Etiology in Acute coronary syndromes, Ind J Med Microbilogy, 2002; 20:83-87.

8.       D. Rajasekhar, A. Bhatt, K.G. Balakrishanan at al. Immediate and follow-up hemodynamic results of percutaneous balloon mitral Valvotomy. Ind Heart J. 1994; 46: 3-5.

9.       D. Rajasekhar, K.S.S. Saibaba, PVLNS. Rao, SAA Latheef and G. Subramanyam.Lipoprotein(a) : Better assessor of coronary heart disease risk of South Indian Population. Ind J of clinical Biochemistry, 2004; 19:53-59.

10.    A Choudhary, D. Rajasekhar, SAA. Latheef, G. Subramanyam. Seroprevalance of lgG antibodies to Chlamydia pneumoniae prevalence and Helicobacter Pylori among coronary heart disease patients and normal individuals in South Indian population. Ind J Pathol Microbiol 2004; 47: 433-34.

11.    D. Rajasekhar, SAA Latheef, KSS Saibaba, PVLNS Rao and G Subramanyam. Association of serum antioxidants and risk of coronary heart disease in South Indian population.Ind J Med .Sciences 2004; 58: 465-471.

12.    D Rajasekhar and A Mohan. Clinical and echocardiographic profile of patients with toxic myocarditis due to scorpion sting. National Med J of India 2004; 17: 307-309.

13.    Ch. Ramakrishna, SAA. Latheef, V. Vanaja, D. Rajasekhar, G. Subramanyam.Pulmonary hypertension in hemodialysis patients.  Indian J of Nephrology 2006; 16: 168-169.

14.    D Rajasekhar, PVLN Srinivasa Rao, SAA Latheef, G Subramanyam and KSS Saibaba. Association of hyperhomocysteinemia and coronary artery disease in South Indian population.Indian J of Nutrition and Diatetics. 2006:43; 146-52.

15.    P Amareesh Reddy, G Rajagopal, CV Harinarayana, V Vanaja, D Rajasekhar, V Suresh and Alok Sachan. High prevalence of birth defects in congenital Hyperthyroidism. International Journal of Paediatric Endocrinology, 2010:10.1155/2010/940980.

16.    OAK Naidu, D Rajasekhar and SAA Latheef. Assesment of endothelial function by brachial artery flow mediated diatation in microvascular disease. Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2011, 9-40.

17.    Y. Dhanunjaya, Aparna R. Bitla, D. Rajashekhar, M.M. Suchitra and P.V.L.N. SrinivasaRao.Serum adenosine deaminase and malondialdehyde as determinants of extent of myocardial reperfusion injury. Biomedicine: 2011; 31(3): 411 – 414.

18.    Vani Priyadarshini, Dibhyabhaba Pradhan, Manne Munikumar, Ammineni Umamaheswari, D Rajasekhar and PVLN SrinivasaRao.Docking and Molecular Dynamic Simulations of Legionella pneumophilia MurB Reductase for Potential Inhibitor Design. Biochem & Anal Biochem, 1:101 doi:10.4172/2161.-1009,1000101.

19.    V Ganeshwar Reddy, D Rajasekhar,V Vanajakshamma.Effect of percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty on left atrial appendage function :Transesophageal echo study. Indian Heart journal. 2012;64:462-468.

20.    S Guruprasad, D Rajasekhar, G Subramanyam, PVLNS Rao, V Vanajakshamma, K Latheef.High sensitivity C-reactive protein levels across spectrum and severity of coronary artery disease.  J Clin Sci Res 2012; 3:126-30.

21.    Latheef K, Praveen M, Vanajakshamma V, Rajasekhar D.Correlation of coronary artery disease angiographic severity with intima-media thickness of carotid artery. Journal Ind Coll Cardiol 2012; 2(4): 144-49.

22.    Himabindu G, Rajasekhar D, Latheef K, Sarma PV, Vanajakshamma V, Chaudhury A, Bitla AR. Factor V Leiden mutation is not a predisposing factor for acute coronary syndromes. Indian Heart J. 2012; 64(6):570-5.

23.    Sarath Babu D, Ranganayakulu KP, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Pramod Kumar T. Assessment of mitral valve commissural morphology by transoesophageal echocardiography predicts outcome after balloon mitral valvotomy. Indian Heart J. 2013; 65(3):269-75.

24.    Haritha PNS, Vidya Sagar A, Latheef K, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V.Comparative tissue Doppler and catheterization study for assessing left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. Journal Ind Coll Cardiol 2012; 3(3): 93-98.

25.    Shashanka C, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Sreenivasa Kumar ML. Three dimensional Echocardiographic assessment before and after percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy in patients with Rheumatic mitral stenosis. The Journal of Heart Valve Disease 2013; 22(4): 543-49.

26.    Venkateswara Rao U, Vanajakshamma V, Rajasekhar D, Lakshmi AY, Niranjan Reddy R. Magnetic resonance angiography vs. angiography in tetrology of Fallot. Asian Cardioivascular& Thoracic Annals 2013; 21: 418-25.

27.    Vani Priyadarshini, Dibyabhaba Pradhan, Manne Munikumar, Sandeep Swargam, Amineni Umamaheswari, D. Rajasekhar. In silico drug targets for infective endocarditis.Online Journal of Bioinformatics. 2013; 14(1):32-50.

28.    Priyadarshini V, Pradhan D, Munikumar M, Sandeep S, Umamaheswari A, Rajasekhar D. Molecular modelling, docking and dynamics studies of biotin carboxyl carrier protein of acetyl-CoA carboxylase to discover potential inhibitors. Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research. 04/2013; 2(2):72-80.

29.    Vani Priyadarshini, Dibyabhaba Pradhan, Manne Munikumar, Sandeep Swargam, Amineni Umamaheswari, D Rajasekhar. Genome-based approaches to develop epitope-driven subunit vaccines against pathogens of infective endocarditis.Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics 06/2013. DOI:10.1080/07391102.2013.795871. 

30.    Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Shashank C, Srinivasakumar ML, Sivasankara C.The real world experience of the biodegradable polymer-coated sirolimus-eluting coronary stent system: Results from an “all-comers” clinical experience. Catheterization and cardiovascular intervention 2013. DOI: 10.1002/ccd.25246. (ACCEPTED)

31.    Siva Sankara C, Rajasekhar D, Latheef K, Subramanyam G, Vanajakshamma V, Siva Prasad PV. Left ventricular myocardial performance index for assessment of acute periprocedural outcomes in coronary artery disease patients after successful percutaneous coronary intervention.J Indian Coll Cardiol. 2014; 4(3): 144-51. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jicc.2014.05.004

32.    Boochi Babu M, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Vinod Kumar M, Latheef K. Effects of statin therapy on endothelial function in Metabolic syndrome. Int J Clin Med. 2014; 5(4): 149-56. DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2014.54026

33.    Sreenivasa Kumar ML, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Latheef K. Impact of Metabolic syndrome on global left ventricular function: as evaluated by Myocardial performance index. J Saudi Heart Assoc. 2014; 26(3):145-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jsha.2014.03.003.

34.    Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Ravikanth A, Praveen Kumar BS. Clinical efficacy of L-carnitine in Scorpion sting Myocarditis: A randomised study. J Indian Coll Cardiol. 2014; 4(1): 14-17. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jicc.2014.01.008

35.    Thejanandan Reddy CS, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Latheef K. NTproBNP and tissue Doppler in diastolic heart failure. Br J Med Med Res.2015; 5 (4): 434-434. DOI : 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/12087

36.    Praveen Kumar BS, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V. Clinical and thrombotic profile of patients with Pulmonary embolism. Indian Heart J. doi:10.1016/j.ihj.2014.10.405 (Published online)

37.    Boochi Babu M, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Sarath Babu D,  Ravikanth A. Study of the Relationship between Metabolic Syndrome Score and Angiographic Severity of Coronary Artery Disease According to the Presence of Diabetes. BJMMR. 2015; 5 (12): 1502-13. DOI: 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/13713.

38.    Mohan A, Sada S, Kumar BS, Sarma KV, Devi BV, Rao PV, Rajasekhar D, Katyarmal DT. Subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by utilizing carotid intima-media thickness as a surrogate marker. Indian J Med Res. 2014; 140(3):379-86.

39.    Srinivas B, Vanajakshamma V, Nishanth VP, Pranav P, Tammi Raju I, Amar Narayan P, Seshagiri Rao D. Reliability of Doppler-Based Measurement of Pulmonary Vascular Resistance in Congenital Heart Disease with Left-to-Right Shunt Lesions. Echocardiography. 2014; published online : 24 SEP 2014, DOI: 10.1111/echo.12779

40.    Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Sarath Babu D, Sivasankara C, Bhavesh MK, Thakkar AS. Safety and efficacy of sirolimus-eluting stent in diabetic patients compared with non-diabetic patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Journal of Cardiology and Therapeutics. 2014; 2(1):21-26.

41.    Siva Sanakara C, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Praveen Kumar BS, Vamsidhar A. Prognostic significance of NT-proBNP, 3D LA volume and LV dyssynchrony in patients with acute STEMI undergoing primary percutaneous intervention. Indian Heart J. 2015; 67(4): 318-27.

42.    Naresh K, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Vidyasagar A, Latheef K, Kalyan MV. Predictive value of D-dimer levels and tissue Doppler mitral annular systolic velocity for detection of left atrial appendage thrombus in patients with mitral stenosis in sinus rhythm.Echocardiography. 2015. Article first published online: 2 AUG 2015. DOI: 10.1111/echo.13026

43.    Ranganayakulu KP, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Santosh Kumar C, Vasudeva Chetty V. N-Terminal-proBNP, a surrogate biomarker of combined clinical and hemodynamic outcomes following PTMC. J Saudi Heart Assoc. 2015. Article In Press. doi:10.1016/j.jsha.2015.07.002

44.    Sarat Babu D, Boochi Babu M, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Latheef K. Real time 3D echocardiographic evaluation of iatrogenic atrial septal defects after percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy. J Cardiovasc Thorac Res. 2015; 7(3): 87-95.

45.    Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Vidyasagar A, Ranganayakulu KP, Boochi Babu M, Sivasankara C, Kothari S, Ashok T. Evaluation of prolonged safety and efficacy of biodegradable polymer coated sirolimus-eluting coronary stent system: 1-year outcomes of  the indolimus registry. Cardiovasc Diag Therapy. 2015; 5(4): 249-53.

46.    Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Vamsidhar A, Boochi Babu M, Latheef K. Real world experience of Primary PCI in 1000 STEMI patients in Indian scenario at a tertiary care center. Nat Med J India. 2015. (Accepted for Publication)

47.    Santosh Kumar C, Boochi Babu M, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V. The immediate and short term impact of successful percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy on right ventricular function.Journal of Cardiovascular Disease and Diagnosis. 2015. [Accepted for Publication]

48.    Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Sivasankara C, Ranganayakulu KP, Boochi Babu M, Vidyasagar A, Tamanpreet M, Ashok T. Safety and efficacy of coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction: One year clinical outcomes of sirolimus-eluting stent in 'all-comers' lesion treatment. Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia. 2015. [Accepted for Publication]

49.    Arpana B, Rajasekhar D, Latheef K, Vanajakshamma V, Narendra H. Electrocardiographic changes during acute mental stress. Int J Med Sci Public Health 2016; 5. DOI: 10.5455/ijmsph.2016.19082015137.

50.    Vamsidhar A, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Lakshmi AY, Latheef K, Siva Sankara C, Obul Reddy G.Comparison of PESI, echocardiogram, CTPA, and NT-proBNP as risk stratification tools in patients with acute pulmonary embolism. Indian Heart J,2017;69:68-74.

51.    Ashalatha VL, Bitla AR, Kumar VS, Rajasekhar D, Suchitra MM, Lakshmi AY, Rao PV. Biomarker response to contrast administration in diabetic and nondiabetic patients following coronary angiography. Indian J Nephrol. 2017;27:20-27.

52.    Vonteru Lakshmi Asha Latha, Musturu Manohar Suchitra, Aparna Rajeswara Rao Bitla, Pemmaraju Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Srinivasa Rao, Durgaprasad Rajasekhar. Oxidant and antioxidant status in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2017:8:29-33.

53.    Obul Reddy Gajjala DM, record Rajasekhar Durgaprasad, Vanajakshamma Velam, Sridhar Babu Kayala, Latheef Kasala. New integrated approach to percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty combining Wilkins score with commissural calcium score and commissural area ratio. Echocardiography, 2017:34:1284-91.

54.    R. Madhavi, D. Rajasekhar, P. V. G. K. Sarma, V. Vanajakshamma, G. Sowjenya, K. Sreedhar, C. Kapil. Genetic Polymorphisms of ABCB1 Gene in Patients Having Resistance to Clopidogrel.World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, 2017, 7, 390-98.

55.    Tirumala Naresh A, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Sreedhar Naik K, Abha Chandra and Abhijit Chaudhury. Clinical Profile and Outcome of Infective Endocarditis in a Tertiary Care Centre: Retrospective Study.J Cardiol & Cardiovasc Ther 5(2): JOCCT.MS.ID.555659 (2017).

56.    Tirumala Naresh Arava,Rajasekhar Durgaprasad,Vanajakshamma Velam, Obul Reddy Gajjala, Vinod K. Neelam, Suchitra N. Manohar, Spontaneous left atrial echo contrast, mitral annular systolic velocity, and left atrial appendage late emptying velocity in predicting improvement of left atrial function after percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty. wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/echo.DOI: 10.1111/echo.13759.

57.    Harsha V Erathi, Rajasekhar Durgaprasad,Vanjakshamma Velam, Sarma PVGK, Madhavi Rodda, Kapil C, Sreedhar N. Kanavath. Evaluation of On-Clopidogrel platelet reactivity overtime, Syntax Score, genetic polymorphisms and their relationship to one year clinical outcomes in STEMI patients undergoing PCI. Minerva Cardioangiologica. DOI: 10.23736/S0026-4725.17.04438-3.

58.    G. Tejaswia , M.M. Suchitraa, D. Rajasekhar , V.S. Kiranmayia , P.V.L.N. Srinivasa Rao. Myeloperoxidase, protein carbonyls and oxidative stress in coronary artery disease. Journal of Indian College of Cardiology.2017:7: 149-52.

59.    Narendra Chanda, D. Rajasekhar, V. Vanajakshamma, M.V. Kalyan, T. Suresh Babu. Real time trans thoracic three dimensional echocardiography score (RT-TT3DE SCORE) in predicting the immediate outcomes of percutaneoustransvenous mitral commissurotomy .2017:69S:S5.

60.    D. Sreenivasa Reddy, D. Rajasekhar, V. Vanajakshamma, B. Vijayalakshmi Devi, G. Obul Reddy, K. Sreedhar Naik, S. Praveen Kumar Reddy.Computed tomographic coronary angiography as a tool in diagnosis of coronary artery disease in patients with negative exercise stress test. 2017:69S:S20.

61.    K. Kiran kumar, D. Rajasekhar, V. Vanajakshamma, D. Kranthi chaithanya, P. Sumanth Reddy. Correlation of CHA2DS2-Vasc score with carotid intima media thickness and SYNTAX score in patients with coronary artery disease. 2017:69S:S11.

62.    N. Vinod Kumar, D. Rajasekhar, V. Vanajakshamma, G. Obul Reddy, G. Sowjenya, K. Sreedhar Naik, N. Narasimha Reddy.Clinical risk scores correlation with angiographic extent of coronary artery disease and their 6 month outcomes in patients with non ST-elevation myocardial infarction.  2017:69:S50.

63.    D. Sreenivasa Reddy, D. Rajasekhar, V. Vanajakshamma, R. Madhavi, K. Kiran Kumar, K. Sreedhar Naik, G. Sowjenya. Determinants of total ischemic time in primary percutaneous coronary interventions: A. Retrospective analysis.  2017:69S:S51.

64.    N. Vinod Kumar, D. Rajasekhar, V. Vanajakshamma, R. Madhavi, G. Sowjenya, K. Sreedhar Naik, N. Narasimha Reddy . A comparative study of clinical profile and outcomes of patients with ischemic and non-ischemic complete heart block.2017:69S:S72.

65.    J.P.S. Sawhney, V.A.Kothiwale, V.Bishne, R. Durgaprasad, P. Jadhav, M. Chopda, S. Abraham, R.D.Meena, G.Vijavaraghan, K. Chawla .Garfield AF registry-Sub analysis of Indian data. 2017; 69S:S 90-S92.

66.    K. Kiran kumar, D. Rajasekhar, V. Vanajakshamma, D. Kranthi chaithanya, P. Sumanth Reddy.Cardiac alignments in piligrims admitted in Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, India. 2017:69S:S92.

67.    Rajasekhar Durgaprasad, Vanajakshamma Velam, Latheef Kasala, Obul Reddy Gajjala, Sreedhar Naik Kanavath. Comparison of 1-year Outcomes of Biodegradable Polymer (Everoflex) Versus Permanent Polymer (Xience Pro) Coated Everolimus-eluting Coronary Stent Systems in All-comers Patient Population at a Tertiary Care Hospital. TCTAP A-147. Journal of the American College of Cardiology .2017:69(16)S:S81.

68.    Vanajakshamma V, Vyshnavi K, Latheef K, Ramesh R, Damodara Rao K. Right ventricular infarction in inferior wall myocardial infarction. Indian Journal of Cardiovascular Disease in Women. 2017; 2:29-34.

69.    Tirumala Naresh Arava, Rajasekhar Durgaprasad,Vanajakshamma Velam, Obul Reddy Gajjala, Vinod K. Neelam, Suchitra N. Manohar, Spontaneous left atrial echo contrast, mitral annular systolic velocity, and left atrial appendage late emptying velocity in predicting improvement of left atrial function after percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty. Echocardiography. 2018 Feb;35(2):162-169.

70.    C. Kapil, D. Rajasekhar, V. Vanjakshamma, D. Kranthichaitanya, C. H. Narendra. Role of CIMT, eGFR, and Serum HbA1c in Predicting CAD in Non-Diabetic Patients Undergoing Elective Coronary Angiography. World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, 2018, 8, 1-10.

71.    KalyanMuvva Venkateswarlu, RajasekharDurgaprasad, AlokSachan, Sudhakar ReddyPathakota, C.H.Narendra, Sreedhar NaikKanavath. Correlation of plasma 25-hydroxy-vitamin D level with angiographic severity in coronary artery disease.JICC 2018.8, 57-60.

72.    D.Kranthi Chaitanya, D.Rajasekhar, V.Vanajakshamma, C.Kapil .Correlation of epicardial adipose tissue thickness with severity of coronary atherosclerosis by SYNTAX score, carotid intima-media thickness and metabolic syndrome. JICC 2018.6, 68-72.

73.    Harsha V Erathi, RajasekharDurgaprasad,VanjakshammaVelam, Sarma PVGK, MadhaviRodda, Kapil C, SreedharN.Kanavath. Evaluation of On-Clopidogrel platelet reactivity overtime, Syntax Score, genetic polymorphisms and their relationship to one year clinical outcomes in STEMI patients undergoing PCI. Minerva Cardioangiologica. 2018; 66(1):16-25.

74.    Verheugt FWA, Gao H, Al Mahmeed W, Ambrosio G, Angchaisuksiri P, Atar D, Bassand JP,, Camm AJ, Cools F, Eikelboom J, Kayani G, Lim TW11, Misselwitz F, Pieper KS, van Eickels M, Kakkar AK2,; GARFIELD-AF Investigators.Characteristics of patients with atrial fibrillation prescribed antiplatelet monotherapy compared with those on anticoagulants: insights from the GARFIELD-AF registry.Eur Heart J. Feb. 7.2018

75.    Sreenivasa Reddy Doddipalli. D.Rajasekhar. V.Vanajakshamma. K.Sreedhar Naik. Determinants of total ischemic time in primary percutaneous coronary interventions: A prospective analysis.Indian Heart J (2018), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2018.05.005.

76.    Kanavath Sreedhar Naik, Durgaprasad Rajasekhar, Velam Vanajakshamma, Pasupuleti Santhosh Kumar, Doddipalli Sreenivasa Reddy, Potukuchi Venkata Gurunadha Krishna Sarma.Identification and analysis of novel mutations in NFKBIL1 gene in patients with Myocardial infarction (MI) in south India. Int J Scientific research 2018;7(5)28-31.

77.    Gopal Sowjenya, Durgaprasad Rajasekhar, Velam Vanajakshamma, PVLNS Rao, PVGK Sharma,Polymorphisms of cytochrome P 450 epoxygenese and its association with endothelial dysfunction in patients with Coronary artery disease.  Int J of life sciences 2018; 6(2) Apr-Jun 1-10.

78.    Latheef K, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Aparna BR, Chaudhary A and Sarma PVGK;Association of MTHFR, IL-6 and ICAM-1 gene polymorphysms with coronary artery disease in South Indian Ethimic subset: A case-control study.  J Cardiovasc disease. Res 2018 (9)3 115-122.

79.    Madhavi R, Rajasekhar D, Vanajakshamma V, Obul Reddy G, Kapil C and Soujenya G.Variability in antiplatelets, Drugs response in Indian Patients undergoing percuntaneuos coronary intervention and outcome modification by tailored anteplatelet therapy  Journal of Cardiology and Cardiovascular therapeutics 2018;9(3) Feb 2018 JOCCT MSID 555762

80.    Narendra Chanda, D. Rajasekhar*, A. Ravi Kanth, V. Vanajakshamma, C. Kapil, T. Suresh Babu, K. Sreedhar NaikThe Correlation of NT-Pro BNP with Echocardiographic Indices Including 3D Vena Contracta Width in the Assessment of Severity of Mitral Regurgitation. World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, 2018, 8, 390-401.

81.    Sawhney, J. P., Kothiwale, V. A., Bisne, V., Durgaprasad  R., Jadhav, P., Chopda, M., ... & Allu, J. (2018). Risk profiles and one-year outcomes of patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in India: Insights into the GARFIELD-AF Registry. Indian Heart Journal.

82.    Suresh Babu Tupakula, Rajasekhar D., Value of  Resting and Stress Myocardial Deformation assessment by 2-Dimensional Speckle tracking Echocardiography to detect the presence, Extent and localization of coronary artery affection in patients with stable coronary artery disease, Indian Heart Journal:2018; 70;S14.

83.    Praveen Kumar Reddy Sakkuru, D. Rajasekhar, V. Vanajakshamma, A.T. Naresh, Narendra, Nagamahesh. Right Ventricular strain rate and pulmonary function before and after Percuntaneous balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty in patients with Severe Rheumatic Mitral stenosis. Indian Heart Journal:2018; 70;S16.

84.    Naga Narasimha Reddy, Rajasekhar D, Vanaja V, Sudhakar Reddy P, Sreenivas Reddy, Ravindra Dev. Value of ST-Segment Elevation in lead AVR in Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction/Unstable Angina in predicting disease extent, Severity and outcomes at 3 months. Indian Heart Journal:2018; 70;S90.