About Vishva Dev

ABOUT VISHVA DEV, M.D.

Welcome

Dr. Vishva Dev is a board certified Cardiologist and Internist. He and his friendly and experienced staff are dedicated to providing their patients with the most advanced treatments available today for heart disease. They use state-of-the-art techniques and equipment to provide the best diagnostic and care treatments available.

» PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

                      2005-2006
                      Chief of Staff
                      Los Robles Hospital

                      2006-Present
                      Director, Cardiology
                      Los Robles Hospital

                      2004-2005
                      Director, Cath Lab
                      Los Robles Hospital

                      1998-2003
                      Heart Center Cardiology

                      1995-1998
                      Director
                      Cardiac Catheterization & Interventional Cardiology
                      VA Medical Center, West Los Angeles, CA
                      Associate Clinical Professor
                      UCLA School of Medicine

                      1994-1995
                      Staff Cardiologist
                      Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
                      Associate Visiting Professor
                      UCLA School of Medicine

                      1992-1994
                      Research Scientist II
                      Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

                      1992-1994
                      Associate Professor in Cardiology
                      (On study leave to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)
                      All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

                      1988-1992
                      Assistant Professor in Cardiology
                      All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

                      1988
                      Assistant Professor in Cardiology
                      G B Pant Hospital, New Delhi

» BOARD CERTIFICATION

Internal Medicine - Certified
Cardiovascular Medicine – Certified

» LICENSURE

                      Medical Council of India - MCI/3378
                      Registration Certificate Dated 2/14/83
                      (Indian Medical Council ACT 1956)
                      Medical Board of California - #A53825
                      Physicians Certificate of Registration

» Education

                      1976-1981 – Medical School & Internship
                      Degree: MBBS
                      All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

                      1982-1984 – Residency in Internal Medicine
                      Degree: MD (Internal Medicine)
                      All India of Medicine Sciences, New Delhi

                      1985-1987 – Fellowship in Cardiology
                      Degree: DM (Cardiology)
                      All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

                      1992-1994 – Fellowship of Interventional Cardiology
                      Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

» HONORS AND SPECIAL AWARDS

2008 - Chief of Staff Recognition Award for Leadership and Advancing
Excellence in Patient Care - Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center

2006 - Outstanding Service - Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center

1988 – DP Basu Award for the Best Paper in Annual Conference
of Cardiology - Society of India in New Delhi

1986 – Jagdish Ial Kapila Medal for Best Senior Resident In Cardiology

                     1976 – Gold Medal in Pre Medical Exam
                                   Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

                                    Distinctions in Anatomy and Pathology
                                    II position in and 2nd MBBS Examinations

                                    Sir Dorabji Tata Prize for Best Student in Biochemistry

1975 – Gold Medal in Pre University Exam
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

1974 – Gold Medal in Matriculation
Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education, Simla.

» CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

At the Los Robles Hospital (1998-present) I have performed 600-800 procedures per year involving Coronary Angiography,Coronary Angioplasty, coronary stent placement and, Atherectomy/rotoblater, intravascular ultrasound, intracardiac ultrasound, fetal subclavian and peripheral angioplasty and stent placement. Pioneered new procedures involving closure of the PFO/ASD and performance of carotid angioplasty and stent placement using distal protection devices.

I have been a proctor for coronary stenting and have visited about 20 hospitals for training about 32 interventional cardiologists in the optimal placement of coronary stenting.

At the VA Medical Center as Director of Cardiac Cath Lab( 1995-98) I performed complex interventional procedures in some very high risk patients –many of whom were considered inoperable, with good outcomes.

Areas of special interest and expertise: Coronary stenting; Rotoblator; Renal, subclavian and peripheral angioplasty; Intravascular ultrasound.
Carotid Angioplasty and Stent placement with distal protection devices.
Percutaneous Closure of PFO/ASD.

At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, I underwent a training in advanced interventional procedures including excimer laser angioplasty, directional atherectomy, placement of Gianturco-Rubin and Palmaz-Schatz stents and arterial coil embolization. In July, 1994, I joined Drs. Litvack and Eigler as the third full-time staff in the Cath Lab. Overall, I have about 20 years experience in the field of interventional cardiology (1985-1997; including training period) in a diverse array of procedures for coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, peripheral vascular and venous occlusive disorders. The experience includes state-of-the-art technology as an independent operator.

During 4-1/2 years (1988 - July, 1992) of work as an Assistant Professor at AIIMS focused on interventional cardiology. Performed more than 1200 diagnostic cardiac catheterization procedures (right and left heart studies, coronary angiography). Assisted in about 300 coronary angioplasty procedures and independently performed 60 PTCA procedures. Performed balloon valvoplasty of the mitral valve in rheumatic mitral stenosis in 80 patients, pulmonic stenosis in 40 cases and aortic stenosis (in the young) in 25 cases. Started Inoue balloon technique for mitral valvoplasty at our center and started balloon angioplasty of the inferior vena cava and performed this procedure in 32 cases of IVC obstructions.

During 3 years of my Fellowship in Cardiology (January, 1984 to December, 1987) at AIIMS, New Delhi-India, I was duly trained in all areas of clinical cardiology, cardiac catheterization and angiography, interventional cardiology, echocardiography and other noninvasive diagnostic procedures, management of cardiac emergencies and coronary care.

» RESEARCH

I. Research at VA Medical Center:

1. Evaluation of Endotoxin antagonist in prevention of acute renal failure in patients with CRF and creatinine of >2.0 mg induced by contrast medium used for coronary angiography. A multicenter randomised clinical trial. Sponsored by Smith Kline &Beecham.

2. Comparative evaluation of the ACT-one nitinol coronary stent and J&J stainless steel stent. A multicenter randomised clinical study, sponsored by Progressive angioplasty systems.

3. Evaluation of xemlofiban in preventing thrombotic events after coronary angioplasty and stents. Sponsored by GD Searle and Co.

4. The VA cooperative trial of PTCA vs CABG in high risk patients with unstable angina. A randomised controlled trial.

5. Evaluation of a Na+/H+ exchange inhibitor (cariporide) in preventing acute MI and mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromes and after coronary angioplasty. A double blind placebo controlled multi center trial.

6. Evaluation of intracoronary ultrasound and Doppler Flow measurement in assessing coronary stenosis before and after PTCA/coronary stenting. In preparation.

II. Research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center:

Focus on prevention of restenosis after angioplasty in animal models.

a) Local Drug Delivery:

1. Via polyurethane coated removable stent: studied the kinetics of drug delivery of lipophilic drug etretinate to the vessel wall and demonstrated prolonged delivery of high concentrations of the drug to the wall for up to 1 week. Published 2 papers and 5 abstract (in ACC/AHA).

2. Drug containing PLA microspheres: demonstrated safety and prolonged persistence of rhodamine loaded microspheres in the vessel wall after delivery via the porous balloon. Studies on prevention of intimal hyperplasia after arterial injury using dexamethasone, colchicine and probucol loaded in PLA microspheres are being done. Presented 4 abstract (AHA & ACC), Paper in Press.

3. Polyvinyl alcohol coating for the stent: for hydrophilic drugs (heparin, hirulog, angiopeptin, oligonucleotides) I have developed a PVA coating for the stent. Studies of drug incorporation and release are being performed.

b) Molecular Biology:

1. Ribozyme project: Use of chimeric hammerhead ribozyme to cdc-2 kinase & PCNA to prevent intimal hyperplasia in a rat carotid artery model.

a) In-vitro: study of effect of CDC-2 kinase, PCNA & DCD 2-kinase ribozymes rat on smooth muscle cell proliferation. Measurement of (ii) translation of the target protein by S 35 methione uptake; target protein levels by western blotting and immunoprecipitation (i) transcription of MRNA for target protein by northern blotting and RT PCR. Studies in progress, encouraging results.

b) In vivo: Study of local delivery of CDC-2 kinase and PCNA ribozyme to the rat carotid artery after balloon injury. Quantitative histology at 2 weeks to study reduction in intima-media ratio (completed). Study of target protein translation and transcription of MRNA for the target protein in arterial tissues (ongoing).

2. Use of antisense oligonucleotide to cdc-2 kinase to prevent SMC proliferation in-vitro. Plan to use cdc-2 kinase and PCNA antisense ON in in-vivo studies after standardization of delivery systems.

3. Ph Sensitive Liposomes: For enhanced intracellular delivery of oligonucleotides (and other drugs) we are evaluating Ph sensitive liposomes. A comparative study of efficacy of delivery of fluorescine labeled ON by Ph sensitive liposomes, traditional liposomes or free oligonucleotides in the presence or absence of chloroquine is being done.

III. Research at All India Institute of Medical Sciences:

a) Clinical research in Cardiology: In Interventional Cardiology, echocardiography and other areas. Published 170 papers in various Journals including 9 chapters in books, 10 reviews, 35 reports and 65 abstracts of the papers presented in various conferences.(List attached.)
b) Guidance to Postgraduate Research: During 4-1/2 years of my work as an Assistant Professor in Cardiology at AIIMS, I was on the Doctoral Committee for the PhD thesis on hemodynamics of portal hypertension of a postdoctoral fellow in GI surgery. I was a co-guide for the DM thesis of 3 Fellows in Cardiology, 2 Fellows in endocrinology and for the MD thesis of 2 postgraduate in internal medicine.

» PUBLICATIONS

Chapters in Books

1. Dev V, Wasir HS: Natural history of heart disease and basic strategies of prevention. Wasir HS (ed.) Preventive Cardiology an Introduction. Oxford Publishers Delhi pp 55-68, 1991.

2. Wasir HS, Chandra S, Dev V: Physical exercise and coronary heart disease. Wasir HS (ed.) Preventive Cardiology an Introduction. Oxford Publishers Delhi pp. 119-137, 1991.

3. Wasir HS, Dev V, Vijay Kumar M: Alcohol and cardiovascular system. Wasir HS (ed.) Preventive Cardiology an Introduction. Oxford Publishers Delhi pp. 138-153, 1991.

4. Bajaj R, Dev V, Wasir HS: Smoking and heart disease. Wasir HS (ed.) Preventive Cardiology an Introduction. Oxford Publishers Delhi pp. 154-173, 1991.

5. Dev V, Wasir HS: Primordial and primary prevention of coronary artery disease. Wasir HS (ed.) Preventive Cardiology an Introduction. Oxford Publishers Delhi pp. 223-247, 1991.

6. Wasir HS, Vijay Kumar M, Dev V: Strategies for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease. Wasir HS (ed.) Preventive Cardiology an Introduction. Oxford Publishers Delhi pp. 243-262, 1991.

7. Agarwal R, Dev V: Prevention of coronary artery bypass graft occlusion. Wasir HS (ed.) Preventive Cardiology an Introduction. Oxford Publishers Delhi pp. 294-302, 1991.

8. Dev V, Chatterjee SS, Wasir HS: Management of valvular heart disease in the elderly in Wasir HS (ed.) Aging and Heart Care. Vikas Publishers New Delhi pp. 147-161, 1993.

9. Shrivastava S, Dev V: Interventional Cardiology - The Indian experience, in Rao PS (ed.) Interventional Cardiology in Children, 1993.

10. Parikh A, Dev V, Litvack F: Excimer laser coronary angioplasty in Grech E & Ramsdale D (eds.) Practical Interventional Cardiology. Martin Dunitz Ltd. London, 1995 (in Press).

RESEARCH PAPERS

A. (PEER REVIEWED)

1. Dev V, Malaviya AN, Misra R, Verma K, Banerjee S, Mehra NK, Kumar A: Comparative study of immunochemical and cytopathological parameters in rheumatoid arthritis and seronegative spondarthritis syndrome. J Assoc Phys India 34(4) 253-255, 1985.

2. Dev V, Wasir HS: Digitalis poisoning by an indigenous plant cardiac glycoside (Thevetia-Neripholia-Pelakaner) Ind Heart J 37:321-322, 1985.

3. Bhandari S, Dev V, Shrivastava S, Bhatia ML: Echocardiographic demonstration of pulmonary valve vegetation in a child with infundibular pulmonic stenosis and closed VSD Ind Heart J 38:425-427, 1986.

4. Bahl VK, Dev V, Narula J, Mukhopadhyay S, Bhatia ML: Coronary arteritis in non-specific aortoarteritis. Clin Cardiol 10:677-679, 1987.

5. Talwar KK, Dev V, Bhatia ML: Ajmaline induced intra-Hisian block. Int J Cardiol 15:109-112, 1987.

6. Kaul U, Dev V, Narula J, Malhota A, Talwar KK, Bhatia ML: Evaluation of patients with bundle branch block and "Unexplained syncope": A study based on comprehensive electrophysiologic testing and ajmaline stress. PACE 11:289-297, 1988.

7. Wasir HS; Dev V, Kaul U, Rajani M, Mukherjee S, Sharma S, Bhatia ML: Association of Coronary Calcification with obstructive disease in coronary arteries in Indian patients. Clin Cardiol 11:461-65, 1988.

8. Shrivastava S, Radhakrishanan S, Dev V, Singh LSK, Rajani M: Balloon dilation of atrial septum in complete transposition of great arteries - A new technique. Ind Heart J 39:298-300, 1988.

9. Kaul U, Dev V, Narula J, Malhotra A, Bhatia ML: Unexpected coexistence of nonbradycardia dependent ventricular tachycardia with advanced infra-Hisian disease. Nat Med J Ind 1:176-179, 1988.

10. Wasir HS, Dev V, Narula J, Bhatia ML: Quantitative grading Exercise Stress test for detection of Coronary artery disease using multivariate discriminant analysis. Clin Cardiol 11:105-11, 1988.

RESEARCH PAPERS (Peer Reviewed) Con't.

11. Dev V, Narula J, Tandon R, Shrivastava S: Partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage and intact atrial shunt - a paradox of small shunt. Clin Cardiol 11:780-86, 1988.

12. Shrivastava S, Radhakrishnan S, Dev V: Concurrent balloon dilatation of rheumatic mitral and tricuspid stenosis. Int J Cardiol 20:133-137, 1988.

13. Dev V, Goswami K, Bahl VK, Rajani M, Shrivastava S: Calcific constrictive pericarditis with right ventricular outflow obstruction. Cardiovasc World Report: 1:141-143, 1988.

14. Kaul U, Dev V, Bhatia ML: Pacemaker malfunction after surgical emphysema involving pacemaker pocket. Ind Heart 139:360-361, 1988.

15. Wash- HS, Dev V, Kaul U, Rajani M, Mukhopadhyay S, Bhatia ML: Coronary artery calcification among Indian patients. Ind Heart J 39:329-335, 1988.

16. Kaul U, Goswami K, Dev V, Bhatia ML: Acute & chronic pacing thresholds of various permanent pacing leads: A comparative study. Ind Heart J 40:183-189, 1988.

17. Dev V, Kaul U, Reddy S, Sharma S, Panda G, Rajani M: Percutaneous balloon angioplasty for hepatic venous outflow obstruction. Am J Cardiol 64:397-99, 1989.

18. Dev V, Singh LSK, Radhakrishnan S, Saxena A, Shrivastava S: Value of Doppler echocardiography in the measurements of transmitral gradients and mitral valve area in patients with mitral stenosis before and after mitral balloon valvoplasty. Clin Cardiol 12:629-633, 1989.

19. Bahl VK, Kaul U; Dev V, Bhatia ML: Electrophysiologic testing in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Int J Cardiol 25:87-92, 1989.

20. Talwar KK, Narula J, Dev V, Bhatia ML: Evaluation of spatial R maximum cardiac vector changes in exercise testing: pre-exercise vs post exercise measurements. Int J Cardiol 24:293-295, 1989.

21. Radhakrishnan S, Dev V, Saxena A, Bahl VK, Venugopal P, Shrivastava S: Comparative Doppler evaluation of the menostrut and older convexoconcave Bjork-Shiley mitral prosthetic valve. Int J Cardiol 24(3):355-358, 1989.

22. Dev V, Shrivastava S: Diagnosis of pulmonary venous obstruction by Doppler echocardiography. Int J Cardiol 22:129-133, 1989.

23. Garg A, Dev V, Shrivastava S: Penetrating injury to chest resulting in aorta to right ventricle and aorta to left atrium fistulae diagnosed on Doppler echocardiography. Am Heart 1118:42, 1989.

24. Dev V, Shrivastava S: Echocardiographic diagnosis of unruptured aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva dissecting into the ventricular septum. Am J Cardiol 66:502-503, 1990.

25. Shrivastava S, Das G, Dev V, Rajani M: Percutaneous balloon valvoplasty for noncalcific aortic valvar stenosis. Am J Cardiol 65:250-2, 1990.

26. Kaul U, Agarwal R, Bahl VK, Dev V, Manchanda SC, Sharma S, Venugopal P: Clinical experience with low profile balloon catheter system for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Ind Heart J 42:8-12, 1990.

27. Dev V, Shrivastava S, Rohatagi M: Echocardiographic assessment of conjoint twins. Pediatric Cardiol 11:91-92, 1990.

28. Dev V, Shrivastava S, Rajani M: Percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty of aorta in patient with aortitis - persistent relief over 2 years. Am Heart J 120:220-22, 1990.

29. Garg A, Shrivastava S, Radhakrishnan S, Dev V, Saxena A: Doppler assessment of interventricular pressure gradient across isolated ventricular septal defect. Clin Cardiol 13:717-21, 1990.

30. Dev V, Talwar KK, Goswami K, Chopra P: Inflammatory myocarditis presenting as acute myocardial infarction. Ind Heart J 42:185-9, 1990.

31. Dev V, Radhakrishnan S, Rajani M, Das G, Shyamsunder A, Sharma S, Shrivastava S: Echocardiographic assessment of annulus size of aortic & pulmonary valves before balloon valvoplasty. Ind Heart J 42:195-97, 1990.

32. Sharma S, Rajani M, Kaul U, Talwar KK, Dev V, Shrivastava S: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in aortitis. Initial experience Br. J. Radiol 63:517-22, 1990.

33. Shrivastava S, Dev V, Bahl VK, Radhakrishnan S, Rajani M: Echocardiographic predictors of success after balloon dilation of discrete subaortic stenosis. Am Heart J 122:1323-26, 1991.

34. Dev V, Shrivastava S: The time course of changes in pulmonary vascular resistance and the mechanism of regression of pulmonary hypertension after balloon mitral valvoplasty. Am J Cardiol 67:439-41, 1991.

35. Shrivastava S, Dev V, Das GS, Mukhopadhyay S, Rajani M: Percutaneous balloon mitral valvoplasty in rheumatic mitral stenosis. Clinical Cardiol 14:237-41, 1991.

36. Shrivastava S, Dev V, Vasan RS, Das G, Rajani M: Percutaneous balloon mitral valvoplasty in juvenile rheumatic mitral stenosis. Am J Cardiol 67:892-5, 1991.

37. Kaul U, Dev V, Bahl VK, Manchanda SC: Significance of silent myocardial ischaemia after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Clinical Cardiol 14: 563-66, 1991.

38. Kumar K, Kaul U, Dev V, Rajani M, Sharma S: ProbeTM angioplasty through an intracoronary probing catheter TM in lesions which are difficult to cross. Int. J Cardiol 30:157-62, 1991.

39. Agarwal R, Kaul U, Dev V, Sharma S, Venugopal P: The morphology of coronary arterial dissection occurring subsequent to angioplasty and its influence on acute complications. Int J Cardiol 31:59-64, 1991.

40. Kaul U, Rao YV, Dev V, Manchanda SC, Sharma S, Rajani M: Restenosis after successful coronary angioplasty in single vessel disease. Ind Heart J 43:11-15, 1991.

41. Dave TH, Wash- HS, Prabhakaran D, Dev V, Das G, Rajani M, Venugopal P, Tandon R. Profile of coronary artery disease in Indian Women: Correlation of Clinical, noninvasive and coronary angiographic findings. Ind Heart J 43:25, 1991.

42. Talwar KK, Dev V, Chopra P, Dave TH, Radhakrishnan S: Persistent atrial standstill - clinical, electrophysiological and morphological study. PACE 14:1274, 1991.

43. Talwar KK, Goswami KC, Dev V, Malhotra A: Value of exercise vectorcardiography and exercise radionuclide ventriculography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in patients of left bundle branch block. Int J Cardiol 32:323-30, 1991.

44. Vasan RS, Dev V, Shrivastava S: Unusual electrocardiographic changes during pulmonary valvoplasty. Int J Cardiol 33:442-44, 1991.

45. Talwar KK, Goswami KC, Chopra P, Dev V, Malhotra A, Wasir HS: Immunosuppressive therapy in myocarditis. Int J Cardiol 34:157-166, 1992.

46. Dev V, Kaul U, Sahni P, Sharma S: Needle puncture followed by balloon dilatation for obstruction of the inferior vena cava. Cath Cardiovasc Diagnosis 25:320-22, 1992.

47. Kaul U, Sanghvi S, Bahl VK, Dev V, Wasir HS: Fish oil supplements for prevention of restenosis after coronary angioplasty. Int J Cardiol 35:87-93, 1992.

48. Kaul U, Sharma M, Bahl VK, Dev V, Wasir HS, Venugopal P: High-risk coronary angiography using percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass support. Nat Med J of India 5(5):206-10, 1992.

49. Shrivastava S, Mathur A, Dev V, Saxena A, Venugopal P, Sampathkumar A: Comparison of immediate hemodynamic response to closed mitral commissurotomy, single-balloon, and double-balloon mitral valvuloplasty in rheumatic mitral stenosis. J of Thoracic & Cardio Surgery. 104(5): 1264-7, 1992.

50. Sharma S, Gupta AK, Dev V: Aortic dissection following transluminal angioplasty of the thoracic aorta in nonspecific aortoarteritis. Inter J of Cardio 35(2):264-7, 1992.

51. Kaul V, Bahl VK, Dev V, Wasir HS, Venugopal P: High risk, coronary angioplasty using percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass support. Ind Heart J 44(2):71-4, 1992.

52. Negi PC, Kaul U, Dev V, Bahl WK, Bajaj R: Arrhythmias and conduction defects in patients with mitral valve prolapse: a study based on ambulatory monitoring and electrophysiologic studies. J Assoc of Physicians of India 40(6):367-70, 1992.

53. Goswami KC, Shrivastava S, Saxena A, Dev V: Echocardiographic diagnosis of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Am Heart J 126:433-440, 1993.

54. Shrivastava S, Krishnakumar R, Dev V, Saxena A, Das G: Determinants of immediate and follow up results of pulmonary balloon valvoplasty. Clin Cardiol 16:497-502, 1993.

55. Shrivastava S, Goswami KC, Dev V: Concurrent balloon valvotomy for combined rheumatic tricuspid and aortic stenosis. Int J Cardiol 38:183-86, 1993.

56. Shrivastava S, Krishnakumar R, Dev V, Kothari SS, Saxena A: Pulmonary balloon valvotomy for severe valvular pulmonic stenosis with congestive heart failure beyond infancy. Cath Cardiovasc Diag 28:137-41, 1993.

57. Shrivastava S, Agarwal R, Dev V: Relationship of balloon size to outcome after balloon mitral valvoplasty with single and double cylindrical balloons. Am J Cardiol 71:1469-70, 1993.

58. Gupta S, Dev V, Vijaykumar M, Dash SC: Diastolic dysfunction in end stage renal disease & impact of dialysis - an echocardiographic study. Am J Cardiol 71:1427-30, 1993.

59. Goswami KG, Shrivastava S, Dev V, Das GS: Percutaneous balloon mitral valvoplasty: Analysis of echocardiography and other variables related to outcome. Am Heart J 126:1147-51, 1993.

60. Dev V, Goswami KC, Shrivastava S, Saxena A, Bahl VK: Echocardiographic diagnosis of sinus of Valsalva aneurysms. Am Heart J 126:930-36, 1993.

61. Kohli V, Pande GK, Dev V, Reddy KS, Kaul U, Nandy S: Management of hepatic venous outflow obstruction. Lancet 342:718-22, 1993.

62. Dev V, Shirvastava S: Persistent relief of the porcine bioprosthetic valve stenosis in pulmonary position after balloon dilatation. Ind Heart J 45:501-2, 1993.

63. Kaul V, Junja R, Bahl VK, Dev V, Sharma S, Wasir HS: A follow up study of major intimal dissections treated with perfusion balloon catheter. Ind Heart J 46:151-4, 1994.

64. Kumar RK, Dev V, Shirvastava S: Balloon valvotomy for severe aortic stenosis with congestive heart failure in adolescents. Am Heart J 127:448-50, 1994.

65. Lambert TL, Dev V, Rechavia E, Forrester JS, Litvack F, Eigler NL: Localized arterial wall drug delivery from a polymer-coated removable metallic stent. Circulation 90:1003-1011, 1994.

66. Dev V, Eigler N, Sheth S, Lambert T, Forrester J, Litvack F: Kinetics of drug delivery to the arterial wall via polyurethane coated removable nitinol stent - comparative study of two drugs. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 34:272-78, 1995.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

1. Dev V, Shrivastava S: Transverse balloon tear in balloon valvoplasty Am Heart J 117; 1397-98, 1989.

2. Dev V, Shrivastava S: Transverse balloon tear during balloon valvoplasty (reply) Am Heart J 119:1441-42, 1990.

3. Dev V, Shrivastava S: Transverse balloon tear during balloon valvoplasty (reply) Am Heart J 121:1841, 1991.

4. Dev V: Using a Touhy-Borst system for flushing thin lumen catheters which do not have a hub for the syringe. Cath Cardiovasc Diag 23:93, 1993.

5. Dev V, Juneja R: Septal puncture for balloon mitral valvoplasty. Am Heart J 125:1821, 1993.

ABSTRACTS

1. Wasir HS, Dev V, Kaul U, Bahl VK, Rajani M, Mukhopadhyay S, Bhatia ML: Diagnostic significance of coronary artery calcification in Indian patients with CAD (Abstr) Ind Heart J 38:336, 1986.

2. Dev V, Shrivastava S, Narula J, Tandon R: Partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage with intact arterial septum and mitral stenosis - The paradox of a small shunt. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 38(4):309, 1986.

3. Dev V, Narula J, Kaul U, Behl VK, Bhatia ML: Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: an elusive diagnosis (Abstr) Ind Heart J 38(4):309, 1986.

4. Narula J, Reddy KS, Dev V, Sharma SK, Kaul U, Kaushal R, Chattopadhyaya TK, Bhatia ML: Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (Abstr) Ind Heart J 38(4):310, 1986.

5. Talwar KK, Narula J, Dev V, Malhotra A, Bhatia ML: Critical evaluation of R wave changes on exercise in normal subjects and in patients with CAD by exercise vector cardiography.

The paper was awarded DP Basu award in Joint annual conference of CSI and ATCVSI Srinagar 15-18 Oct, 1986.

6. Dev V, Narula J, Tandon R, Mukhopadhyay S, Rajani M, Shrivastava S: Straddling tricuspid valve with complete transposition of great arteries and hypoplastic right ventricle (Abstr) Ind Heart J 38(4): 264, 1986.

7. Narula J, Kaul U, Nath CS, Dev V, Kalra GS, Bhatia ML: Ajmaline induced life threatening complications. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 38(4)336, 1986.

8. Kaul U, Dev V, Narula J, Kalra GS, Talwar KK, Bhatia ML: Electrophysiologic evaluation of patients with bundle branch block and syncope of unknown origin. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 38(4), 1986.

9. Wasir HS, Dev V, Narula J, Bhatia ML: Quantitative grading of Exercise Stress test for detection of coronary artery disease using multivariate discriminant analysis (Abstr) Ind Heart J 38(4):337, 1986.

10. Talwar KK, Chopra P, Dev V, Goswami K, Narula J, Bhatia ML: Endomyocardial biopsy in congestive heart failure of unknown origin. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 39:189, 1987.

11. Talwar KK, Chopra P, Narula J, Singh SK, Dev V and Bhatia ML: Myocarditis in nonspecific aortoarteritis: Role of immunosuppressive therapy. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 39:124, 1987.

12. Shrivastava S, Dev V, Talwar KK, Tandon R: Congenital complete heart block - a report of 44 cases. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 39:160, 1987.

13. Bahl VK, Dev V, Kaul U, Bhatia ML: Electrophysiologic evaluation of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. (Abstr) J Assoc Phys India 36:22, 1988.

14. Bahl VK, Radhakrishnan S, Dev V, Shrivastva S: Balloon dilatation in patients with discrete subaortic stenosis. (Abstr) J Assoc Phys India 36:68, 1988.

15. Das GS, Radhakrishnan S, Dev V, Rajani M, Shrivastava S: Percutaneous aortic balloon valvoplasty for non calcific aortic stenosis - follow data. Ind Heart J 40:294, 1988.

16. Garg A, Radhakrishnan S, Dev V, Saxena A, Shrivastava S: Ventricular septal defect: Doppler assessment of interventricular pressure gradient. Ind Heart J 40:304, 1988.

17. Radhakrishnan S, Dev V, Saxena A, Bahl VK, Venugopal P, Shrivastava S: Comparative Doppler aortic prosthesis. Ind Heart J 40:304, 1988.

18. Radhakrishnan S, Dev V, Saxena A, Bahl VK, Venugopal P, Shrivastava S: Doppler evaluation of the monosrut and convexo-concave Bjork-Shiley prosthetic valve. Ind Heart 140:305, 1988.

19. Talwar K, Goswami KC, Chopra P, Narula J, Dev V, Shrivastava S, Tandon R: Inflammatory myocarditis - Role of immunosuppressive therapy. Ind Heart J 40:307, 1988.

20. Shyam Sunder A, Radhakrishnan S, Dev V, Saxena A, Bahl A, Shrivastava S: Doppler echocardiography in diagnosis of rheumatic tricuspid stenosis. Ind Heart J 40:322, 1988.

21. Dev V, Singh LSK, Radhakrishnan S, Saxena A, Shyamsunder A, Shrivastava S: Value of Doppler echocardiography in the measurement of the diastolic gradients and valve areas in mitral stenosis. Ind Heart J 40:322, 1988.

22. Bahl VK, Dev V, Radhakrishnan S, Saxena A, Manchanda SC, Rajani M, Shrivastava S: Balloon dilatation in discrete sub-aortic stenosis. Ind Heart J 40:326, 1988.

23. Shrivastava S, Radhakrishnan S, Dev V, Saxena A, Rajani M: Balloon mitral valvuloplasty (BMV) hemodynamic results and follow up data. Ind Heart J 40:353, 1988.

24. Dev V, Radhakrishnan S, Rajani M, Shyamsundar A, Das G, Sharma S, Shrivastava S: Value of echocardiography valves for assessing annulus size of aortic and pulmonary valves before balloon valvoplasty. Ind Heart J 40:357, 1988.

25. Dev V, Talwar KK, Chopra P, Goswami KC, Shrivastava S, Tandon R: Immuno histochemical characterization of cellular infiltrates in inflammatory myocarditis: its pathogenetic and therapeutic significance. Ind Heart J 1988, 40:370.

26. Saxena A, Dev V, Goel DP, Shrivastava S: Echocardiographic features of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Ind Heart J 40:371, 1988.

27. Dev V, Goswami KC, Chopra P, Talwar KK: Inflammatory Myocarditis presenting an acute myocardial infarction. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 40(S): 307, 1988.

28. Goswami KC, Kaul U, Dev V, Bhatia ML: Acute & chronic pacing thresholds of various permanent pacing leads: A comparative study. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 40(S):330, 1988.

29. Talwar KK, Radhakrishnan S, Dev V, Dave TH: Persistent Atrial Standstill - A rare electrophysiological abnormality. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 40(S):340, 1988,

30. Goswami KC, Manchanda SC, Dev V, Reddy KS, Kaul U, Rajani M, Bhatia ML: Clinical & angiographic profile at left main coronary artery disease. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 40(S):352, 1988.

31. Dave T, Wasir H, Dev V, Das G, Rajani M, Venugopal P, Tandon R: Coronary artery disease in Indian women correlation of clinical & angiographic findings. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 40(S):360, 1988.

32. Bajaj R, Dev V, Wasir HS: Value of exercise score & ST segment time profile analysis in identifying false positive Treadmill test. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 40(S):362, 1988.

33. Talwar KK, Shrivastava S, Narula J, Saxena A, Dev V, Chopra P: Endocardial biopsy in children - AIIMS experience. Presented in World Congress of Pediatrics, Manila Nov. 1989.

34. Dev V, Kaul U, Reddy S, Sharma S, Panda G, Rajani M: Percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty for hepatic venous outflow obstruction. Presented in World Congress of Cardiology Singapore 1990.

35. Das GS, Dev V, Sharma S, Rajani M, Shrivastava S: Percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvoplasty (PBVP). (Abstr) Ind Heart J 41:371, 1989.

36. Das GS, Dev V, Radhakrishanan S, Shyamsundar A, Shrivastava S: Doppler
echocardiography in follow up of patients subjected to percutaneous transluminal balloon valvoplasty. (Abstr) Ind Heart 141:284, 1989.

37. Shrivastava S, Dev V, Bahl VK, Rajani M: Balloon dilation of discrete, subaortic stenosis - Anatomic correlates of response. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 41:383, 1989.

38. Talwar KK, Narula J, Chopra P, Dev V, Shrivastava S, Wasir HS, Bhatia ML and Tandon R: Endomyocardial Biopsy - AIIMS Experience. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 41:392, 1989.

39. Talwar KK, Vijay Kumar M, Dev V, Shrivastava S, Chopra P, Wasir HS: Clinical echocardiographic, hemodynamic angiographic and endomyocardial biopsy studies of Primary cardiac amyloidosis - Report of five cases. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 41-395, 1989.

40. Shrivastava S, Das GS, Dev V, Rajani M: Percutaneous balloon mitral valvoplasty (PBMV) - for Non-calcific mitral stenosis. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 41:395, 1989.

41. Goswami KC, Bahl VK, Dev V, Shrivastava S: Non-invasive diagnosis of congenital coronary anomalies by cross-sectional and Doppler echocardiography. (Abstr) Ind Heart J (Abstr) 41-402, 1989.

42. Dev V, Kaul U, Sharma S, Nundy S: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for Hepatic venous outflow obstruction. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 41:426, 1989.

43. Bahl VK, Das GS, Dev V, Shrivastava S: Echocardiographic spectrum of cardiac masses. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 41:439, 1989.

44. Vijay Kumar M, Dev V, Saxena A, Shrivastava S: Doppler evaluation of the pressure gradients in aortic coarctation. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 41:472 ,1989.

45. Dev V, Shrivastava S, Goswami K, Bahl VK, Saxena A: Echo doppler diagnosis of sinus of Valsalva aneurysms - A review of 40 cases. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 41:476, 1989.

46. Goswami KG, Talwar KK, Dev V, Malhotra A, Tandon R: Value of exercise vector -cardiography (VCG in identification of coronary artery diseases (CAD) in the patients of left bundle branch block (LBBB): A comparative analysis with exercise radionuclide ventriculography (RNV) and coronary angiography. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 41:480, 1989.

47. Rajiv B, Dave T, Dev V, Airan B, Rao M, Shrivastava S: Cardiac surgery without catheterization in infants. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 41:458, 1989.

48. Agarwal R, Kaul U, Dev V, Sharma S, Venugopal P: Post-PTCA dissection morphology and its influence on acute complications. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 42:204, 1990.

49. Kumar K, Kaul U, Dev V, Rajani M, Sharma S: Probe Angioplasty through an intracoronary probing catheter in difficult lesions. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 42:204, 1990.

50. Rao YV, Kaul U, Dev V, Rajani M: Experience with restenosis after PICA in Single and multivessel disease. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 42:204, 1990.

51. Kaul U, Dev V, Manchanda SC, Wasir HS: Silent myocardial ischemia after PTCA and its prognostic significance. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 42:212, 1990.

52. Dev V, Shrivastava S: Time course and mechanism of regression of pulmonary hypertension after balloon mitral valvoplasty. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 42:221, 1990.

53. Negi PC, Vijay Kumar M, Dev V, Saxena A, Shrivastava S: Echocardiographic detection of vegetations at unusual sites. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 42:221, 1990.

54. Negi PC, Vijay Kumar M, Dev V, Saxena A, Shrivastava S: Echocardiographic profile of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: AIIMS experience. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 42:222, 1990.

55. Goswami KC, Shrivastava S, Dev V, Das GS, Vijaykumar M: Endocardiographic predictors of success after mitral valve balloon dilatation. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 42:222, 1990.

56. Dev V, Kaul U, Reddy KS, Sharma S, Nundy S: Angioplasty for complete obstruction of the inferior vena cava - Needle puncture followed by balloon dilatation. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 42:224, 1990.

57. Kamlakar T, Shrivastva S, Saxena A, Dev V, Rajani M, Tandon R: Incidence of aortic regurgitation in Tetralogy of Fallot. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 42:230, 1990.

58. Vijaykumar M, Negi PC, Dev V, Saxena A, Shrivastava: Echocardiographic profile of discrete subaortic stenosis. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 42:236, 1990.

59. Vijaykumar M, Negi PC, Dev V, Saxena A, Shrivastava S: Absent pulmonary valve syndrome: Clinical and echocardiographic profile. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 42:240, 1990.

60. Kaul U, Venugopal P, Dev V, Das B, Manchanda SC, Rajani M, Wasir HS: Coronary artery revascularization in multivessel disease: Experience with PTCA vs CABG in 800 consecutive patients. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 42:278, 1990.

61. Saxena A, Shrivastava S, Dev V: Congenital left ventricular inflow obstructions - an echocardiographic study of 36 cases. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 42:279, 1990.

62. Bajaj R, Dev V, Goswami KG, Saxena A, Shrivastava S: Association of stenotic with other stenotic lesions in rheumatic heart disease. (Abstr) Ind Heart J 42:291, 1990.

63. Shrivastava S, Dev V, Das G, Radhakrishnan S, Shyamsundar A: Doppler echocardiography in follow up of patients subjected to percutaneous transluminal balloon valvoplasty. Presented in the World Congress of Pediatrics Nov. 1989 Manila.

64. Shrivastava S, Dev V, Bahl VK, Rajani M: Balloon dilatation of discrete subaortic stenosis - anatomic correlation of response. Presented in the World Congress of Pediatrics Nov. 1989, Manila.

65. Shrivastava S, Dev V, Das G, Shyamsunder A, Rajani M: Percutaneous transluminal balloon valvoplasty - immediate & long term results. Presented in the World Congress of Pediatrics, Nov. 1989, Manila.

66. Saxena A, Shrivastava S, Dev V, Talwar KK: Congenital complete heart block. Presented in Asia-Pacific Congress of Cardiology October, 1991 Seoul.

67. Kaul U, Bahl VK, Dev V, Das B, Wasir HS, Venugopal P: Percutaneous cardiopulmonary bypass support in high risk patients undergoing PTCA. Ind Heart J 43:210, 1991.

68. Talwar KK, Goswami KC, Chopra P, Dev V, Shrivastava S, Malhotra A, Wasir HS: Immunosuppressive therapy in myocarditis-Long term follow up. Ind Heart J 43:221, 1991.

70. Kumar K, Shrivastava S, Dev V, Saxena A, Sharma S, Rajani M: Pulmonary balloon valvoplasty in high risk patients. Ind Heart J 43:229, 1991.

71. Saxena A, Shrivastava S, Talwar KK, Dev V, Kaul U: Congenital complete heart block without structural heart disease - a study of 49 cases. Ind Heart J 43:246, 1991.

72. Goswami KC, Manchanda SC, Dev V, Wasir HS, Talwar KK, Kaul U, Reddy KS, Bahl VK, Sharma S, Rajani M: Left main coronary artery disease: a clinical & angiographic profile in 172 cases. Ind Heart J 43:252, 1991.

73. Dev V, Shrivastava S, Saxena A: 2D and Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of 555 consecutive cases of rheumatic heart disease. Ind Heart J 43:284, 1991.

74. Shrivastava S, Vasan RS, Bahl VK, Dev V, Saxena A, Talwar KK, Kumar MV: Echocardiographic profile of restrictive cardiomyopathy in North India. Ind Heart J 43:289, 1991.

75. Kumar MV, Talwar KK, Dev V, Chopra P, Wasir HS: Cardiac Amyloidosis - a hemodynamic, echocardiographic & endomyocardial biopsy study. Ind Heart J 43:291, 1991.

76. Sudhir, Kaul U, Bahl VK, Dev V, Wasir HS, Venugopal P: Coronary bifurcational stenosis - The kissing balloon technique using balloon on wire via a single guiding catheter. Ind Heart J 43:304, 1991.

77. Kaul U, Dev V, Nundy S, Wasir HS: Angioplasty for the management of hepatic venous outflow obstruction. Presented to the AHA Conference, 1991. Circulation (abst) 86:11-27, 1991.

78. Dev V, Sudhir, Kaul U, Nundy S, Wasir HS: Hemodynamics of hepatic venous outflow obstruction and impact of angioplasty. Presented to AHA Conference at New Orleans, November, 1992. Circulation (abst) 86:1-153, 1992.

79. Dev V, Lambert T, Eigler N, Litvack F, Forrester JS: Kinetics of drug delivery to the arterial wall via polyurethane coated removable stent - comparative study of 2 drugs. Ore 88(4):I-310, 1993.

80. Dev V, Zeng H, Forrester JS, Eigler NL, Hickey AJ, Fishbein MC, Litvack F: Biodegradable microspheres for sustained drug delivery to the arterial wall. Circ 88(4):I-311, 1993.

81. Lambert T, Dev V, Litvack F, Forrester JS, Eigler NL: Localized arterial drug delivery from a polymer coated removable metallic stent: Kinetics and bioactivity of forskolin. Circ 88(4):I-310, 1993.

82. Dev V, Zeng H, Forrester JS, Eigler N, Hickey AJ, Fishbein MC, Kupfer J, Litvack F: Microspheres for drug delivery to the arterial wall: A study of kinetics, toxicity and effects of corticosteroid loaded microspheres. JACC (abst) 23:19A, 1993.

83. Sheth S, Park KD, Dev V, Jacobs H, Kim SW, Lambert T, Forrester JS, Litvack F, Eigler N: Prevention of stent subacute thrombosis by segmented polyurethaneurea-polyethylene oxide - heparin coating in the rabbit carotid. JACC (abst) 23:187A, 1994.

84. Dev V, Eigler N, Fishbein MC, Tian Y, Hickey A, Rechavia E, Forrester JS, Litvack F: Local arterial wall delivery of dexamethasone and colchicine via biodegradable microspheres does not prevent intimal hyperplasia in the rabbit model. Circulation (abst) 90:1-157, 1994.

85. Eigler NL, Lambert TL, Dev V, Kupfer J, Mahrer K, Forrester JS, Litvack F: Local aerial wall drug delivery from a polymer coated removable metallic stent: Kinetics, distribution and bioactivity of forskolin. JACC 23;4A, 1994.

86. Naqvi T, Hachamovitch R, Dev V, Shah PK: Does stress Tc-99m sestamibi/TI-201 myocardial SPECT predict the site of future acute myocardial infarction? Circulation (abst) 90(4)1:545, 1994.

87. Sheth S, Dev V, Fishbein MC, Forrester JS, Litvack F, Eigler NL: Reduced thrombogenicity of nitinol vs stainless steel slotted-tube stents in rabbit carotid arteries. JACC 25:240A, 1995.

88. Sheth S, Dev V, Jacobs H, Forrester JS, Litvack F, Eigler NL: Prevention of subacute stent thrombosis by polymer-polyethylene oxide-heparin coating in the rabbit carotid artery. JACC 25:348A, 1995.