
Anita Deswal, MD, MPH, MBBS
Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Department Chair, Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Distinguished Chair, Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Tenured Professor of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Professor of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Division of Division of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Clinical Interests
Cardio-Oncology
Heart failure
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Cardiac Amyloidosis
Echocardiography
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2002 | University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA, MPH, Public Health |
1989 | All India Institute of Medicine, New Delhi, IND, MD, Internal Medicine |
1986 | All India Institute of Medicine, New Delhi, IND, MBBS, Medicine and Surgery |
Postgraduate Training
1996-1997 | Research Fellowship, Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
1993-1996 | Clinical Fellowship, Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |
1990-1993 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |
1987-1989 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, All India Institute of Medicine, New Delhi |
Board Certifications
2012 | American Board of Internal Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology |
2009 | National Board of Echocardiography |
1997 | American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease |
1993 | American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Professor, Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2014 - 2019
Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2007 - 2014
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2000 - 2007
Physician Investigator / Health Services Researcher, Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, 2000 - 2019
Instructor, Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1998 - 2000
Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Division of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine; Winters Center for Heart Failure Research, Houston, TX, 1998 - 2019
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Chair, Heart Failure Strategic Planning Group, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2017 - 2019
Chief, Department of Cardiology, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2019
Chair, Promotions and Tenure Committee, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2019
Director, Heart Failure Program, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Section of Cardiology, Houston, TX, 2014 - 2019
Associate Chief, Department of Cardiology, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, 2014 - 2016
Director, Cardiology Outpatient Clinic, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Section of Cardiology, Houston, TX, 2014 - 2016
Co-Director, Heart Failure Program, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Section of Cardiology, Houston, TX, 2007 - 2014
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Member, Steering Committee for Clinician Awards, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, 2017 - 2019
Member, Master Clinician Awards Selection Committee, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, 2017 - 2019
Member, BCM Cardiology Council, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, 2016 - 2019
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Division of Internal Medicine Research Committee, 2020 - Present
Member, Search Committee for Chair, Surgical Oncology, 2020 - Present
Member, Academic Review Committee for the Division of Education & Training, 2020 - Present
Member, Adhoc Taskforce for Evaluation of PPE for Institutional Procedures, 2020 - 2020
Honors & Awards
2019 | Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Distinguished Chair, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center |
2017 | Barbara and Corbin J. Robertson, Jr. Presidential Award for Excellence in Education, Baylor College of Medicine |
2017 | Houston Top Doctors, Castle Connelly |
2017 | Recognition as Mentor for Dr. Yashashwi Pokharel (Mentee) Award, Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure, Young Author Achievement Award, 2016 |
2016 | Fellow, Heart Failure Society of America |
2016 | Master Clinician Lifetime Award, Baylor College of Medicine |
2014 | Excellence in Teaching Award by Cardiology Fellows, Baylor College of Medicine, Cardiology |
2013 | Faculty Excellence Award: Teaching and Evaluation Category, Baylor College of Medicine, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P |
2013 | Faculty Excellence Award: Development of Enduring Educational Materials Category, Baylor College of Medicine, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P |
2013 | Fellow, American Heart Association |
2012 | Emerging Faculty, American College of Cardiology |
2012 | Top Doctor, U.S. News & World Report |
2007 | Faculty Excellence Award: Teaching and Evaluation Category, Baylor College of Medicine, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P |
2005 | Faculty Excellence Award: Development of Enduring Educational Materials Category, Baylor College of Medicine, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P |
2005 | Academy of Distinguished Educators, Baylor College of Medicine |
2005 | Research Grants Review Program, Special Practice Award for VA VISN 16, South Central Veterans Administration Health Care Network |
2005 | Special Practice Award for Discharge Instructions, VA VISN 16, South Central Veterans Administration Health Care Network |
2005 | Fellow, American College of Cardiology |
2005 | Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies Team Award, Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies |
2004 | VA Cooperative Studies Program Advanced Clinical Research Career Development Award |
2001 | Veterans Affairs (VA) Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Research Career Development Award |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Lauren A Baldassarre, Eric H Yang, Richard K Chen, Jeanne M DeCara, Susan Dent, Jennifer E Liu, Lawrence G Rudski, Jordan B Strom, Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, Ana Barac, Vlad G Zaha, Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, Samer Ellahham, Anita Deswal, Carrie Lenneman, Hector R Villarraga, Anne H Blaes, Roohi Ismail-Khan, Bonnie Ky, Monika J Leja, Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie. Cardiovascular care of the oncology patient during COVID-19: An expert consensus document from the ACC Cardio-Oncology and Imaging Councils. J Natl Cancer Inst, 2020. PMID: 33179744.
- Ommen SR, Mital S, Burke MA, Day SM, Deswal A, Elliott P, Evanovich LL, Hung J, Joglar JA, Kantor P, Kimmelstiel C, Kittleson M, Link MS, Maron MS, Martinez MW, Miyake CY, Schaff HV, Semsarian C, Paul S.. 2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation, 2020. PMID: 33215938.
- Ommen SR, Mital S, Burke MA, Day SM, Deswal A, Elliott P, Evanovich LL, Hung J, Joglar JA, Kantor P, Kimmelstiel C, Kittleson M, Link MS, Maron MS, Martinez MW, Miyake CY, Schaff HV, Semsarian C, Sorajja P.. 2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation, 2020. PMID: 33215931.
- Ommen SR, Mital S, Burke MA, Day SM, Deswal A, Elliott P, Evanovich LL, Hung J, Joglar JA, Kantor P, Kimmelstiel C, Kittleson M, Link MS, Maron MS, Martinez MW, Miyake CY, Schaff HV, Semsarian C, Sorajja P.. 2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol, 2020. PMID: 33229116.
- Ommen SR, Mital S, Burke MA, Day SM, Deswal A, Elliott P, Evanovich LL, Hung J, Joglar JA, Kantor P, Kimmelstiel C, Kittleson M, Link MS, Maron MS, Martinez MW, Miyake CY, Schaff HV, Semsarian C, Sorajja P.. 2020 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol, 2020. PMID: 33229115.
- Wang X, Palaskas NL, Yusuf SW, Abe JI, Lopez-Mattei J, Banchs J, Gladish GW, Lee P, Liao Z, Deswal A, Lin SH. Incidence and Onset of Severe Cardiac Events After Radiotherapy for Esophageal Cancer. J Thorac Oncol 15(10):1682-1690, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32599073.
- Palaskas NL, Koutroumpakis E, Deswal A. COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Health Among Patients with Cancer. Curr Cardiol Rep 22(12):171, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33040241.
- Sharma K, Mok Y, Kwak L, Agarwal SK, Chang PP, Deswal A, Shah AM, Kitzman DW, Wruck LM, Loehr LR, Heiss G, Coresh J, Rosamond WD, Solomon SD, Matsushita K, Russell SD.. Predictors of Mortality by Sex and Race in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: ARIC Community Surveillance Study. J Am Heart Assoc 9(19), 2020. PMID: 32924735.
- Balanescu DV, Donisan T, Deswal A, Palaskas N, Song J, Lopez-Mattei J, Kim PY, Durand JB, Doundoua D, Marmagkiolis K, Iliescu C. Acute myocardial infarction in a high-risk cancer population: Outcomes following conservative versus invasive management. Int J Cardiol 313:1-8, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32320781.
- Mandviwala TM, Basra SS, Khalid U, Pickett JK, Przybylowicz R, Shah T, Nambi V, Virani SS, Deswal A. Obesity and the paradox of mortality and heart failure hospitalization in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Int J Obes (Lond) 44(7):1561-1567, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32483205.
- Safdar Z, Frost A, Basant A, Deswal A, O'Brian Smith E, Entman M. Spironolactone in pulmonary arterial hypertension: results of a cross-over study. Pulm Circ 10(2):2045894019898030, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32426108.
- Stehlik J, Schmalfuss C, Bozkurt B, Nativi-Nicolau J, Wohlfahrt P, Wegerich S, Rose K, Ray R, Schofield R, Deswal A, Sekaric J, Anand S, Richards D, Hanson H, Pipke M, Pham M. Continuous Wearable Monitoring Analytics Predict Heart Failure Hospitalization: The LINK-HF Multicenter Study. Circ Heart Fail 13(3):e006513, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32093506.
- Palaskas N, Lopez-Mattei J, Durand JB, Iliescu C, Deswal A. Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Myocarditis: Pathophysiological Characteristics, Diagnosis, and Treatment. J Am Heart Assoc 9(2):e013757, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31960755.
- Fadol AP, Palaskas NL, Ewer MS, Deswal A. An overview of a different type of cardio-oncology gathering: summary of the COMP (cardio-oncology multidisciplinary practice) meeting held in Houston Texas, January 2020. Cardiooncology 15(6):20, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32944289.
- Walther CP, Winkelmayer WC, Niu J, Cheema FH, Nair AP, Morgan JA, Fedson SE, Deswal A, Navaneethan SD. Acute Kidney Injury With Ventricular Assist Device Placement: National Estimates of Trends and Outcomes. Am J Kidney Dis 74(5):650-658, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31160142.
- Dunlay SM, Givertz MM, Aguilar D, Allen LA, Chan M, Desai AS, Deswal A, Dickson VV, Kosiborod MN, Lekavich CL, McCoy RG, Mentz RJ, PiÑa IL, American Heart Association Heart Failure and Transplantation Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Heart Failure Society of America. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure, A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and Heart Failure Society of America. J Card Fail 25(8):584-619, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31174952.
- Dunlay SM, Givertz MM, Aguilar D, Allen LA, Chan M, Desai AS, Deswal A, Dickson VV, Kosiborod MN, Lekavich CL, McCoy RG, Mentz RJ, Piña IL, American Heart Association Heart Failure and Transplantation Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; and the Heart Failure Society of America. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America: This statement does not represent an update of the 2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA heart failure guideline update. Circulation 140(7):e294-e324, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31167558.
- Trang A, Kampangkaew J, Fernandes R, Tiwana J, Misra A, Hamzeh I, Blaustein A, Aguilar D, Shah T, Ballantyne C, Quinones M, Nagueh SF, Dokanish H, Virani SS, Deswal A, Kirkpatrick JN, Nambi V. Understanding by General Providers of the Echocardiogram Report. Am J Cardiol 124(2):296-302, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31104774.
- House AA, Wanner C, Sarnak MJ, Piña IL, McIntyre CW, Komenda P, Kasiske BL, Deswal A, deFilippi CR, Cleland JGF, Anker SD, Herzog CA, Cheung M, Wheeler DC, Winkelmayer WC, McCullough PA, Conference Participants. Heart Failure in Chronic Kidney Disease: Conclusions From a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference. Kidney Int 95(6):1304-1317, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31053387.
- Vest AR, Chan M, Deswal A, Givertz MM, Lekavich C, Lennie T, Litwin SE, Parsly L, Rodgers JE, Rich MW, Schulze PC, Slader A, Desai A. Nutrition, Obesity, and Cachexia in Patients With Heart Failure: A Consensus Statement from the Heart Failure Society of America Scientific Statements Committee. J Card Fail 25(5):380-400, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30877038.
- Levine GN, O'Gara PT, Beckman JA, Al-Khatib SM, Birtcher KK, Cigarroa JE, de Las Fuentes L, Deswal A, Fleisher LA, Gentile F, Goldberger ZD, Hlatky MA, Joglar JA, Piano MR, Wijeysundera DN. Recent Innovations, Modifications, and Evolution of ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guidelines: An Update for Our Constituencies: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Circulation 139(17):e879-e886, 2019. PMID: 30892927.
- Levine GN, O'Gara PT, Beckman JA, Al-Khatib SM, Birtcher KK, Cigarroa JE, de Las Fuentes L, Deswal A, Fleisher LA, Gentile F, Goldberger ZD, Hlatky MA, Joglar JA, Piano MR, Wijeysundera DN. Recent Innovations, Modifications, and Evolution of ACC/AHA Clinical Practice Guidelines: An Update for Our Constituencies: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol 73(15):1990-1998, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30904245.
- Hira RS, Kataruka A, Akeroyd JM, Ramsey DJ, Pokharel Y, Gurm HS, Nasir K, Deswal A, Jneid H, Alam M, Ballantyne CM, Petersen LA, Virani SS. Association of Body Mass Index With Risk Factor Optimization and Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in US Veterans With Cardiovascular Disease. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 12(1):e004817, 2019. PMID: 30636483.
- Walther CP, Winkelmayer WC, Deswal A, Niu J, Navaneethan SD. Trends in Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation and Associated Mortality Among Patients With and Without ESRD. Am J Kidney Dis 72(4):620-622, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29784611.
- Lenihan CR, Liu S, Deswal A, Montez-Rath ME, Winkelmayer WC. De Novo Heart Failure after Kidney Transplantation: Trends in Incidence and Outcomes. Am J Kidney Dis 72(2):223-233, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29605378.
- Misra A, Deswal A. NT-proBNP-guided and conventional therapies did not differ for readmission or mortality in acute decompensated HF. Ann Intern Med 169(4):JC21, 2018. PMID: 30128511.
- Faza NN, Akeroyd JM, Ramsey DJ, Shah T, Nasir K, Deswal A, Ballantyne CM, Petersen LA, Virani SS. Effectiveness of NPs and PAs in managing diabetes and cardiovascular disease. JAAPA 31(7):39-45, 2018. PMID: 29957606.
- Walther CP, Niu J, Winkelmayer WC, Cheema FH, Nair AP, Morgan JA, Fedson SE, Deswal A, Navaneethan SD. Implantable Ventricular Assist Device Use and Outcomes in People With End-Stage Renal Disease. J Am Heart Assoc 7(14), 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29980520.
- Virani SS, Akeroyd JM, Ramsey DJ, Deswal A, Nasir K, Rajan SS, Ballantyne CM, Petersen LA. Health Care Resource Utilization for Outpatient Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Care Delivery among Advanced Practice Providers and Physician Providers in Primary Care. Popul Health Manag 21(3):209-216, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28994631.
- Saeed A, Nambi V, Sun W, Virani SS, Taffet GE, Deswal A, Selvin E, Matsushita K, Wagenknecht LE, Hoogeveen R, Coresh J, de Lemos JA, Ballantyne CM. Short-Term Global Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction in Older Adults. J Am Coll Cardiol 71(22):2527-2536, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29535064.
- Basra SS, Wang TY, Simon DN, Chiswell K, Virani SS, Alam M, Nambi V, Denktas AE, Deswal A, Bozkurt B, Ballantyne CM, Peterson ED, Jneid H. Ticagrelor Use in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. J Am Heart Assoc 7(12), 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29886424.
- Nambi V, Deswal A, Ballantyne CM. Prevention of "Failure": Is It a Failure of Prevention?. Circulation 137(2):106-108, 2018. PMID: 29311345.
- Khalid U, Deswal A. Observation Versus Inpatient Stay for Heart Failure: Is it Semantics?. J Am Heart Assoc 7(3), 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29386208.
- Saeed A, Nambi V, Sun W, Virani SS, Taffet G, Deswal A, Selvin E, Matsushita K, Wagenknecht LE, Hoogeveen R, Coresh J, de Lemos JA, Ballantyne CM. Do Biomarkers Improve Short-term Risk Prediction of Global Cardiovascular Events in Older Adults? Insights from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Journal of Clinical Lipidology 12:525-526, 2018.
- Nguyen P, Kamran H, Nasir S, Chan W, Shah T, Deswal A, Bozkurt B. Comparison of Frequency of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Patients With Heart Failure Using Versus Not Using Cocaine. Am J Cardiol 119(12):2030-2034, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28456314.
- Khalid U, Wruck LM, Quibrera PM, Bozkurt B, Nambi V, Virani SS, Jneid H, Agarwal S, Chang PP, Loehr L, Basra SS, Rosamond W, Ballantyne CM, Deswal A. BNP and obesity in acute decompensated heart failure with preserved vs. reduced ejection fraction: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Surveillance Study. Int J Cardiol 233:61-66, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28185703.
- Pokharel Y, Sun W, Virani SS, Nambi V, Hoogeveen RC, Chang PP, Ndumele CE, Solomon SD, Bozkurt B, Selvin E, Ballantyne CM, Deswal A. Myocardial Injury, Obesity, and the Obesity Paradox: The ARIC Study. JACC Heart Fail 5(1):56-63, 2017. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 28017350.
- Bozkurt B, Aguilar D, Deswal A, Dunbar SB, Francis GS, Horwich T, Jessup M, Kosiborod M, Pritchett AM, Ramasubbu K, Rosendorff C, Yancy C, American Heart Association Heart Failure and Transplantation Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on Hypertension; and Council on Quality and Outcomes Research. Contributory Risk and Management of Comorbidities of Hypertension, Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus, Hyperlipidemia, and Metabolic Syndrome in Chronic Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation 134(23):e535-e578, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27799274.
- Bozkurt B, Colvin M, Cook J, Cooper LT, Deswal A, Fonarow GC, Francis GS, Lenihan D, Lewis EF, McNamara DM, Pahl E, Vasan RS, Ramasubbu K, Rasmusson K, Towbin JA, Yancy C, American Heart Association Committee on Heart Failure and Transplantation of the Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; and Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research. Current Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies for Specific Dilated Cardiomyopathies: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation 134(23):e579-e646, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27832612.
- Hira RS, Cowart JB, Akeroyd JM, Ramsey DJ, Pokharel Y, Nambi V, Jneid H, Deswal A, Denktas A, Taylor A, Nasir K, Ballantyne CM, Petersen LA, Virani SS. Risk Factor Optimization and Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in US Veterans With Peripheral Arterial and Ischemic Cerebrovascular Disease Compared to Veterans With Coronary Heart Disease. Am J Cardiol 118(8):1144-1149, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27553104.
- Wan SH, Stevens SR, Borlaug BA, Anstrom KJ, Deswal A, Felker GM, Givertz MM, Bart BA, Tang WH, Redfield MM, Chen HH. Differential Response to Low-Dose Dopamine or Low-Dose Nesiritide in Acute Heart Failure with Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction: Results From the ROSE AHF Trial (Renal Optimization Strategies Evaluation in Acute Heart Failure). Circ Heart Fail 9(8), 2016. PMID: 27512103.
- Shah T, Deswal A. ACP Journal Club. Review: In HF with reduced EF, nurse-led titration of HF drugs reduces hospitalizations and mortality. Ann Intern Med 164(8):JC41, 2016. PMID: 27089090.
- Pokharel Y, Wei J, Hira RS, Kalra A, Shore S, Kerkar PG, Kumar G, Risch S, Vicera V, Oetgen WJ, Deswal A, Turakhia MP, Glusenkamp N, Virani SS. Guideline-Directed Medication Use in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction in India: American College of Cardiology's PINNACLE India Quality Improvement Program. Clin Cardiol 39(3):145-9, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26880649.
- Ndumele CE, Matsushita K, Sang Y, Lazo M, Agarwal SK, Nambi V, Deswal A, Blumenthal RS, Ballantyne CM, Coresh J, Selvin E. N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Heart Failure Risk Among Individuals With and Without Obesity: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Circulation 133(7):631-8, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26746175.
- Ndumele CE, Matsushita K, Sang Y, Lazo M, Agarwal SK, Nambi V, Deswal A, Blumenthal RS, Ballantyne CM, Coresh J, Selvin E. NT-proBNP and Heart Failure Risk among Individuals With and Without Obesity: The ARIC Study. Circulation 133(7):631-8, 2016.
- Shah AM, Claggett B, Sweitzer NK, Shah SJ, Deswal A, Anand IS, Fleg JL, Pitt B, Pfeffer MA, Solomon SD. Prognostic Importance of Changes in Cardiac Structure and Function in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction and the Impact of Spironolactone. Circ Heart Fail 8(6):1052-8, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26475142.
- Virani SS, Maddox TM, Chan PS, Tang F, Akeroyd JM, Risch SA, Oetgen WJ, Deswal A, Bozkurt B, Ballantyne CM, Petersen LA. Provider Type and Quality of Outpatient Cardiovascular Disease Care: Insights from the NCDR PINNACLE Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol 66(16):1803-1812, 2015. PMID: 26483105.
- Borlaug BA, Chen H, Lin G, Redfield MM, Lewis GD, Semigran MJ, McNulty SE, LeWinter M, Deswal A, Margulies KB. Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Effects of Sildenafil on Ventricular and Vascular Function in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction”. Circ Heart Fail 8(4):840, 2015. PMID: 26405727.
- Borlaug BA, Lewis GD, McNulty SE, Semigran MJ, LeWinter M, Chen H, Lin G, Deswal A, Margulies KB, Redfield MM. Effects of sildenafil on ventricular and vascular function in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Circ Heart Fail 8(3):533-41, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25782985.
- Givertz MM, Anstrom KJ, Redfield MM, Deswal A, Haddad H, Butler J, Tang WH, Dunlap ME, LeWinter MM, Mann DL, Felker GM, O'Connor CM, Goldsmith SR, Ofili EO, Saltzberg MT, Margulies KB, Cappola TP, Konstam MA, Semigran MJ, McNulty SE, Lee KL, Shah MR, Hernandez AF, NHLBI Heart Failure Clinical Research Network. Effects of Xanthine Oxidase Inhibition in Hyperuricemic Heart Failure Patients: The Xanthine Oxidase Inhibition for Hyperuricemic Heart Failure Patients (EXACT-HF) Study. Circulation 131(20):1763-71, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25986447.
- Gonçalves A, Claggett B, Jhund PS, Rosamond W, Deswal A, Aguilar D, Shah AM, Cheng S, Solomon SD. Alcohol consumption and risk of heart failure: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Eur Heart J 36(15):939-45, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25602025.
- Bandeali SJ, Gosch K, Alam M, Kayani WT, Jneid H, Fiocchi F, Wilson JM, Chan PS, Deswal A, Maddox TM, Virani SS. Coronary artery disease performance measures and statin use in patients with recent percutaneous coronary intervention or recent coronary artery bypass grafting (from the NCDR PINNACLE registry). Am J Cardiol 115(8):1013-8, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25721483.
- Albert NM, Barnason S, Deswal A, Hernandez A, Kociol R, Lee E, Paul S, Ryan CJ, White-Williams C, American Heart Association Complex Cardiovascular Patient and Family Care Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Council on Clinical Cardiology, and Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research. Transitions of Care in Heart Failure: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association. Circ Heart Fail 8(2):384-409, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25604605.
- Virani SS, Woodard LD, Ramsey DJ, Urech TH, Akeroyd JM, Shah T, Deswal A, Bozkurt B, Ballantyne CM, Petersen LA. Gender disparities in evidence-based statin therapy in patients with cardiovascular disease. Am J Cardiol 115(1):21-6, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25456865.
- Abraham NS, Naik AD, Street RL, Castillo DL, Deswal A, Richardson PA, Hartman CM, Shelton G, Fraenkel L. Complex antithrombotic therapy: determinants of patient preference and impact on medication adherence. Patient Prefer Adherence 9:1657-68, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26640372.
- Hira RS, Kennedy K, Nambi V, Jneid H, Alam M, Basra SS, Ho PM, Deswal A, Ballantyne CM, Petersen LA, Virani SS. Frequency and practice-level variation in inappropriate aspirin use for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: insights from the National Cardiovascular Disease Registry's Practice Innovation and Clinical Excellence registry. J Am Coll Cardiol 65(2):111-21, 2015. PMID: 25593051.
- Walther CP, Winkelmayer WC, Deswal A, Niu J, Navaneethan SD. Readmissions after Acute Kidney Injury during Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation Hospitalization. Am J Nephrol:1-10. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31962311.
- Aldrich J, Pundole X, Tummala S, Palaskas N, Andersen CR, Shoukier M, Abdel-Wahab N, Deswal A, Suarez-Almazor ME. Inflammatory myositis in cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors. Arthritis Rheumatol. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33258544.
- Sterling MR, Kern LM, Safford MM, Jones CD, Feldman PH, Fonarow GC, Sheng S, Matsouaka RA, DeVore AD, Lytle B, Xu H, Allen LA, Deswal A, Yancy CW, Albert NM. Home Health Care Use and Post-Discharge Outcomes After Heart Failure Hospitalizations. JACC Heart Fail. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32800510.
Invited Articles
- Walther CP, Triozzi JL, Deswal A. Iron deficiency and iron therapy in heart failure and chronic kidney disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 29(5):508-514, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32701598.
- Nair A, Deswal A. Aldosterone Receptor Blockade in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. Heart Fail Clin 14(4):525-535, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30266361.
- Greet B, Schurmann P, Deswal A. In AF and HF, catheter ablation vs medical therapy reduced mortality and hospitalization for worsening HF. Ann Intern Med 168(10):JC55, 2018. PMID: 29800431.
- Shah T, Kampangkaew J, Przybylowicz R, Deswal A. Ularitide in Acute Heart Failure. Curr Emerg Hosp Med Rep 6(17), 2018.
- Mandviwala T, Khalid U, Deswal A. Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: a Risk Factor or a Risk Marker?. Curr Atheroscler Rep 18(5):21, 2016. PMID: 26973130.
- Deswal A, Bozkurt B. Treatment of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. Curr Treat Optins Cardiovasc Med 10:516-28, 2008.
- Koutroumpakis E, Palaskas NL, Lin SH, Abe JI, Liao Z, Banchs J, Deswal A, Yusuf SW. Modern Radiotherapy and Risk of Cardiotoxicity. Chemotherapy 13:1-12. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33049738.
Other Articles
- Arnett DK, Blumenthal RS, Albert MA, Michos ED, Buroker AB, Miedema MD, Goldberger ZD, Muñoz D, Hahn EJ, Smith SC Jr, Himmelfarb CD, Virani SS, Khera A, Williams KA Sr, Lloyd-Jones D, Yeboah J, McEvoy JW, Ziaeian B; ACC/AHA Task Force Members, O'Gara PT, Beckman JA, Levine GN, Chair IP, Al-Khatib SM, Hlatky MA, Birtcher KK, Ikonomidis J, Cigarroa JE, Joglar JA, Deswal A, Mauri L, Fleisher LA, Piano MR, Gentile F, Riegel B, Goldberger ZD, Wijeysundera DN 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol pii: S0735-1097(19)33877-X. doi: 10.1016/ j.jacc. 2019. 03.010, 2019.
- Deswal A 2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2019 Jan 21. pii: S0735-1097(19)30209-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.01.011, 2019.
- Butler J, Anstrom KJ, Felker GM, et al. Efficacy and Safety of spironolactone in acute heart failure: The ATHENA-HF Randomzied Clinical Trial. JAMA Cardiol 2:950-958, 2017.
- Margulies KB, Hernandez AF, Redfield MM, Givertz MM, Oliveira GH, Cole R, Mann DL, Whellan DJ, Kiernan MS, Felker GM, McNulty SE, Anstrom KJ, Shah MR, Braunwald E, Cappola TP NHLBI Heart Failure Clinical Research Network. JAMA. Effects of Liraglutide on Clinical Stability among Patients with Advanced Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 316:500-508, 2016.
- Khalid MU, Pokharel Y, Deswal A The obesity Paradox in heart Failure: Why does it matter clinically?. Expert Analysis on the ACC Cardiosource online, 2015.
- Khalid U, Awar O, Verstovsek G, Cheong B, Yellapragada SV, Jneid H, Deswal A, Virani SS Case report: isolated cardiac amyloidosis: an enigma unravelled. Methodist DeBakey Cardiovasc J 11(1):53-8, 2015. PMID: 25793032.
Editorials
- Palaskas NL, Deswal A. In heart failure, adding empagliflozin to medical therapy reduced a composite of CV death or HF hospitalization. Ann Intern Med 173(10):JC51, 2020. PMID: 33197352.
- Navaneethan SD, Yan J, Deswal A. Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension in CKD. Am J Kidney Dis 75(5):690-692, 2020. PMID: 32008859.
- Khalid U, Jneid H, Deswal A. Higher risk, high yield: renin-angiotensin system blockade after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed) 73(2):104-106, 2020. PMID: 31575483.
- Deswal A. Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction and Renal Dysfunction: Beta-Blockers Do Not Disappoint. J Am Coll Cardiol 74(23):2905-2907, 2019. PMID: 31806134.
Book Chapters
- Fedson S, Misra A, Deswal A. Treatment of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. In: Heart Failure-a companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease. 4. Saunders Elsevier: Philadelphia, 2019.
- Cunningham L, Kayani W, Deswal A. Neurohormonal Blockade. In: The Encyclopedia of Cardiovascular Research and Medicine. Elsevier: Oxford, 459-476, 2018.
- Kayani W, Deswal A. Neurohormonal Blockade. In: Color Atlas and Synopsis of Heart Failure. 1. McGraw Hill, 2018.
- Khalid U, Deswal A. Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. In: Cardiology Secrets. 5. Elsevier, Inc: Philadelphia, 2017.
- Levine G, Deswal A, Blaustein A. Normal Valvular Anatomy and Function. In: Illustrated Guide to Cardiovascular Disease. Jaypee Medical Science Publishers: New Delhi, 2016.
- Deswal A. Treatment of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. In: Heart Failure-a companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease. 3. Saunders Elsevier: Philadelphia, 2016.
- Editors- Question Writing Committee: Sean Pinney, Monica M. Colvin, Anita Deswal, Savitri Fedson, Michael Givertz, Lee Goldberg, Eldrin Lewis, Gurusher Panjrath, Flora Sam, Marc Semigran, Tina Shah, Frank Smart, MD, Nir Uriel. Online Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology Self-Assessment Questions and Board Prep Program. In: American College of Cardiology, 2016.
- Levine G, Deswal A, Blaustein A. Normal Valvular Anatomy and Function. In: Color Atlas of Cardiovascular Disease. Jaypee Medical Science Publishers: New Delhi, 2015.
- Mohammed S, Nair A, Aggarwal N, Deswal A.. Sex Differences in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. In: in Sex-Differences in Pathophysiology, Presentation, Diagnosis and Management of Cardiac Disease. Elsevier.
Grant & Contract Support
Title: | Influenza Vaccine to Effectively Stop Cardio-Thoracic Events and Decompensated Heart Failure (Invested) |
Funding Source: | NIH/NHLBI |
Role: | Site PI |
Title: | Biomarker Guided Therapies in Stage A/B Heart Failure |
Funding Source: | Veterans Administration |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
Title: | Heart Failure Clinical Research Network (3/2009-12/2012) |
Funding Source: | NIH/NHLBI |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Advanced Clinical Research Career Development Award: Evaluation of Outcomes and New Therapeutic Strategies for Diastolic Heart Failure (1/2004-12/2006) |
Funding Source: | Veterans Administration |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Impact of Diastolic Heart Failure on Health Care Utilization and Outcomes (2003-2005) |
Funding Source: | Veterans Administration |
Role: | Principal Investigator |