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Santhosh K. G. Koshy, MD, DM, FACC, FSCAI

Title:
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Interventional Cardiology

Contact Information:
Email:  skoshy@uthsc.edu
Office:  (901) 448-5750

Clinical Interests:
Coronary, peripheral and adult congenital cardiac interventions (including transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale); intracardiac echocardiography; valvuloplasty and other percutaneous valve interventions; neurovascular interventions and endovascular aortic aneurysm repair.

Research Interests:
Antithrombotics and platelet inhibitors; atherosclerosis and inflammation, vascular remodeling, quality control and outcome research.

Degree:  University of Kerala-Trivandrum Medical College, Kerala, India
Residency:  University of Kerala-Trivandrum Medical College, Kerala, India; Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
Fellowship, Cardiology:  University of Kerala-Trivandrum Medical College, Kerala, India; University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Fellowship, Interventional Cardiology and Peripheral Interventions:  University of Alabama at Birmingham
Joined UT:  2008

Publications:
  1. Nair M, Koshy SK. Safety and efficacy of ibutilide in cardioversion of atrial flutter and fibrillation. J Am Board Fam Med 2009 (In press)
  2. Ali S, Das P, Aqel RA, Koshy SK. Intracardiac echocardiography: clinical utility and application. Echocardiography 2009 (In press)
  3. Robinson A, Das K, Koshy SK, Das P. Prasugrel: newest antiplatelet agent and its emerging role in management of acute coronary syndrome and percutaneous coronary intervention. Future Cardiol 2009;5:237-246. PMID: 19450050
  4. Koshy SK, Kleiman NS, George LK, Misra V, Hillegass WB, Brott BC. Vascular changes and black hole phenomenon after coronary brachytherapy: a pathologically distinct entity. J Invasive Cardiol 2008;20:560-562. PMID: 18830004
  5. Dokainish H, Gonzalez R, Hartley WB, Caldera A, Koshy S, Sengupta R, Lakkis NM. Usefulness of B-type natriuretic peptide levels to predict left ventricular filling pressures in patients with body mass index >35, 31 to 35, and £30 kg/m2. Am J Cardiol 2007;100:1166-1171. PMID: 17884382
  6. Reddy HK, Koshy SK, Wasson S, Quan EE, Pagni S, Roberts AM, Joshua IG, Tyagi SC. Adaptive-outward and maladaptive-inward arterial remodeling measured by intravascular ultrasound in hyperhomocysteinemia and diabetes. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther 2006;11:65-76. PMID: 16703221
  7. Reddy HK, Koshy SK, Wasson S, Aggarwal KB, Tejwani L, Ovechkin AV, Tyagi S. Echocardiography predicts adverse cardiac remodelling in heart failure. Exp Clin Cardiol 2004;9:112-116.
  8. Reddy HK, Koshy SK, Foerst J, Sturek M. Remodeling of coronary arteries in diabetic patients-an intravascular ultrasound study. Echocardiography 2004;21:139-144. PMID: 14961792
  9. Reddy HK, Wasson S, Koshy SK, Komatireddy R. Structural correlates of electrical remodeling in ventricular hypertrophy. Cardiovasc Res 2003;58:495-497. PMID: 12798420
  10. Koshy SK, Reddy HK, Sturek M, Lababidi Z. Patterns of coronary artery remodeling in different disease states. J Indian Acad Echocardiogr 2003;9:32-36.
  11. Koshy SK, Reddy HK, Shukla HH. Collagen cross-linking: new dimension to cardiac remodeling. Cardiovasc Res 2003;57:594-598. PMID: 12618221
  12. Reddy HK, Koshy SK, Sturek M, Jayam VK, Bedi A, McCullough PA. Rationale and methods for assessment of coronary flow prior to coronary intervention: where are we headed? J Interv Cardiol 2002;15:335-341. PMID: 12238433
  13. Reddy HK, Koshy SK, Shukla H. Triggers and promoters of ischaemic preconditioning. Cardiovasc Res 2002;56:1-3. PMID: 12237159
  14. Reddy HK, Koshy SK. Echocardiographic spectrum of isolated tricuspid valve disease. J Indian Acad Echocardiogr 2002;7:49-51.
Book Chapters:
  1. Koshy SKG. Systemic hypertension in CCU: problem, assessment and management. Intensive Coronary Care--The Trivandrum Protocol. Kerala, India: Trivandrum Medical College Press. 1997.
  2. Koshy SKG. Selection of optimum antihypertensive agent. Cardiovascular Therapeutics. Kerala, India: Trivandrum Medical College Press. 1996.
  3. Koshy SKG. Intravenous Metoprolol After Intravenous Streptokinase in Acute Myocardial Infarction -- Safety, Feasibility and Utility [Thesis]. Kerala, India: University of Kerala, 1994.
Revised: November 13, 2009