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श्री चित्रा तिरुनाल आयुर्विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, त्रिवेंद्रम

विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी विभाग, भारत सरकार के अधीन एक राष्ट्रीय महत्व का संस्थान

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum

An Institution of National Importance, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

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ACADEMIC

Dr. V. K. Ajit Kumar

Professor Senior Grade

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Academic Qualification Professional Record Publications

Academic Qualifications

DM; (GBPANT-DELHI); 1988

MD; (PGIMER-PUNJAB); 1985

MBBS; (AFMC-PUNE); 1979

Professional Record

SENIOR PROFESSOR of CARDIOLOGY, SCTIMST.

CONSULTANT & HEAD CATH LAB, FUJAIRAH HOSPITAL, FUJAIRAH, UAE.2011-2012

CONSULTANT & HEAD INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY, AL QASSIMI HOSPITAL, MIN. of HEALTH, UAE 2003-2004

CHIEF of CARDIOLOGY, ZIKDER MEDICAL COLLEGE, DHAKA, BANGLADESH. 1999-2000

CONSULTANT CARDIOLOGIST, CHEST HOSPITAL, KUWAIT. 1997-1998

FELLOW ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, WESTMEAD HOSPITAL, UNIVERSITY of SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. 1994

Area of Interest

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY: REMOTE NAVIGATION

INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

VALVULAR HEART DISEASE

INTRACORONARY IMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY

MRI AND CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS

TRANSAORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT

Current Activities

NATIONAL PRESIDENT SOCIETY FOR CORONARY IMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY

NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT SOCIETY FOR HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPLANT

MEMBER NATIONAL DEVICE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE GOI

GOVERNING BODY MEMBER SREE VENKATESHWARA MEDICAL INSTITUTE, TIRUPATHY

MEMBER TECHNICAL TRANSFER COMMITTEE, SCTIMST.

Fellowships

ELECROPHYSIOLOGY TRAINING: WESTMEAD , SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.

Membership

HEART RHYTHM SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL

ASIA PACIFIC HEART RHYTHM SOCIETY

CARDIOLOGICAL SOCIETY INDIA

INDIAN HEART RHYTHM SOCIETY

On-going Projects

ISCHEMIA TRIAL : FUNDED BY NIH, USA

MY VAL TRIAL: FUNDED BY MERIL INDUSTRIES

MRES TRIAL: FUNDED BY MERRIL INDUSTRIES

DESIALYATION UPTAKE OF LIPOPROTEN FUNDED BY SERB

COMPARISON OF OXIMETRY FOR FLOW ESTIMATION WITH CMRI IN BDG

EVALUATION OF HIS BUNDLE PACING

IVUS BASED EVALUATION OF LMCA AND LAD SIZES

Professional Experience

NATIONAL SCTIMST: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ADDITIONAL PROFESSOR, PROFESSOR AND PRESENTLY SR GRADE PROFESSOR

INTERNATIONAL: 1. CONSULTANT AND HEAD OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY IN AL QUASMI HOSPITAL SHARJAH, UAE 2. CONSULATANT AND HEAD OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY FUJAIRAH HOSPITAL, FUJAIRAH, UAE. 3. CONSULTANT AND HEAD OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY CHEST HOSPITAL, KUWAIT. 4. CONSULTANT AND HEAD OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY SIKDHAR MEDICAL COLLEGE, DHAKA, BANGLA DESH.

OBSERVER ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, JOHNS HOPKINS UNICERISTY, USA

Desertations Supervised

DM DISSERTATIONS MORE THAN 20

Training

DM TRAINING SINCE 1989. FELLOWS TRAINING IN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND INTERVENTIONAL CADIOLOGY

Major Achievements

STARTED INTERVENTIONAL ELECROPHSIOLOGY IN SCTIMST AND KERALA

PIONEER IN RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION IN INDIA

STARTED DEVICE RELATEDS INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY PROGRAM IN SCTIMST

DEVELOPED IMAGING PROGRAM IN SCTIMST

DEVELOPED INTERVENTINAL CARDIOLOGY PROGRAMS IN UAE, BANGLADESH

STARTED POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN INDIA

ORGANISED DEVICE REGULATORY POLICIES IN INDIA

Consultancies

NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMS

Research

CLINICAL TRIALS OF BIOABSORBABLE STENTS

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ISCHEMIA TRIAL

CLINICAL TRIALS OF TRANSAORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT

RESEARCH IN 3D MAPPING, OCT, LEFT BUNDLE PACING, CRT, STENT IMPLANTATION , MRI IN CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS

Organisational Activities

FORMER PRESIDENT CARDIOLOGICAL SOCIETY, KERALA

FORMER PRESIDENT, KERALA HEART RHYTHM SOCIETY, KERALA

FORMER PRESIDENT, INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGICAL COUNCIL KERALA

PRESIDENT, SOCIETY FOR CORONARY IMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY, INDIA

VICE PRESIDENT SOCIETY FOR HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPLANT, INDIA

FORMER MEMBER ACADEMIC COMMITTEE, GOVERNING BODY, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER COMMITTEE, TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH COUNCIL, CHAIR CARDIAC SCIENCES

FORMER MEMBER DEVICE REGULATORY COMMITTEE, GOI.

FORMER MEMBER BOARD OF STUIES KUHAS KERALA

MEMBER MATERIOVIGILANCE PROGRAMME GOI

Books and Journals edited

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE MEMBER INDIAN PACING AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY JOURNAL

Presentations

MULTIPLE

Invited talks

INTERNATIONAL HEART RHYTHM SOCIETY MEETINGS, USA

ASIA PACIFIC HEART RHYTHM SOCIETY

K IMAGING KOREA

VENICE ARRHYTHMAS, ITALY

CARDIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA

No. of Publications

OVER 100

No. of Books Authored/ Edited

CSI PUBICATIONS

CARDIOLOGY TEXT BOOK: EDITOR DR KHALILULLAH

Select Publications

Balloon Pulmonary Valvotomy in patients with Suprasystemic Right Ventricular Pressures. D.Ghosh Roy, K.G.Balakrishnan,, C.G.Venkatachalam, J.Joy, R.Subramaniyan, T.Titus , J.A.Tharakan, Ajit Kumar V.K. Indian Heart Journal 1990:42:264.

Radiofrequncy Catheter Ablation of Supraventricular tachycardia: Review Hugh Calkins, Ajit Kumar VK, Johnson Francis Indian Pacing and Electro-physiology Journal 2002; 2(2): 45

Electrophysiology study and radiofrequency catheter ablation of atriofascicular tracts with decremental properties (Mahaim fibre) at the tricuspid annulus. Bohora S, Dora SK, Namboodiri N, Valaparambil A, Tharakan J. Europace. 2008 Dec;10(12):1428-33.

Early and long-term outcomes of decompensated heart failure patients in a tertiary-care centre in India. Sanjay G, Jeemon P, Krishnasankar R, Kochumoni R, Vineeth P, Mohanan Nair KK, Valaparambil AK, Harikrishnan SESC Heart Fail. 2020;7(2):467???473

Comparison of Morphologic Findings in Patients with Dextrocardia with Situs Solitus vs Situs Inversus: a Retrospective Study. Tripathi S, Ajit Kumar VK. Pediatr Cardiol. 2019 Feb;40(2):302-309. doi: 10.1007/s00246-018-2007-4. Epub 2018 Oct 17. PMID: 30334087

Three-year clinical and two-year multimodality imaging outcomes of a thin-strut sirolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold: MeRes-1 trial. Seth A, Onuma Y, Chandra P, Bahl VK, Manjunath CN, Mahajan AU, Kumar V, Goel PK, Wander GS, Kaul U, Ajit Kumar VK, Abizaid A, Serruys PW. EuroIntervention. 2019 Sep 20;15(7):607-614. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00324

First-in-Human Evaluation of Balloon Expandable Transcatheter Heart Valve in the Treatment of Severe Symptomatic Native Aortic Stenosis: The MyVal-1 Study. Sharma SK, Rao RS, Chandra P, Goel PK, Bharadwaj P, Joseph G, Mahajan AU, Mehrotra S, Sengottovelu G, Ajit Kumar VK, Manjunath CN, Abhaichand RK, Seth A; Collaborators. EuroIntervention. 2019 Oct 1:EIJ-D-19-00413. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-19-00413

Reviewer

INDIAN HEART JOURNAL

INDIAN JOURNAL OF PACING AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

JOURNAL OF ELECROCARDIOLOGY

Technology Transferred

PART OF TEAM THAT TRANSFERRED LVAD

Publications

Article

Namboodiri, Narayanan; Bohora, Shomu; Ajitkumar, Valaparambil K; Tharakan, Jaganmohan A, Narrow complex tachycardia with ventriculoatrial dissociation-what is the mechanism?, Pacing Clin Electrophysiol, 2011, 34; 756-9, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21649669

Kottayil, Brijesh P; Jayakumar, Karunakaran; Dharan, Baiju S; Pillai, Vivek V; Ajitkumar, Valaparambil; Menon, Sabarinath; Sanjay, Ganapathi, Anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery in older children and adults: direct aortic implantation., Ann Thorac Surg, 2011, 91; 549-53, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21256311

Bohora, Shomu; Unnikrishnan, M; Ajit Kumar, V K; Nayyar, Sachin; Tharakan, Jaganmohan, Left hemothorax: a presentation of a late ventricular perforation caused by an active fixation pacing lead., Int J Cardiol, 2010, 141; e43-6, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19157597

Bohora, Shomu; Namboodiri, Narayanan; Dora, Santosh; Ajit Kumar, Vk; Tharakan, Jaganmohan, Mahaim fiber accelerated automaticity and clues to a mahaim fiber being morphologically an ectopic or a split AV node., Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J, 2010, 10; 62-6, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20084198

Nair, Krishnakumar; Sivadasanpillai, Harikrishnan; Sivasubramonium, P; Ramachandran, Padmakumar; Tharakan, Jaganmohan A; Titus, Thomas; Ajit Kumar, V K; Sivasubramonian, Sivasankaran; Krishnamoorthy,, Percutaneous valvuloplasty for mitral valve restenosis: postballoon valvotomy patients fare better than postsurgical closed valvotomy patients., Catheter Cardiovasc Interv, 2010, 76; 174---80, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20232411

Namboodiri, Narayanan; Shajeem, Othayoth; Tharakan, Jaganmohan; Sankarkumar, R; Titus, Thomas; Ajitkumar, Valaparambil; Sivasankaran, Sivasubramonian; Krishnamoorthy, Kavassery Mahadevan; Harikrishnan, Hemodynamic performance evaluation of TTK Chitra heart valve prosthesis in the aortic position using Doppler echocardiography., Int J Cardiol, 2010, 141; 102-5, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19110325

Bijulal, Sasidharan; Harikrishnan, Sivadasanpillai; Namboodiri, Narayanan; Ajitkumar, Valaparambil K; Gupta, Deepak; Mathuranath, P S, Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in a patient with myasthenia gravis crisis: a rare clinical association., BMJ Case Rep, 2009, 2009, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21686907

Bohora, Shomu; Namboodiri, Narayanan; Tharakan, Jaganmohan; Vk, Ajit Kumara; Nayyar, Sachin, Dilated cardiomyopathy with short QT interval: is it a new clinical entity?, Pacing Clin Electrophysiol, 2009, 32; 688-90, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19422597

Bijulal, S; Namboodiri, Narayanan; Nair, Krishnakumar; Ajitkumar, V K, Native vessel angioplasty as treatment strategy for left internal mammary artery to pulmonary vasculature fistula producing coronary steal phenomenon., Int J Cardiol, 2009, 133; e25-7, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18155784

Bijulal, Sasidharan; Sivasankaran, Sivasubramanian; Ajitkumar, V K, An unusual thrombotic complication during percutaneous closure of atrial septal defect., J Invasive Cardiol, 2009, 21; 83-5, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19182297

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Bijulal, Sasidharan; Harikrishnan, Sivadasanpillai; Ajitkumar, Valaparambil K, Nonsurgical closure of recurrent rupture of sinus of valsalva aneurysm in the presence of aortic prosthesis., J Invasive Cardiol, 2009, 21; E42-3, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19258649

Namboodiri, Narayanan; Remash, Krishnan; Tharakan, Jaganmohan A; Shajeem, Othayoth; Nair, Krishnakumar; Titus, Thomas; Ajitkumar, Valaparambil K; Sivasankaran, Sivasubramonian; Krishnamoorthy, Kavasse, Natural history of aortic valve disease following intervention for rheumatic mitral valve disease., J Heart Valve Dis, 2009, 18; 61-7, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19301554

Namboodiri, Narayanan; Ajitkumar, Valaparambil; Tharakan, Jaganmohan, A rare type of dual left anterior descending artery distribution demonstrated by multislice cardiac computerized tomography in a patient with anterior wall infarction., J Invasive Cardiol, 2008, 20; 367-9, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18599898

Namboodiri, Narayanan; Harikrishnan, Sivadasan Pillai; Ajitkumar, Valaparambil; Tharakan, Jaganmohan Achuthan, Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy in a case of mirror-image dextrocardia and rheumatic mitral stenosis., J Invasive Cardiol, 2008, 20; E33-5, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18174629

Dora, Santosh Kumar; Valaparambil, Ajithkumar; Namboodiri, Narayanan; Bohora, Shomu Rajendrasingh; Tharakan, Jaganmohan, Bundle branch reentry ventricular tachycardia in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia., J Interv Card Electrophysiol, 2008, 21; 215-8, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18246417

Bohora, Shomu; Dora, Santosh Kumar; Namboodiri, Narayanan; Valaparambil, Ajitkumar; Tharakan, Jaganmohan, Electrophysiology study and radiofrequency catheter ablation of atriofascicular tracts with decremental properties (Mahaim fibre) at the tricuspid annulus., Europace, 2008, 10; 1428-33, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18936042

Namboodiri, Narayanan; Shajeem, Othayoth; Tharakan, Jaganmohan A; Sankarkumar, R; Titus, Thomas; Valaparambil, Ajitkumar; Sivasankaran, Sivasubramonian; Krishnamoorthy, Kavassery Mahadevan; Harikrishn, Doppler echocardiographic assessment of TTK Chitra prosthetic heart valve in the mitral position., Eur J Echocardiogr, 2008, 9; 599-604, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18296411

Dora, S K; Namboodiri, N; Valaparambil, A K; Tharakan, J A, Induction of atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia with intravenous adenosine., Singapore Med J, 2007, 48; e130-2, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17453083

Harikrishnan, S; Tharakan, Jaganmohan; Titus, Thomas; Kumar, Ajit; Sivasankaran, S; Krishnamoorthy, K M, Ventricular septal rupture following myocardial infarction: clinical, haemodynamic, angiographic profile and long-term outcome., Int J Cardiol, 2007, 120; 279---80, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17069903

Harikrishnan, S; Ajithkumar, V K; Tharakan, J M, Spontaneous coronary artery dissection of all major coronary arteries., Can J Cardiol, 2007, 23; 313---4, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17380226

Harikrishnan, S; Nair, Krishnakumar; Tharakan, J M; Titus, T; Kumar, V K Ajith; Sivasankaran, S, Percutaneous transmitral commissurotomy in juvenile mitral stenosis-comparison of long term results of Inoue balloon technique and metallic commissurotomy., Catheter Cardiovasc Interv, 2006, 67; 453-9, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16489558

Dora, Santosh Kumar; Tharakan, Jaganmohan A; Valaparambil, Ajithkumar; Namboodiri, Narayanan; Nair, Krishnakumar; Peter, Thomas, Spontaneous automaticity of an atriofascicular accessory pathway., Europace, 2006, 8; 140-3, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16627427

Krishnamoorthy, K Mahadevan; Tharakan, Jaganmohan A; Titus, Thomas; Ajithkumar, V Kumaran; Sivasankaran, S; Harikrishnan, Sadasivan Pillai; Dora, Santosh; Nair, Krishnakumar; Namboodiri, Narayanan, Is transthoracic echocardiography sufficient to identify left atrial thrombus?, Am J Cardiol, 2006, 98; 1120, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17027585

Harikrishnan, S; Bhat, Anil; Tharakan, Jaganmohan; Titus, Thomas; Kumar, Ajith; Sivasankaran, S; Krishnamoorthy, K M, Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy using metallic commissurotome: long-term follow-up results., J Invasive Cardiol, 2006, 18; 54-8, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16446516

Harikrishnan, S; Rajeev, E; Tharakan, Jaganmohan A; Thomas, Titus; Ajith, Kumar; Sivasankaran, S; Krishnamoorthy, K M; Santhosh, Dora; Krishnakumar, Nair; Namboodiri, K K N, Acute phase reactants predict mitral regurgitation following mitral valvuloplasty., Int J Cardiol, 2006, 112; 127---9, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16356562

Sivadasanpillai, Harikrishnan; Srinivasan, Anand; Sivasubramoniam, Sivasankaran; Mahadevan, Krishnamoorthy Kavassery; Kumar, Ajith; Titus, Thomas; Tharakan, Jaganmohan, Long-term outcome of patients undergoing balloon mitral valvotomy in pregnancy., Am J Cardiol, 2005, 95; 1504---6, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15950584

Sivadasan Pillai, Harikrishnan; Tharakan, Jaganmohan; Titus, Thomas; Kumar, Ajith; Sivasubramonian, Sivasankaran; Krishnamoorthy, Kavassery Mahadevan; Dora, Santhosh; Nair, Krishnakumar; Namboodiri, N, Ventricular septal rupture following myocardial infarction. Long-term survival of patients who did not undergo surgery. Single-centre experience., Acta Cardiol, 2005, 60; 403-7, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16128373

Dora, Santosh Kumar; Tharakan, Jagan Mohan; Kumar, Ajith, Right ventricular pacing via left superior vena cava., Indian Heart J, 2004, 56; 150-1, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15377139

Dora, Santosh Kumar; Kumar, V K Ajith; Bhat, Anil; Tharakan, Jaganmohan A, Venogram-guided extrathoracic subclavian vein puncture., Indian Heart J, 2003, 55; 637-40, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14989516

Krishnamoorthy, K Mahadevan; Tharakan, Jaganmohan A; Titus, Thomas; Ajithkumar, V Kumaran; Bhat, Anil; Harikrishnan, Sivadasan Pillai; Padmakumar, Ramachandran, Usefulness of transthoracic echocardiography for identification of left atrial thrombus before balloon mitral valvuloplasty., Am J Cardiol, 2003, 92; 1132---4, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14583375

Harikrishnan, S; Manohar, S R Krishna; Nair, Krishna Kumar; Tharakan, Jaganmohan; Titus, Thomas; Kumar, V K Ajith; Bhat, Anil; Sivasankaran, S; Bimal, Francis; Krishna Moorthy, K M; Kumar, R Padma, Supravalvar aortic stenosis: clinical and hemodynamic profile, and surgical outcome., Indian Heart J, 2003, 55; 49-54, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12760588

Kannan, Bhava R J; Sivasankaran, S; Tharakan, Jaganmohan A; Titus, Thomas; Ajith Kumar, V K; Francis, Bimal; Krishnamoorthy, K M; Harikrishnan, S; Padmakumar, R; Nair, Krishnakumar, Long-term outcome of patients operated for large ventricular septal defects with increased pulmonary vascular resistance., Indian Heart J, 2003, 55; 161-6, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12921332

Krishnamoorthy, KM; Tharakan, JA; Ajithkumar, AK; Padmakumar, R.; Harikrishnan, S., Balloon sizing of atrial septal defects, Texas Heart Institute Journal, 2002, 29; 73

Calkins, H.; Kumar, V.K.A.; Francis, J., Radiofrequency catheter ablation of supraventricular tachycardia, Indian pacing and electrophysiology journal, 2002, 2; 45

Ajith Kumar, V K; Harikrishnan, S; Tharakan, J M, Post myocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture in a patient with single coronary artery., Int J Cardiol, 2002, 83; 285-7, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12036538

Bhat, Anil; Harikrishnan, S; Tharakan, J M; Titus, T; Kumar, V K Ajit; Sivasankaran, S; Bimal, Francis; Krishnamoorthy, K M, Comparison of percutaneous transmitral commissurotomy with Inoue balloon technique and metallic commissurotomy: immediate and short-term follow-up results of a randomized study., Am Heart J, 2002, 144; 1074-80, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12486433

Harikrishnan, S; Jacob, Sonney P; Tharakan, Jaganmohan; Titus, Thomas; Kumar, V K Ajith; Bhat, Anil; Sivasankaran, S; Bimal, Francis; Moorthy, K M Krishna; Kumar, R Padma, Congenital coronary anomalies of origin and distribution in adults: a coronary arteriographic study., Indian Heart J, 2002, 54; 271-5, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12216922

Sivasankaran, S; Kannan, Bhava R J; Kumar, Ajith; Tharakan, Jaganmohan A, Coexistence of congenital subaortic and sinus of valsalva aneurysms., Indian Heart J, 2002, 54; 432-4, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12462676

Sunder, K R; Balakrishnan, K G; Tharakan, J A; Titus, T; Pillai, V R; Francis, B; Kumar, A; Bhat, A; Shankaran, S, Coronary artery fistula in children and adults: a review of 25 cases with long-term observations., Int J Cardiol, 1997, 58; 47-53, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9021427