Amar Krishnaswamy, MD

Speciality

Interventional Cardiology

About

Amar Krishnaswamy, MD, is Section Head of Invasive & Interventional Cardiology in the Robert and Suzanne Tomisch Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute. He is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiology, and interventional cardiology.

Treatment & Services

• Abnormal Stress Test
• Angioplasty
• Asd Closure
• Atherectomy
• Atherectomy For Peripheral Vascular Disease
• Balloon Mitral Valvotomy
• Cardiovascular Medicine
• Cardiovascular Medicine Department
• Coronary Artery Atherectomy
• Coronary Balloon Angioplasty (PTCA)

Specialty in Diseases & Conditions

• Aortic Stenosis
• Atrial Septal Defects
• Carotid Artery Disease
• Claudication
• Coronary Aneurysm
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Heart Attack
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• Iliac Artery Occlusion (blockage)
• Inoperable Coronary Artery Disease

Education & Professional Highlights

Appointed
2012

Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic
Interventional Cardiology
Cleveland, OH USA
2012

Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic
Cardiovascular Disease
Cleveland, OH USA
2010

Fellowship - Cleveland Clinic
Cardiovascular Disease
Cleveland, OH USA
2007

Residency - Johns Hopkins Hospital
Internal Medicine
Baltimore, MD USA
2006

Medical Education - Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT USA
2003

Undergraduate - Colgate University
Hamilton, NY USA
1998

Professional Highlights

• Program Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
• Associate Program Director, General Cardiology Fellowship

Hospital Affiliations

Cleveland ClinicCleveland, OH

Certifications & Licensure

American Board of Internal Medicine

Certified in Cardiovascular Disease

American Board of Internal Medicine

Certified in Interventional Cardiology

OH State Medical License

Active through 2024

MD State Medical License

Active through 2008

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

• Fellow (FACC)American College of Cardiology

Professional Memberships

• American College of Cardiology - ACC
  Member

Publications

• Impact of a Comprehensive ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Protocol on Key Process Metrics in Black Americans.
  Raunak M Nair, Anirudh Kumar, Chetan P Huded, Kathleen Kravitz, Grant W Reed, Amar Krishnaswamy, Venu Menon, A Michael Lincoff, Samir R Kapadia, Umesh N Khot> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2023 Apr 18
• Impact of home oxygen use on in-hospital outcomes in patients who underwent transcutaneous edge to edge repair.
  Raunak M Nair, Shashank Shekhar, Agam Bansal, James Yun, Rhonda Miyasaka, Serge Harb, Rishi Puri, Amar Krishnaswamy, Samir R Kapadia, Grant W Reed> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2023 Apr 3
• Three-Year Outcomes of Balloon-Expandable Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation According to Annular Size.
  Abdelrahman I Abushouk, Nikolaos Spilias, Toshiaki Isogai, Tikal Kansara, Ankit Agrawal, Essa Hariri, Omar Abdelfattah, Amar Krishnaswamy, Grant W Reed, Rishi Puri, Ja...> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2023 May 1

Research & Publications

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