Scholars@Duke
Rajesh Viswanathan Swaminathan

Rajesh Viswanathan Swaminathan

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Cardiology
rajesh@duke.edu
Box 31228 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
Department of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Characterization of peripheral artery disease and associations with traditional risk factors, mobility, and biomarkers in the project baseline health study.

Journal Article Am Heart J · September 2024 BACKGROUND: There is a dearth of research on immunophenotyping in peripheral artery disease (PAD). This study aimed to describe the baseline characteristics, immunophenotypic profile, and quality of life (QoL) of participants with PAD in the Project Baseli ... Full text Link to item Cite

Case Volumes and Outcomes Among Early-Career Interventional Cardiologists in the United States.

Journal Article J Am Coll Cardiol · May 21, 2024 BACKGROUND: Little is known about the procedural characteristics, case volumes, and mortality rates for early- vs non-early-career interventional cardiologists in the United States. OBJECTIVES: This study examined operator-level data for patients who under ... Full text Link to item Cite

Successful Peripheral Vascular Intervention in Patients with High-risk Comorbidities or Lesion Characteristics.

Journal Article Curr Cardiol Rep · March 5, 2021 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Certain comorbidities and lesion characteristics are associated with increased risk for procedural complications, limb events, and cardiovascular events following peripheral vascular intervention (PVI) in patients with peripheral arteria ... Full text Link to item Cite

Robotic-Assisted Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Journal Article Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med · February 24, 2018 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The goal of this review is to describe the benefits and limitations of robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the most important and recent clinical data, and the future applications as robotic technology continues to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Temporal Trends in the Clinical Acuity of Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

Journal Article Am J Med · January 2018 BACKGROUND: Despite advances in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) systems of care over the last decade, studies have shown no improvement in risk-adjusted mortality. It has been hypothesized that the population presenting to the catheteriz ... Full text Link to item Cite