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AJITH NAIR

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionBaylor College of Medicine
DepartmentDepartment of Medicine
Address7200 CAMBRIDGE
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    1. Walther CP, Nair AP. Management of Dialysis for Patients Receiving Mechanical Circulatory Support. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2026 Mar 01; 37(3):596-606. PMID: 41563801; PMCID: PMC12935348.
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    2. Nassif ME, Garcia-Pavia P, Masri A, Merkely B, Peña-Peña ML, Barriales-Villa R, Bilen O, Burroughs M, Claggett BL, Costabel JP, de Barros Correia E, Dybro AM, Elliott P, Lakdawala NK, Lewis GD, Mann A, Maron MS, Miao ZM, Nair A, Poulsen SH, Reant P, Schulze PC, Solomon SD, Wang A, Sohn R, Berhane I, Heitner SB, Jacoby DL, Kupfer S, Malik FI, Wohltman A, Fifer MA, Spertus JA, MAPLE-HCM Investigators, Garcia-Pavia P, Pe?a-Pe?a ML, Barriales-Villa R, de Barros Correia E, Reant P. Effect of Aficamten vs Metoprolol on Patient-Reported Health Status in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2026 Mar 03; 87(8):1046-1058. PMID: 41493295.
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    3. Wang A, Garcia-Pavia P, Masri A, Merkely B, Nassif ME, Peña-Peña ML, Barriales-Villa R, Bilen O, Burroughs M, Claggett BL, Costabel JP, de Barros Correia E, Dybro A, Elliott P, Hegde SM, Kulac IJ, Lakdawala NK, Lewis GD, Mann A, Nair A, Poulsen SH, Reant P, Schulze PC, Solomon SD, Sohn R, Berhane I, Heitner SB, Jacoby DL, Kupfer S, Malik FI, Wohltman A, Fifer MA, Maron MS, MAPLE-HCM Investigators, Pe?a-Pe?a ML, Barriales-Villa R, de Barros Correia E. Aficamten in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Multidomain, Patient-Level Analysis of the MAPLE-HCM Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2026 Mar 03; 87(8):1029-1042. PMID: 41348072.
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    4. Nair A. Navigating the Global Burden of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. JACC Heart Fail. 2025 Oct; 13(10):102545. PMID: 41062243.
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    5. Walther CP, Lamba HK, Nair AP, Civitello AB, Mondal NK, Liao KK, Navaneethan SD. Kidney Function Trajectories With Mechanical Circulatory Support. Kidney Int Rep. 2025 Oct; 10(10):3549-3563. PMID: 41141536; PMCID: PMC12546638.
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    6. Byrne RD, Nair AP, Dolgner SJ, Choudhry S, Hickey EJ, Wood AC, Fedson S, Bozkurt B, Broda CR. Construct and Predictive Validity of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire in Adult Congenital Heart Disease. JACC Adv. 2025 Aug; 4(8):102020. PMID: 40712272; PMCID: PMC12311496.
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    7. Fioretti F, Nair AP, Anker SD, Borlaug BA, Kereiakes DJ, Lindenfeld J, Stone GW, Butler J. Therapeutic left-to-right shunting in heart failure. Eur Heart J. 2025 May 14; 46(19):1787-1802. PMID: 39943738.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Katbamna B, Wu L, Rodriguez M, King P, Schilling J, Mahar J, Nair AP, Jneid H, Klings ES, Weinhouse GL, Mazimba S, Simon MA, Strauss M, Krittanawong C. The uses of right heart catheterization in cardio-pulmonary disease: State-of-the-art. Am Heart J Plus. 2025 Jan; 49:100488. PMID: 39760109; PMCID: PMC11699050.
      Citations: 3     
    9. Kherallah RY, Lamba HK, Civitello AB, Nair AP, Simpson L, Shafii AE, Loor G, George JK, Delgado RM, Liao KK, Stainback RF, Frazier OH, Koneru S. Effect of Preoperative Mitral Regurgitation on LVAD Outcomes in Patients with Elevated Pulmonary Vascular Resistance. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2025 Oct; 39(5):1085-1095. PMID: 39162770.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Lamba HK, Kim M, Li M, Civitello AB, Nair AP, Simpson L, Herlihy JP, Frazier OH, Rogers JG, Loor G, Liao KK, Shafii AE, Chatterjee S. Predictors and Impact of Prolonged Vasoplegia After Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. JACC Adv. 2024 May; 3(5):100916. PMID: 38939630; PMCID: PMC11198707.
      Citations: 2     
    11. Lamba HK, Kherallah R, Nair AP, Shafii AE, Loor G, Kassi M, Chatterjee S, Rogers JG, Civitello AB, Liao KK. Sex Disparities in Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: Delayed Presentation and Worse Right Heart Failure. ASAIO J. 2024 06 01; 70(6):469-476. PMID: 38181411.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Lamba HK, Hart LD, Zhang Q, Loera JM, Civitello AB, Nair AP, Senussi MH, Loor G, Liao KK, Shafii AE, Chatterjee S. Clinical Predictors and Outcomes After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation and Tracheostomy. Tex Heart Inst J. 2023 08 22; 50(4). PMID: 37624675; PMCID: PMC10660898.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Olson M, Thompson Z, Xie L, Nair A. Broadening Heart Failure Care Beyond Cardiology: Challenges and Successes Within the Landscape of Multidisciplinary Heart Failure Care. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2023 08; 25(8):851-861. PMID: 37436647.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Hoeper MM, Badesch DB, Ghofrani HA, Gibbs JSR, Gomberg-Maitland M, McLaughlin VV, Preston IR, Souza R, Waxman AB, Grünig E, Kopec G, Meyer G, Olsson KM, Rosenkranz S, Xu Y, Miller B, Fowler M, Butler J, Koglin J, de Oliveira Pena J, Humbert M, STELLAR Trial Investigators, Gr?nig E. Phase 3 Trial of Sotatercept for Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. N Engl J Med. 2023 04 20; 388(16):1478-1490. PMID: 36877098.
      Citations: 259     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    15. Nair A, Xie L, Silva Enciso JE. Myosin Inhibitors: The Next Generation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 01 03; 81(1):46-48. PMID: 36599609.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Contrera KJ, Tam S, Pytynia K, Diaz EM, Hessel AC, Goepfert RP, Lango M, Su SY, Myers JN, Weber RS, Eguia A, Pisters PWT, Adair DK, Nair AS, Rosenthal DI, Mayo L, Chronowski GM, Zafereo ME, Shah SJ. Impact of Cancer Care Regionalization on Patient Volume. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Apr; 30(4):2331-2338. PMID: 36581726.
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    17. Broda CR, Frankel WC, Nair AP, Dreyer WJ, Tunuguntla HP, Frazier OH, Dolgner SJ, Qureshi AM, Parekh DR, Hickey EJ, Adachi I, Civitello AB, Anders MM, Tume SC. Continuous-Flow Ventricular Assist Device Support in Adult Congenital Heart Disease: A 15-Year, Multicenter Experience of Temporary and Durable Support. ASAIO J. 2023 05 01; 69(5):429-437. PMID: 36730653.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Inchaustegui CA, Patel A, Lamba HK, Brown A, Arunthamakun J, Ting K, Chatterjee S, Nair AP, George JK, Shafii AE, Liao KK, Civitello AB. Impact of time off anticoagulation in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices. J Artif Organs. 2023 Dec; 26(4):275-286. PMID: 36208373.
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    19. Bozkurt B, Nair AP, Misra A, Scott CZ, Mahar JH, Fedson S. Neprilysin Inhibitors in Heart?Failure: The Science, Mechanism of Action, Clinical Studies, and Unanswered Questions. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2023 Jan; 8(1):88-105. PMID: 36777165; PMCID: PMC9911324.
      Citations: 7     
    20. Nair A, Deswal A. COVID-19-Associated Fulminant?Myocarditis: Pathophysiology-Related Phenotypic Variance. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 07 26; 80(4):313-315. PMID: 35863847; PMCID: PMC9535030.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    21. Al Rifai M, Newby LK, Nair AP, Misra A, Rogers JG, Fedson S, Virani SS. SGLT-2 Inhibitors for Patients with Heart Failure: What Have We Learned Recently? Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2022 08; 24(8):627-634. PMID: 35653033.
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    22. Manian N, Thakker J, Nair A. The Use of Mechanical Circulatory Assist Devices for ACS Patients with Cardiogenic Shock and High-Risk PCI. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2022 06; 24(6):699-709. PMID: 35403950.
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    23. Lamba HK, Musfee FI, Chatterjee S, Nair AP, Civitello AB, Simpson L, Frazier OH, Letsou GV. The influence of preoperative dialysis on survival after continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2022 02 21; 34(3):470-477. PMID: 34966937; PMCID: PMC8860431.
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    24. Lamba HK, Kim M, Santiago A, Hudson S, Civitello AB, Nair AP, Loor G, Shafii AE, Liao KK, Chatterjee S. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to durable left ventricular assist device implantation in INTERMACS-1 patients. J Artif Organs. 2022 Mar; 25(1):16-23. PMID: 33982206.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    25. Bailey AL, Dmytrenko O, Greenberg L, Bredemeyer AL, Ma P, Liu J, Penna V, Winkler ES, Sviben S, Brooks E, Nair AP, Heck KA, Rali AS, Simpson L, Saririan M, Hobohm D, Stump WT, Fitzpatrick JA, Xie X, Zhang X, Shi PY, Hinson JT, Gi WT, Schmidt C, Leuschner F, Lin CY, Diamond MS, Greenberg MJ, Lavine KJ. SARS-CoV-2 Infects Human Engineered?Heart Tissues and Models COVID-19 Myocarditis. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2021 Apr; 6(4):331-345. PMID: 33681537; PMCID: PMC7909907.
      Citations: 34     
    26. Kittleson MM, Maurer MS, Ambardekar AV, Bullock-Palmer RP, Chang PP, Eisen HJ, Nair AP, Nativi-Nicolau J, Ruberg FL, American Heart Association Heart Failure and Transplantation Committee of the Council on Clinical Ca. Cardiac Amyloidosis: Evolving Diagnosis and Management: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2020 07 07; 142(1):e7-e22. PMID: 32476490.
      Citations: 325     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    27. Critsinelis AC, Lamba HK, Nguyen MT, Conroy JR, Cheema FH, Civitello AB, Delgado RM, Nair AP, Oberton SB, Rosengart TK, Frazier OH, Morgan JA, Chatterjee S. Accuracy of Postoperative Risk Scores for Survival Prediction in Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support Profile 1 Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients. ASAIO J. 2020 05; 66(5):539-546. PMID: 31335367.
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    28. Parikh VY, Parikh UM, Moctezuma-Ramirez A, Lamba HK, George JK, Fedson S, Nair AP, Frazier OH, Delgado RM. Factor Xa inhibitors in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Nov; 68(11):1278-1284. PMID: 32338333.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    29. Chou BP, Lamba HK, Cheema FH, Civitello AB, Delgado RM, Simpson L, Nair AP, Oberton S, Taimeh ZA, Rosengart TK, Frazier OH, Morgan JA. Outcomes of Repeat Left Ventricular Assist Device Exchange. ASAIO J. 2020 01; 66(1):64-68. PMID: 30507849.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    30. 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. 2019 11; 74(5):650-658. PMID: 31160142.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    31. Cheema FH, Morgan JA, Walther CP, Niu J, Winkelmayer WC, Nair AP, Fedson SE, Deswal A, Navaneethan SD. Implantable Ventricular Assist Device Use and Outcomes in People With End-Stage Renal Disease. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 07 06; 7(14). PMID: 29980520; PMCID: PMC6064848.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    32. Gohar S, Taimeh ZA, Morgan JA, Frazier OH, A Arabia F, Civitello AB, Nair AP. Use of Remote Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitoring (CardioMEMS System) in Total Artificial Heart to Assess Pulmonary Hemodynamics for Heart Transplantation. ASAIO J. 2018 Jul/Aug; 64(4):e75-e77. PMID: 29135479.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    33. Anjum A, Kurihara C, Critsinelis A, Kawabori M, Sugiura T, Civitello AB, Etheridge WB, Delgado RM, Simpson L, George JK, Nair AP, Frazier OH, Morgan JA. Acute kidney injury after implantation of a left ventricular assist device: a comparison of axial-flow (HeartMate II) and centrifugal-flow (HeartWare HVAD) devices. J Artif Organs. 2018 Sep; 21(3):285-292. PMID: 29766321.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    34. Manini AF, Vedanthan R, Vlahov D, Hoffman RS, Nair AP. Validation of the Prognostic Utility of the Electrocardiogram for Acute Drug Overdose. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 02 03; 6(2). PMID: 28159815; PMCID: PMC5523748.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    35. Lorenz JM, Al-Refaie WB, Cash BD, Gaba RC, Gervais DA, Gipson MG, Kolbeck KJ, Kouri BE, Marshalleck FE, Nair AV, Ray CE, Hohenwalter EJ. ACR appropriateness criteria radiologic management of infected fluid collections. J Am Coll Radiol. 2015 Aug; 12(8):791-9. PMID: 26145248.
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    36. Sayer G, Nair AP, Ashley K, Domanski MJ, Henzlova MJ, Anyanwu AC, Pinney SP, Benton CR. Left ventricular assist devices improve functional class without normalizing peak oxygen consumption. ASAIO J. 2015 May-Jun; 61(3):237-43. PMID: 25635934.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    37. Enriquez AD, Calenda B, Gandhi PU, Nair AP, Anyanwu AC, Pinney SP. Clinical impact of atrial fibrillation in patients with the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Nov 04; 64(18):1883-90. PMID: 25444141.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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