Annapoorna Kini

Annapoorna Kini, M.D., is an American cardiologist and an Associate Professor of Cardiology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.

She is co-author (with Dr. Samin K. Sharma) of "Coronary artherectomy: Contemporary concepts in cardiology" and (with Dr. Valentin Fuster) of "Definitions of acute coronary syndromes" in "Hurst's The Heart (11th Edition)". [http://www.amazon.com/Hursts-Heart-11-Vol/dp/0071432256/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222448969&sr=8-2]

She performs more coronary interventions annually than any other woman in the U.S. [http://www.mountsinai.org/Find%20A%20Doctor/profile.do?id=0000072500001497199592 Mount Sinai Hospital – Doctor Profile] ]

Biography

Kini was born in India and graduated from the Kasturba Medical College in Mangalore. After further studies in England, she became a member of the Royal College of Physicians of London.

She joined the staff at the Mount Sinai Hospital in 1996, undergoing further studies with Drs. Fuster and Sharma. [ [http://www.vitals.com/doctor/profile/1952343212 MedReviews] ] [ [http://www.mssm.edu/cvi/cmail/pdf/0904.pdf Cmail] ]

Together with Sharma, in 1998 Kini started the Live Symposium of Complex Coronary Cases; she serves as its Co-Director. [ [http://www.cccsymposium.org/ Live Symposium of Complex Coronary Cases] ] Additionally, she is the Associate Director of the Mount Sinai Heart Cath lab and the Director of Mount Sinai's Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program.

She performs over 800 coronary interventions annually with a complication rate of less than 0.5 percent.

Education

Kini graduated from India's Vivekananda College in 1984. She received her MBBS from Kasturba Medical College in 1991, completing residencies at the University of Wales College of Medicine (in 1996) and Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center in the Bronx (in 1999).She completed three fellowships at Mount Sinai Medical Center – in 1997, 2001, and 2002, respectively. [ [http://www.vitals.com/doctor/profile/1952343212 Vitals] ]

Awards and recognition

Dr. Kini is recipient of the Young Investigator Award of American Association of Cardiology of Indian Origin (AAICO) in 1999 [ [http://www.med.nus.edu.sg/research/file/rschrpt2002/NUSMed.pdf National University of Singapore] ] and received First Place in Internal Medicine (Ophthalmology and Anatomy) from Mangalore University in 1989.

Grants and trials

*Multicenter trial of LMWH vs UFH during PCI (SYNERGY) trial- Sponsored by Aventis.
*Fenoldopam in prevention of radiocontrast nephropathy (FORCE) trial- Sponsored by Abbott Inc. (Single Center Trial) [ [http://www.users.interport.net/w/s/wsc1/www.westsubcardiology.com/pages/cath/radiocontrast.html West Suburban Cardiologists] ] [ [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/99019099/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 Wiley InterScience] ]
*Multicenter trial of Jomed covered stent in SVG intervention (BARRICADE) trial- Sponsored by JOMED Inc.
*Multicenter Phase I dose finding study of factor Xa in PCI - Sponsored by Berlex Inc.
*Multicenter NIH sponsored occluded artery theory (OAT) trial- Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.
*Multicenter trial of SVG intervention using TRIACTIV distal protection device (PRIDE Study).
*Multicenter trial of paclitaxel coated stent (TAXUS IV & V) trials- Sponsored by Boston Scientific.
*Assessing the mechanism of peri-procedural CK-MB elevation in relation to microvascular obstruction after otherwise successful PCI using Doppler flow, fractional flow reserve and myocardial contrast echo (PREDICT trial). Sponsored by Eli Lilly (Single Center Trial). [ [http://lib.bioinfo.pl/auth:Kini,AS BioInfoBank Library] ]
*Multicenter trial of SVG intervention using the Proxis embolic protection system (PROXIMAL Study). Sponsored by Velocimed.
*Simultaneous Kissing Stent technique for bifurcation lesions (single-center study) (SKS PRECISE Trial). Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson. [ [http://www.sis.org/docs/2006Yearbook_Ch3.pdf Science Innovation Synergy] ]
*Co-Investigator, Consortium for Translation of Psychosocial Depression Theories to intervention and Dissemination. [ [http://bioinfo.osa.sunysb.edu:8080/fdp/public/researchSearch.jsp?firstname=&keywords=Labour&logic=and Stony Brook Office of Scientific Affairs] ]
*Future revascularization evaluation in patients with diabetes mellitus: Optimal management of multivessel disease (FREEDOM Trial). Sponsored by NHLBI.

Publications

"Partial list:"
*Kini AS, Chen VH, Krishnan P, Lee P, Kim MC, Mares A, Suleman J, Moreno PR, Sharma SK. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18760134?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "Bolus-only versus bolus + infusion of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors during percutaneous coronary intervention."] Am Heart J. 2008

*Kini AS, Kim MC, Moreno PR, Krishnan P, Ivan OC, Sharma SK. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18328843?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "Comparison of coronary flow reserve and fractional flow reserve in patients with versus without diabetes mellitus and having elective percutaneous coronary intervention and abciximab therapy (from the PREDICT Trial)."] Am J Cardiol. 2008

*Kunamneni PB, Rajdev S, Krishnan P, Moreno PR, Kim MC, Sharma SK, Kini AS. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18327835?ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "Outcome of intracoronary stenting after failed maximal medical therapy in patients with symptomatic myocardial bridge."] Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2008

*Stevens GR, Kini AS, Sharma SK. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18316835?ordinalpos=4&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "Intervention of stenosed right coronary artery and anomalous left main coronary artery: single main coronary trunk."] J Invasive Cardiol. 2008

*Rajdev S, Krishnan P, Irani A, Kim MC, Moreno PR, Sharma SK, Kini AS. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18252970?ordinalpos=5&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "Clinical application of prophylactic percutaneous left ventricular assist device (TandemHeart) in high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention using an arterial preclosure technique: single-center experience."] J Invasive Cardiol. 2008

*Rajdev S, Irani A, Sharma S, Kini A. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17986736?ordinalpos=6&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "Clinical utility of TandemHeart for high-risk tandem procedures: percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty followed by complex PCI."] J Invasive Cardiol. 2007

*Sinha AK, Kini AS, Sharma SK. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17762550?ordinalpos=7&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "Percutaneous valve replacement: a paradigm shift."] Curr Opin Cardiol. 2007

*Filsoufi F, Rahmanian PB, Castillo JG, Chikwe J, Kini AS, Adams DH. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17720380?ordinalpos=8&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "Results and predictors of early and late outcome of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severely depressed left ventricular function."] Ann Thorac Surg. 2007

*Anand SX, Kim MC, Kamran M, Sharma SK, Kini AS, Fareed J, Hoppensteadt DA, Carbon F, Cavusoglu E, Varon D, Viles-Gonzalez JF, Badimon JJ, Marmur JD. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17659921?ordinalpos=9&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "Comparison of platelet function and morphology in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention receiving bivalirudin versus unfractionated heparin versus clopidogrel pretreatment and bivalirudin."] Am J Cardiol. 2007

*Sharma SK, Tamburrino F, Mares AM, Kini AS. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16883025?ordinalpos=10&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "Improved outcome with AngioJet thrombectomy during primary stenting in acute myocardial infarction patients with high-grade thrombus."] J Invasive Cardiol. 2006

*Sharma SK, Kini AS. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16781940?ordinalpos=11&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "Coronary bifurcation lesions."] Cardiol Clin. 2006

*Kini AS. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16781935?ordinalpos=12&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "Coronary angiography, lesion classification and severity assessment."] Cardiol Clin. 2006

*Kini AS, Moreno PR, Steinheimer AM, Prattipati M, Suleman J, Kim MC, Sharma SK. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16214450?ordinalpos=13&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "Effectiveness of the stent pull-back technique for nonaorto ostial coronary narrowings."] Am J Cardiol. 2005

*Bagga R, Kini A, Lee P, Agarwal A, Duffy M, Kim M, Sharma S. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16003004?ordinalpos=14&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "Intracoronary brachytherapy for in-stent restenosis using long sources reduces restenosis."] J Invasive Cardiol. 2005

*Sharma SK, Kini A. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15926184?ordinalpos=15&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "Effect of nonionic radiocontrast agents on the occurrence of contrast-induced nephropathy in patients with mild-moderate chronic renal insufficiency: pooled analysis of the randomized trials."] Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2005

References

External links

* [http://www.cccsymposium.org/ The Live Symposium of Complex Coronary Cases homepage]
* [http://www.mountsinai.org Mount Sinai Hospital homepage]
* [http://www.mssm.edu/ Mount Sinai School of Medicine]