Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Cardiology
Dr. Akshay S. Desai, MD
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Dr. Akshay S. Desai practices Cardiology. He went to medical school at Harvard Medical School. Harvard Medical School is one of the top medical schools in the US. Harvard Medical School is ranked 1 in research and 12 in primary care medicine He received 2 awards: "Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FACC)". Akshay Desai is also published. He has 58 publications published. The lastest publication: "Impact of Spironolactone on Longitudinal Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life in the Treatment of Preserved Cardiac Function Heart Failure With an Aldosterone Ant...' Akshay Desai is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- Influence of Ejection Fraction on Outcomes and Efficacy of Sacubitril/Valsartan (LCZ696) in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: The Prospective Comparison of...
- Variable Contribution of Heart Failure to Quality of Life in Ambulatory Heart Failure With Reduced, Better, or Preserved Ejection Fraction.
- Influence of ejection fraction on outcomes and efficacy of spironolactone in patients with Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
- Influenza Vaccination in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: The PARADIGM-HF Trial.
- Interventions Linked to Decreased Heart Failure Hospitalizations During Ambulatory Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitoring.
- Strategies for glucose control in a study population with diabetes, renal Disease and anemia (Treat study).
- Implantable Hemodynamic Monitoring in Ambulatory Heart Failure: Who, When, Why, How?
- Comparing LCZ696 With Enalapril According to Baseline Risk Using the MAGGIC and EMPHASIS-HF Risk Scores: An Analysis of Mortality and Morbidity in PARADIGM-HF.
- The Aliskiren Trial to Minimize OutcomeS in Patients with Heart failure trial (ATMOSPHERE): revised statistical analysis plan and baseline characteristics.
- Efficacy and safety of LCZ696 (sacubitril-valsartan) according to age: insights from PARADIGM-HF.
- Angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibition compared with enalapril on the risk of clinical progression in surviving patients with Heart failure.
- Influence of hospitalization for cardiovascular versus noncardiovascular reasons on subsequent mortality in patients with Chronic heart failure across the spectrum of ...
- Regional Variation in Patients and Outcomes in the Treatment of Preserved Cardiac Function Heart Failure With an Aldosterone Antagonist (TOPCAT) Trial.
- Cardiac Structure and Function and Prognosis in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Findings From the Echocardiographic Study of the Treatment of Preserved...
- Reversibility of left ventricular mechanical dysfunction in patients with hypertensive heart Disease.
- Angiotensin-neprilysin inhibition versus enalapril in Heart failure.
- Influence of Prior Heart Failure Hospitalization on Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Reduced and Preserved Ejection Fraction.
- Incidence, Predictors and Outcomes Related to Hypo and Hyperkalemia in Severe Heart Failure Patients Treated with a Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist.
- The Role of Coronary Artery Disease in Heart Failure.
- Spironolactone for Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
- Age and the effectiveness of anti-Hypertensive therapy on improvement in diastolic function.
- Race Influences the Safety and Efficacy of Spironolactone in Severe Heart Failure.
- Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: time for a new approach?
- Hemoglobin concentration in Acute decompensated heart failure: a marker of volume status?
- Risk Stratification of Resistant Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease.
- There must be a better way: piloting alternate routes around Heart failure hospitalizations.
- Are Serial BNP Measurements Useful in Heart Failure Management?: Serial Natriuretic Peptide Measurements Are Not Useful in Heart Failure Management: The Art of Medicin...
- Ultrafiltration in end-stage Heart failure: too little, too late?
- Adaptive servoventilation for treatment of sleep-disordered breathing in Heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Utility of lung ultrasound in predicting Pulmonary and cardiac pressures.
- Rationale and design of the Treatment of Preserved Cardiac Function Heart Failure with an Aldosterone Antagonist Trial: A randomized, controlled study of spironolacton...
- Predictors of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney Disease, and anemia: An analysis of the Trial to Reduc...
- Early vitamin C and E supplementation and cardiac allograft vasculopathy: 10-Year follow-up from a randomized, controlled study.
- Left ventricular systolic and diastolic function, remodelling, and clinical outcomes among patients with diabetes following Myocardial infarction and the influence of ...
- The relationship between renal impairment and left ventricular structure, function, and ventricular-arterial interaction in Hypertension.
- Association Between Cardiac Biomarkers and the Development of ESRD in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Anemia, and CKD.
- Heart failure with recovered ejection fraction: a distinct clinical entity.
- Impaired skeletal muscle glucose uptake by [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography in patients with peripheral artery Disease and intermittent claudication.
- Telemonitoring with case management for seniors with Heart failure.
- Connecting the circle from home to heart-failure Disease management.
- Interactive medical case. The beat goes on.
- The effect of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors on mortality and Heart failure hospitalization in patients with Heart failure and preserved ejection fraction: a syst...
- Patient expectations from implantable defibrillators to prevent death in Heart failure.
- Clinical predictors of hepatic fibrosis in Chronic advanced heart failure.
- Clinical problem-solving. A crisis in late pregnancy.
- Hyperkalemia in patients with Heart failure: incidence, prevalence, and management.
- Interactive medical case. A crisis in late pregnancy.
- Central Aortic stiffness is increased in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction.
- Therapeutic approaches to diastolic dysfunction.
- Images in clinical medicine. Spontaneous thrombolysis of an obstructed mechanical Aortic valve.
- The association between high-dose diuretics and clinical stability in ambulatory Chronic heart failure patients.
- Selecting patients for discussion of the ICD as primary prevention for sudden death in Heart failure.
- Implantable defibrillators for the prevention of mortality in patients with nonischemic Cardiomyopathy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Isolated right ventricular infarction resulting from occlusion of a nondominant right Coronary artery.
- Risk Stratification in Patients with Unstable Angina and Non-ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction.
- Economic consequences of routine coronary angiography in low- and intermediate-risk patients with unstable Angina pectoris.
- Impact of Spironolactone on Longitudinal Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life in the Treatment of Preserved Cardiac Function Heart Failure With an Aldosterone Ant...
Schools
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women39s Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Ablation for Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardiac Imaging
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Conditions Treated
- Acute Venous Embolism Thrombosis
- Angina and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Valve Disease
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACC)
Education
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Brigham and Women's Hospital -
Harvard Medical School
Hospital
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1063478311 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | DESAI | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | AKSHAY | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 02115 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MA | |
| Specialty Description | Cardiology | |
| Total Claim Count | 717.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1063478311 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | DESAI |
| First Name Of The Provider | AKSHAY |
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