Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine
Pediatric Cardiology
Dr. Chitra Ravishankar, MD
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Dr. Chitra Ravishankar is an expert in the field of Pediatric Cardiology. He attended Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He received 2 awards: "Philadelphia Magazine" and "Fellow (FACC)". Chitra Ravishankar, MD is a published doctor. He published 57 publications, including: 'The Association among Feeding Mode, Growth, and Developmental Outcomes in Infants with Complex Congenital Heart Disease at 6 and 12 Months of Age.'
Publications
- The Association among Feeding Mode, Growth, and Developmental Outcomes in Infants with Complex Congenital Heart Disease at 6 and 12 Months of Age.
- Experience with biventricular intervention for neonates with mitral Valve abnormalities in the setting of critical left-side heart obstruction.
- Usefulness of insulinlike growth factor 1 as a marker of Heart failure in children and young adults after the fontan palliation procedure.
- Outcomes of the 10th International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric CardioPulmonary Perfusion.
- Validation of association of the apolipoprotein E ε2 allele with neurodevelopmental dysfunction after cardiac surgery in neonates and infants.
- Longitudinal assessment of growth in hypoplastic left Heart syndrome: results from the single ventricle reconstruction trial.
- A Multifaceted Approach to the Management of Plastic Bronchitis After CavoPulmonary Palliation.
- Successful use of the total artificial Heart in the failing fontan circulation.
- Usefulness of Transthoracic Echocardiography to Accurately Diagnose ReCoarctation of the Aorta After the Norwood Procedure.
- Management of early Fontan Failure: a single-institution experience.
- Hypoplastic left ventricle and scimitar syndrome.
- Chest pain with elevated troponin assay in adolescents.
- Berlin Heart EXCOR Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device for Bridge to Heart Transplantation in US Children.
- Mechanical Support as Failure Intervention in Patients with Cavopulmonary Shunts (MFICS): Rationale and Aims of a New Registry of Mechanical Circulatory Support in Sin...
- Association of impaired linear growth and worse neurodevelopmental outcome in infants with single ventricle physiology: a report from the pediatric Heart network infan...
- Supplemental Tube Feeding Does Not Mitigate Weight Loss in Infants with Shunt-Dependent Single-Ventricle Physiology.
- Nutrition and growth in congenital heart Disease: a challenge in children.
- Resting Energy Expenditure at 3 Months of Age Following Neonatal Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease.
- Coronary Ostioplasty for Congenital Atresia of the Left Main Coronary Artery Ostium.
- 18 Years of the Fontan Operation at a Single Institution: Results From 771 Consecutive Patients.
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for pneumonitis after a Glenn palliation.
- Critical care in cardiovascular medicine.
- A trial of vitamin A therapy to facilitate ductal closure in premature infants.
- Outcomes after the stage I reconstruction comparing the right ventricular to Pulmonary artery conduit with the modified Blalock Taussig shunt.
- Evaluation of tissue saturation as a noninvasive measure of mixed venous saturation in children.
- Mechanical support of the functionally single ventricle.
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after stage I reconstruction for hypoplastic left Heart syndrome.
- Multiple cardiac Arrhythmias in a previously healthy child: a case of accidental digitalis intoxication?
- A contemporary comparison of the effect of shunt type in hypoplastic left Heart syndrome on the hemodynamics and outcome at stage 2 reconstruction.
- Postoperative course in the cardiac intensive care unit following the first stage of Norwood reconstruction.
- Cardiac extracorporeal life support: state of the art in 2007.
- Update on randomized clinical trials impacting clinical care in pediatric cardiac intensive care.
- Determinants of intensive care unit length of stay for infants undergoing cardiac surgery.
- Epidemiologic features of the presentation of critical congenital heart Disease: implications for screening.
- Too fat or too thin? Body habitus assessment in children listed for Heart transplant and impact on outcome.
- Critical heart Disease in the neonate: presentation and outcome at a tertiary care center.
- Risk factors for interstage death after stage 1 reconstruction of hypoplastic left Heart syndrome and variants.
- Comparison of shunt types in the Norwood procedure for single-ventricle lesions.
- Enalapril in infants with single ventricle: results of a multicenter randomized trial.
- A contemporary comparison of the effect of shunt type in hypoplastic left Heart syndrome on the hemodynamics and outcome at Fontan completion.
- Reintervention for arch obstruction after stage 1 reconstruction does not adversely affect survival or outcome at Fontan completion.
- Weight change in infants with a functionally univentricular Heart: from surgical intervention to hospital discharge.
- Brain-type natriuretic peptide correlates with right Heart pressures in a cross section of pediatric Heart transplant patients.
- Early systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt intervention in neonates with congenital heart Disease.
- Poor post-operative growth in infants with two-ventricle physiology.
- Welcome to the Seventh International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric CardioPulmonary Perfusion.
- The failing Fontan: etiology, diagnosis and management.
- Factors affecting growth in infants with single ventricle physiology: a report from the Pediatric Heart Network Infant Single Ventricle Trial.
- Outcomes of the Seventh International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric CardioPulmonary Perfusion and Second Annual Meeting ...
- Rationale and design of a trial of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in infants with single ventricle.
- Current challenges in cardiac intensive care: optimal strategies for mechanical ventilation and timing of extubation.
- Enteral feeding and caloric intake in neonates after cardiac surgery.
- Ventricular assist device-associated anti-human leukocyte antigen antibody sensitization in pediatric patients bridged to Heart transplantation.
- Birth weight and prematurity in infants with single ventricle physiology: pediatric Heart network infant single ventricle trial screened population.
- Effect of reduced oxygen atmosphere and sodium acetate treatment on the microbial quality changes of seer fish (Scomberomorus commerson) steaks stored in ice.
- Effect of freezing time on the quality of Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) during frozen storage.
Schools
Seth GS Medical College Maharashtra University Of Health Sciences
Li Jewish Mc
Mt Sinai Mc
Procedures Preformed
- Cardiac Imaging
- Cardiac Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Cardioversion, Elective
- Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
Conditions Treated
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
- Cardiomyopathy
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Doctors Specialties
- Pediatric Cardiology
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
- Local Value Network EPO
- Local Value Network HMO
- Local Value Network HMO+
- Local Value Network POS+
- Local Value Network PPO
- Personal Choice PPO
- Regional Pref Network EPO
- Regional Pref Network HMO
- Regional Pref Network HMO+
- Regional Pref Network POS+
- Regional Pref Network PPO
- Blue Card PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- CoreSource
- Coventry Health America PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Delaware PPO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Geisinger Health Plan
- Community Blue PPO
- Advance EPO
- Direct Access
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield POS
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Keystone Health Plan East HMO
- Locals (any local)
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Freedom Plan
- QualCare HMO
- QualCare PPO
- Tricare
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- Oxford Liberty
- United Healthcare
Awards
- Philadelphia Magazine
- Fellow (FACC)
Education
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine -
Seth G.S. Medical College
Hospital
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Abington Hospital - Jefferson Health -
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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