Prof. Bharat K. Kantharia
The University of Texas Health Science Center, USA
Professor

Email: bkantharia@yahoo.com

Qualifications

1985 Doctor of Medicine, University of Bombay

1981 Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bombay

Publications (Selected)

1. "P waves in the ECG recording of tachycardia: "You can run, but you can’t hide" Kantharia BK – Editorial Commentary, Europace 2011. July 13 (7) 916-7
2. Non-Compacted Ventricular Myocardium: Is Syncope the Only Warning Sign? Ho T, Lenihan D, Kantharia BK, Dougherty AH. Am J Med Sci 2010; 339 (5). 497-500
3. Cardiac arrhythmias in congestive heart failure- editorial; Kantharia BK Expert Rev. Cardiovasc. Ther. 2010, 8 (2); 137-40
4. Cost-Effectiveness of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators- decreasing the financial burden. Kantharia BK - Cardiology Management 2009, volume 3; issue 1, 13-14
5. Multiple shocks after upgrade of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) to a cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D) device" Francisco GM, Sharma S, Dougherty A, Kantharia BK- Cardiology Journal 2009,16(5); 473-6
6. Role of combination of clopidogrel and aspirin for reduction of vascular events in patients with atrial fibrillation. Kantharia BK and Shah AN. Expert Rev. Cardiovasc. Ther. 2009; 7 (7): 749-53
7. “Caught in Action” – Arrhythmia ECGs in the Modern Era. Bharat K. Kantharia. Clinical Cardiology, 2009 March, DOI:10.1002/clc.20330
8. “Colorful Entrainment”: a New Approach for Mapping and Ablation Treatment of Atrial Macro-reentrant Tachycardia- (invited Editorial) Kantharia BK. Heart Rhythm 2009 Mar;6(3):359-60. DOI:10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.12.027
9. Ablation above the semilunar valves: when, why, and how? Letter to the editor. Kantharia BK- Heart Rhythm 2009, 6(1): e-3
10. Atrial tachyarrhythmia- what is the ideal site of successful ablation? Francisco GM, Sharma S, Dougherty A, Kantharia BK- J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2008; 19 (7): 759-761
11. Successful Ablation of Focal Left Atrial Tachycardia Using Stereotaxis NiobeTM Remote Magnetic Navigation System – Mehta R, Hart DT, Nagra BS, Liu Z, Kantharia BK . Europace 2008, 10(3):280-3
12. Verapamil sensitive left posterior fascicular ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction - Nagra BS, Liu Z, Mehta R, Hart DT, Kantharia BK. J Inter Card Electrophysiol. 2008 ;21(1):59-63
13. Atrial pacing for prevention of atrial fibrillation and paroxysmal atrial tachyarrhythmias: insights from the Atrial Overdrive Pacing (AOP) study-Kantharia BK, Freedman RA, Hoekenga D, Tomassoni G, Worley S, Sorrentino R, Steinhaus D, Wolkowicz J, Syed ZA Europace 2007, (11):1024-30
14. Expeditious evaluation of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia: What is the mechanism? Kantharia BK, Mehta R, Nagra BS, Hart D. Heart Rhythm. 2007; 4 (4): 533-4
15. Protracted presyncope and profound bradycardia due to Lithium toxicity: White B, Larry J, Kantharia BK. Int J Cardiol, 2007; 25: 125 (3) , 48-50
16. Takotsubo syndrome in African-American women with atypical presentations; a single center experience- Patel H, Kantharia BK, Morris DL,Yazsanfar S. Clin Cardiol; 2007; 30 (1) 14-8
17. Hypoxemia following Implantation of a Permanent Pacemaker. Kantharia BK, Moccia TF, Nagra BS, Nahhjavan FK. Am J Med Sci 2007; 333 (2) 125-127
18. Decremental Ramp Atrial Extrastimuli Pacing Protocol for the Induction of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia. Bharat K. Kantharia, Farooq Padder and Steven Kutalek . Pacing Clin Electrophysiology 2006; 29: 1096-1104
19. Delayed Detection of Ventricular Tachycardia Due to Intradevice Interactions by Implantable Atrio-Ventricular Pacer / Cardioverter Defibrillator- Bharat K. Kantharia and Farooq Padder. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2006; 16 (2): 135-8
20. Lipid-lowering drugs: Beyond lowering of the lipids to their influence on cardiac arrhythmias – (invited Editorial). Bharat K. Kantharia Heart Rhythm. 2006; 3(8):887-8
21. Electrical Storm of Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia After A Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator Upgrade. Kantharia BK, Patel JA, Nagra BS and Ledley GS. Europace. 2006; 8:625-8
22. Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy on Diastolic Dysfunction as Assessed by Transthoracic Two Dimensional Doppler Echocardiography, a Commonly Utilized Tool in the Clinical Practice. Kantharia BK, Joshi HP, Dudda-Subramanya R. Congest Heart Failure. 2006: 12 (4):192-5
23. Why is she fainting? Coronary Vasospasm Induced Atrioventricular Conduction Block and Ventricular Tachycardia. Kantharia BK, Makkuni P, Bansal M, Parameswaran R. Am J Med. 2006 Aug;119(8):660-2
24. Wide complex tachycardia and dual chamber pacing. Kantharia BK Heart Rhythm 2005:9 (2):1013-1014
25. Marked QT prolongation and torasades de pointes secondary to acute ischemia in an elderly male taking dofetilide for atrial fibrillation. A cautionary tale. Nagra BS, Ledley GS, Kantharia BK. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther. 2005 Sep;10(3):191-5