Publications

1. Kumar A, Alam A, Dorsey M, James L, Hussain ST, Kadosh B, Reyentovich A, Goldberg R, Moazami N, Smith D. Outcomes of Donation after Circulatory Death Heart Transplant by Normothermic Perfusion Protocol. Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports (in press). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atssr.2024.09.016
2. Kumar A, Syed HT, Dorsey M, Alam A, Moazami M, Smith DSurgical Technique of Donation after Circulatory Death. Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: A Comparative Atlas (accepted)
3. Hussain ST, Kumar A, Chan J, James L, Smith D, Moazami N. Anatomical considerations and surgical technique of porcine cardiac xenotransplantation. JTCVS Tech. 2024 Apr 11;25: 104-110. doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2024.03.019. PMID: 38899090; PMCID: PMC11184667.
4. GBD 2019 Cancer Risk Factors Collaborators. The global burden of cancer attributable to risk factors, 2010-19: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet. 2022 Aug 20;400(10352):563-591. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01438-6. PMID: 35988567; PMCID: PMC9395583.
5. Kumar A, Alam A, Flattery E, Dorsey M, Yongue C, Massie A, Patel S, Reyentovich A, Moazami N, Smith D. Bridge to Transplantation: Policies Impact Practices. Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 Apr 18:S0003-4975(24)00290-X. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.03.041. PMID: 38642820.
6. Deshpande SR, Das B, Kumar A, Sinha P, Alsoufi B, Trivedi J. Impact of new allocation policy on waitlist and transplant outcomes of adult congenital heart patients supported with ECMO. Artif Organs. 2024 Mar 14. doi: 10.1111/aor.14738. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38483147.
7. Rahouma M, Baudo M, Khairallah S, Lau C,  Gaudino  M, El-Sayed Ahmed M.M, Kumar A, Lorusso R, Mick  S.L. Surgically Resected Cardiac Angiosarcoma: Survival Analysis from the National Cancer Database. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12, 7764. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12247764
8. Mody S, Nadkarni S, Vats S, Kumar A, Nandavaram S, and Keshavamurthy S. "Lung Donor Selection and Management: An Updated Review." OBM Transplantation 7, no. 4 (2023): 1-54.
9. GBD 2019 Peripheral Artery Disease Collaborators. Global burden of peripheral artery disease and its risk factors, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Glob Health. 2023 Oct;11(10):e1553-e1565. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00355-8. PMID: 37734799; PMCID: PMC10522777.
10. Li Y, Chen X, Qi Y, Qu Y, Kumar A, Dong S, Yang Y, Zhao Q. Gender differences in bicuspid aortic valve Sievers types, valvulopathy, aortopathy, and outcome of aortic valve replacement. Echocardiography. 2022 Aug;39(8):1064-1073. doi: 10.1111/echo.15405. Epub 2022 Jun 29. PMID: 35768937.
11. Kumar A, Sharma S, Anjum F. Lung Transplantation. 2024 Jun 8. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan–. PMID: 33351408.
12. Senst B, Kumar A, Diaz RR. Cardiac Surgery. 2022 Sep 12. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan–. PMID: 30422530
13. Kumar A, Avishay DM, Jones CR, Shaikh JD, Kaur R, Aljadah M, Kichloo A, Shiwalkar N, Keshavamurthy S. Sudden cardiac death: epidemiology, pathogenesis and management. Rev Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Mar 30;22(1):147-158. doi: 10.31083/j.rcm.2021.01.207. PMID: 33792256.
14. Keshavamurthy S, Hillenbrand K, Kumar A. Donor lung inflation: are we doing it right? J Thorac Dis. 2022 Sep;14(9):3131-3132. doi: 10.21037/jtd-2022-12. PMID: 36245634; PMCID: PMC9562494.
15. Kumar A, Advani S, Asim K, Mohamed MA, Wani F, Singh J, Albosta M, Shiwalkar N, Keshavamurthy S. Hyperammonemia in lung transplant patients and its management: a review. Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2022 Mar 14:1-2.
16.  Kumar A, Kichloo A, Shiwalkar N, et al. Management of Thoracic and Cardiac Trauma: A Case Series and Literature Review. Cureus. doi:10.7759/cureus.
17.   Kumar A, Avishay DM, Jones CR, Shaikh JD, Kaur R, Aljadah M, Kichloo A, Shiwalkar N, Keshavamurthy S. Sudden cardiac death: epidemiology, pathogenesis and management. Rev Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Mar 30;22(1):147-158. doi: 10.31083/j.rcm.2021.01.207. PMID: 33792256
18.   Kichloo A, Albosta M, Dahiya D, Guidi JC, Aljadah M, Singh J, Shaka H, Wani F, Kumar A, Lekkala M. Systemic adverse effects and toxicities associated with immunotherapy: A review. World J Clin Oncol. 2021 Mar 24;12(3):150-163. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v12.i3.150. PMID: 33767971; PMCID: PMC7968107.
19.   Kichloo A, Albosta M, Kumar A, Aljadah M, Mohamed M, El-Amir Z, Wani F, Jamal S, Singh J, Kichloo A. Emerging therapeutics in the management of COVID -19. World J Virol. 2021 Jan 25;10(1):1-29. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v10.i1.1. PMID: 33585175; PMCID: PMC7852573.
20.   Kumar R, Yeni CM, Utami NA, Masand R, Asrani RK, Patel SK, Kumar A, Yatoo MI, Tiwari R, Natesan S, Vora KS, Nainu F, Bilal M, Dhawan M,

21.  Emran TB, Ahmad T, Harapan H, Dhama K. SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions: Concerns, challenges,management and mitigation strategies-a narrative review. J Infect Public Health. 2021 Jul;14(7):863-875. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2021.04.005.PMID: 34118736; PMCID: PMC8062420.

22.  Kichloo A, Kumar A, Amir R, Aljadah M, Farooqi N, Albosta M, Singh J, Jamal S, El -Amir Z, Kichloo A, Lone N. Utilization of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during the COVID-19 pandemic. World J Crit Care Med. 2021 Jan 9;10(1):1-11. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v10.i1.1. PMID: 33505868; PMCID: PMC7805254.
23.  Subramaniam K, Kumar A, Hernandez S, Nouraie SM. Effect of Blood Product Transfusion on Perioperative Outcomes After Heart Transplantation. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Oct 19:S1053-0770(20)31138-1. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.10.024. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33168431
24.   Kumar A, Keshavamurthy S, Humar R, JG Abraham, Toyoda Y. Successful use of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute myocarditis due to necrotizing fasciitis. Chirurgia 33 (5), 265-8 October 2020
25.  P Manta, R Nagraik, A Sharma, Kumar A, P Verma, SK Paswan, ... Optical Density Optimization of Malaria Pan Rapid Diagnostic Test Strips for Improved Test Zone Band Intensity. Diagnostics 10 (11), 880
26.  Senst B, Kumar A, Diaz RR. Cardiac Surgery. 2020 Sep 18. In: StatPearls

27.  Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020 Jan–. PMID30422530.

28. Kichloo A, Dettloff K, Aljadah M, Albosta M, Jamal S, Singh J, Wani F, Kumar A, Vallabhaneni S, Khan MZ. COVID-19 and Hypercoagulability: A Review. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2020 Jan-Dec;26:1076029620962853. doi: 10.1177/1076029620962853. PMID: 33074732; PMCID: PMC7592310.
29. Kumar A, Anand S. Lung Decortication. 2020 Nov 18. In: StatPearls

30.  Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020 Jan–. PMID:33232045.

31. Kumar A, Anjum F. Lung Transplantation. 2020 Dec 5. In: StatPearl
32. DIelpo B, Podda M, Pellino G, Pata F, Caruso R, Gravante G, Di Saverio S; ACIE Appy Study Collaborative. Global attitudes in the management of acute appendicitis during COVID-19 pandemic: ACIE Appy Study. Br J Surg. 2020 Oct 8:10.1002/bjs.11999. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11999. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33030744; PMCID: PMC7675377.
33. Dhama K, Patel SK, Kumar R, Rana J, Yatoo MI, Kumar A, Tiwari R, Dhama J, Natesan S, Singh R, Harapan H. Geriatric Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Problems, Considerations, Exigencies, and Beyond. Front Public Health. 2020 Sep 22;8:574198. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.574198. PMID: 33072713; PMCID: PMC7536316.
34. Chun TT, Judelson DR, Rigberg D,..Kumar A et al Managing Central Venous Access during a Healthcare Crisis. J Vasc Surg. 2020 Jul 15:S0741-5214(20)31588-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.06.112. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32682063
35. Kumar A, Shiwalkar N, Dastagir J, Shaikh, Kaur R, Leite A, Persaud P, Kichloo A, Rodríguez-Morales A, Sah R. Reinfection after Sars-COV2 Infection: A looming concern. November 2020.DOI: 10.18006/2020.8(Spl-1-SARS-CoV-2)
36. Amir R, Kichloo A, Singh J, Bhanot R, Aljadah M, Kumar A, Albosta MS, Solanki S. Epstein-Barr Virus Versus Novel Coronavirus-Induced Hemophagocytic Lymphohistocytosis: The Uncharted Waters.J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2020 Jan-Dec;8: 2324709620950107. doi:10.1177/2324709620950107. PMID: 32787459
37. Patel SK, Pathak M, Sah R, Kumar A, Malik YS, Rodríguez-Morales AJ, Dhama K. Is Sexual Route a Matter of Concern for the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19? Arch Med Res. 2020 Jun 12:S0188-4409(20)30997-8. doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2020.06.008. PMID: 32586655; PMCID: PMC7290188.
38. K Subramaniam, JM Del Rio, BJ Wilkey, Kumar A, JN Tawil, S Subramanim Anesthetic Management of Lung Transplantation: Results from a Multi‐Center, Cross‐Sectional Survey by the Society for Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia Clinical Transplantation, e13996
39. PG Chan, Kumar A, K Subramaniam, PG SanchezEx Vivo Lung Perfusion: A Review of Research and Clinical Practices Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Feb 2020, PMID: 32036756, DOI: 10.1177/1089253220905147
40. Kumar A, N Shiwalkar, H Aslam, P Persaud. Tension Pneumothorax During Rigid Bronchoscopy for Chronic Foreign Body Removal in a Child: A Case Report. Cureus 11 (9)

41.   Kumar A, Persuad P, Shiwalkar N. Intraoperative Catastrophe during Benign Mediastinal Tumor Mass Excision: A Case ReportCereus 2019, June 19;11(6): e941

42.   Kumar A, Shiwalkar N, Persuad N, Haridas AK. Successful single-stage repair of Aortic Dissection and compressive paraparesis. Asian Cardiovascular Thoracic Annals- May 2019.
43.  Shiwalkar N, Kumar A, Khlade V, Nair V, Kale P. Effect of Clonidine versus magnesium sulphate on hemodynamic response to laryngoscopy in day care surgeries: A prospective, randomized, single-center study, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Health care. Volume 2 (9), March 2019.
44.  Kumar A, E Carvalho, S Shanmughapriya, M Muniswamy. Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter Channel Blockade Ameliorates Sepsis Induced Cardiomyopathy. Circulation 138 (Suppl_1), A16947-A16947
45.  Kumar A, Keshavamurthy S, Abraham GJ, Toyoda Y - Massive Air Embolism caused by central venous catheter during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator. Journal of Extracorporeal Technology, March 2019, Volume 51 (1); 9-11.

46.      Woods JJ, Nemani N, Shanmughapriya S, Kumar A, Zhang M, Nathan S, Thomas M, Carvalho E, Peter B. Stathopulos, Wilson J, Muniswamy M. A Selective and Cell-Permeable Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporte(MCU) Inhibitor Preserves Mitochondrial Bioenergetics afte Hypoxia/Reoxygenation Injury. ACS Cent. Sci., 2019, 5 (1), pp 153–166.

47.  Singh A, Yoshizumi T, Kumar A, J Gomez-Abraham, A Shiose, D Schwartz. A Novel Approach to Mechanical Circulatory Support in a Patient with d- Transposition of the Great Arteries. Journal of Cardiac Failure 22 (8), S119-S120
48.  Kumar A. Item writer for the TWIS Preoperative Evaluation, Part 2 Quiz. TheSCOREPortal.http://www.surgicalcore.org/curriculumSchedule.asp x?currID=1. Published July 8, 2018. Accessed…
49.  Kumar A. Item writer for the TWIS Preoperative Evaluation, Part 1 Quiz. The SCORE Portal. www.surgicalcore.org. Published July 1, 2018. Accessed…
50. Kumar A. Item writer for the TWIS Thoracic Part 1, Mediastinal Tumors and Cysts,TheSCOREPortal.http://www.surgicalcore.org/curriculumSchedule.aspx?Published March 24, 2019. Accessed…
51. Kumar A. Item writer for the TWIS Thoracic Part 1, Mediastinal Tumors of the  Lung: Primary and Metastatic/ Lung Cancer, TheSCORE Portal. http://www.surgicalcore.org/curriculumSchedule. Published March 24, 2019. Accessed…
52. Kumar A. Item writer for the TWIS Thoracic Part 1, Mediastinal Tumors and Cysts, The SCORE Portal. http://www.surgicalcore.org/curriculum Schedule. Published March 24, 2019. Accessed…

eBook CHAPTER

Book chapter on Alcohol and Traumatic Brain Injury --- “Brain Injury: Cause, Treatment and rehabilitation”- Avid Sciences.

Oral Presentation

2020     Oral presentation at 2020 Academic Surgical Congress, Orlando Sulfonamides are Protective in Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibition and other mechanisms

2018 Oral presentation at the 2018 ASA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study to Compare the Role of Magnesium Sulphate with Clonidine in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

2018 Oral presentation at the 2018 ASA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California on - A prospective randomized controlled Study to compare dexmedetomidine and Clonidine in Day Care Laparoscopic Surgeries.

2018 Group Discussion presentation at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Francisco 2018, Role of Lateral Habenula And Its Afferent Circuitry in Drug Withdrawal Induced Pain

2018 Oral symposium presentation at AmSECT/ AATS conference April 2018. Massive Air Embolism: ECMO is not always the culprit

2017 Use of Venoarterial ECMO in Sepsis Induced Cardiomyopathy at Heart Failure CME CATCH -UP 2017 at Columbia University Medical Center, April 2017

2015 Oral Presentation on Combined Surgical management of VSD closure with Congenital mitral valve repair at 16th Annual Conference of Pediatric Cardiology Society of India 2015, Hyderabad, India

2010 Oral Paper presentation on surgical management of Complex Coarctation of Aorta in Adult at the MEDSURGE Conference, Goa, India

Poster presentation

2019 Mitophagy Is Essential for Maintaining Cardiac Function During High Fat Diet-Induced Diabetic Cardiomyopathy. Department of Cardiology, Fellows Research Day, University of Pittsburgh, January 2019.

2019   Acetazolamide ameliorates lung ischemia reperfusion injury

4th Annual Research Day, Dept of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, April 2019

2018 Hyperammonemia: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. STS 15th Annual Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular and Thoracic Critical Care Conference, Washington DC, October 2018

2018 Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter channel blockade ameliorates sepsis induced Cardiomyopathy. AHA Scientific Sessions, Chicago, November 2018

2018 Role of Endothelial Glycocalyx shedding during Ex Vivo Lung perfusion, Pittsburgh International Lung Conference-Pulmonary Medicine: Basic Biology and Novel Therapies at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 2018

2018 Blockade of Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter channel as a novel therapeutic option for management of Sepsis, University Pittsburgh Annual Postdoc Data and Dine Symposium, May 2018

2017 Midterm results of pump assisted beating heart coronary artery bypass grafting for complex coronary lesions , 13th Annual Meeting of the Euro-Asian Bridge Society for the Cardiovascular Surgery, Romania.

2016 Successful use of Venoarterial ECMO in management of patient with Necrotizing fasciitis, at 54th Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society Meet, Florida, Oct 2016

2016 Accidental Airlock in the ECMO circuit of patient with VV ECMO from central venous line, at 54th Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society Meet, Florida, Oct 2016

2014  A rare case of benign Cystic Teratoma causing SVC Syndrome

at 60th Annual Conference of All India Cardiothoracic Surgery, February 2014, Trivandrum, India