Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman MD
Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Physician
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1000 E Mountain BlvdWilkes-Barre, PA 18711
Phone+1 570-820-6020
Fax+1 570-821-2306
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Education & Training
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Montefiore)Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1997 - 2000- Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Moses and Weiler Campuses)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1997
Madurai Medical CollegeClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 2005 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2001 - 2006
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease- American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Clinical Trials
- HIS-Purkinje Conduction System Pacing Optimized Trial of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Start of enrollment: 2021 Apr 15
- Intra-procedural Transthoracic EChocardiogram to Facilitate Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing (LBBAP) Start of enrollment: 2023 Mar 01
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Echocardiographic response from Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing Optimized Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (LOT-CRT) versus traditional CRT.Gaurav A Upadhyay, Marek Jastrzębski, Paul Foley, Badrinathan Chandrasekaran, Zachary Whinnett
Heart Rhythm. 2025-04-18 - European Society of Cardiology (ESC) clinical consensus statement on indications for conduction system pacing, with special contribution of the European Heart Rhythm A...Michael Glikson, Haran Burri, Amr Abdin, Oscar Cano, Karol Curila
Europace. 2025-03-28 - 3 citationsConduction system pacing associated with reduced heart failure hospitalizations and all-cause mortality compared with traditional right ventricular pacing in the Medic...Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, Colleen Longacre, Jordana Kron, Faiz Subzposh, Patrick Zimmerman
Heart Rhythm. 2025-03-01
Journal Articles
- His Bundle PacingGaurav A Upadhyay, John D Fisher, Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, Mina K Chung, George Crossley, Byron K Lee, Sanjeev Saksena, Gopi Dandamudi, Kousik Krishnan, ScienceDirect
Authored Content
- Clinical Outcomes of His Bundle Pacing Compared to Right Ventricular PacingMarch 2018
- Clinical Outcomes of His Bundle Pacing Compared to Right Ventricular PacingMarch 2018
- Clinical Outcomes of His Bundle Pacing Compared to Right Ventricular PacingMarch 2018
- Clinical Outcomes of His Bundle Pacing Compared to Right Ventricular PacingFebruary 2018
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Press Mentions
OmniaSecure, Medtronic’s World’s Smallest Defibrillation Lead, Cleared by FDAApril 29th, 2025- Late-Breaking Clinical Trials at Heart Rhythm 2025 Showcase Promising Outcomes for Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing in Heart Failure TreatmentApril 29th, 2025
- Medtronic Gets USFDA Nod for OmniaSecure Defibrillation Lead for Placement Within Right VentricleApril 27th, 2025
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