Saibal Kar MD

Cardiology•Thousand Oaks, CA

Interventional Cardiology

Associate Professor, Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine

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227 W Janss RdSte 340Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Phone+1 805-852-9100
Fax+1 805-852-9101

Summary

Dr. Saibal Kar is a cardiologist in Thousand Oaks, CA and is affiliated with Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center. He received his medical degree from NRS Medical College Calcutta and has been in practice 29 years. He specializes in interventional cardiology and is experienced in aortic stenosis, mitral valve disease, mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation, and tricuspid regurgitation.

Education & Training

Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1998 - 2001
UCLA-VA Greater Los AngelesResidency, Internal Medicine, 1996 - 1998
NRS Medical College CalcuttaClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1997 - 2025
TX State Medical License 2017 - 2017
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Clinical Trials

A Pivotal Trial to Establish the Efficacy and Long-term Safety of the Parachute Implant System Start of enrollment: 2012 Dec 01
Terminated
Phase 3
Cardiovascular Outcomes Assessment of the MitraClip Percutaneous Therapy for Heart Failure Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation (The COAPT Trial) and COAPT CAS Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Continued Access to PREVAIL (CAP2) - WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Closure Technology Start of enrollment: 2012 Sep 01
Completed
Not Applicable
The MitraClip® EXPAND Study of the Next Generation of MitraClip® Devices Start of enrollment: 2018 Apr 26
Completed
MitraClip REPAIR MR Study Start of enrollment: 2020 Jul 21
RECRUITING
NA
CHAMPION-AF Clinical Trial Start of enrollment: 2020 Oct 15
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
NA
An Early Feasibility Study of the HighLife 28mm Trans-Septal Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement System Start of enrollment: 2020 Jul 14
RECRUITING
NA
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

3 citations
Two-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair for Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation: The TRILUMINATE Pivotal Randomized Controlled Trial.
Saibal Kar, Raj R Makkar, Brian K Whisenant, Nadira Hamid, Hursh Naik
Circulation. 2025-06-10
Impact of Natriuretic Peptide and Prior Hospitalization in Patients With Severe Mitral Regurgitation: COAPT Trial.
Sachin S Goel, Ashrith Guha, JoAnn Lindenfeld, William T Abraham, Saibal Kar
Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2025-05-13
Forward Flow in Patients With Heart Failure and Functional Mitral Regurgitation: The COAPT Trial.
Zachary M Gertz, Philippe Pibarot, Zhipeng Zhou, Michael J Schonning, Björn Redfors
Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. 2025-05-01

Journal Articles

Structural 3-Year Outcomes of the Edwards SAPIEN Transcatheter Heart Valve for Conduit Failure in the Pulmonary Position from the COMPASSION Multicenter Clinical Trial
Gregory A Fleming, Girish S Shirali, Mark A Fogel, Julie Vincent, Vasilis C Babaliaros, Dennis W Kim, Evan M Zahn, John F Rhodes, Saibal Kar, Aimee K Armstrong, ScienceDirect
Transcatheter Mitral-Valve Repair in Patients with Heart Failure
JoAnn Lindenfeld, Saibal Kar, Michael J Mack, Samir R Kapadia, Gregg W Stone, Ian J Sarembock, William T Abraham, Andreas Brieke, David J Cohen, Steven O Marx, Brian W..., The New England Journal of Medicine

Lectures

LAA Occlusion Complications I: If It Can Happen, It Will (With Case Examples)
CRF Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) - Structural Heart Disease Summit - Chicago, IL - 6/13/2019
Watchman I: Device Evolution, Patient Selection, and Tips and Tricks
CRF Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) - Structural Heart Disease Summit - Chicago, IL - 6/13/2019
MitraClip Tricuspid… Growing Experience – Technology and Clinical Updates (Triluminate I & II)
CRF Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) - Structural Heart Disease Summit - Chicago, IL - 6/14/2019
Case Presentation and Clinical Device Discussion
CRF Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) - Structural Heart Disease Summit - Chicago, IL - 6/12/2019
Leaflet Grasping Devices
CRF Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) - Structural Heart Disease Summit - Chicago, IL - 6/13/2019
MitraClip in FMR
CRF Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) - Structural Heart Disease Summit - Chicago, IL - 6/13/2019
Recurrent MR After Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair: How Often? Will Another Clip Work?
CRF Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) - Structural Heart Disease Summit - Chicago, IL - 6/14/2019
MitraClip for Acute MR Decompensation
CRF Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) - Structural Heart Disease Summit - Chicago, IL - 6/14/2019
Dissection
CRF Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) - Structural Heart Disease Summit - Chicago, IL - 6/14/2019
A Post-COAPT Update: New Data and Next Steps for Mitral Valve Repair
CRF Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics - Annual Symposium 2019 - Miami, FL - 9/27/2019
WATCHMAN: Device Characteristics, Procedural Technique, Clinical Outcomes, Ongoing Studies, and Evolution to WATCHMAN FLX
CRF Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics - Annual Symposium 2019 - Miami, FL - 9/26/2019
Chicken Wing LAA: Technical Approach to Straightforward and Extreme Anatomy
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/18/2019
LAA Closure: Challenging Cases and New Evidence
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/18/2019
Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Interventions: Imaging Determines Success
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
ACC Panelist
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
Debate: Transcatheter Mitral Leaflet Repair Is the Repair Technique of Choice
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/16/2019
Mitral Valve Interventions: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/16/2019
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Press Mentions

TriClip's Tricuspid TEER Cuts Heart Failure HospitalizationsApril 1st, 2025
HMN 2025: How Minimally Invasive Valve Restore Reduces Coronary Heart Failure Hospitalizations in Sufferers with Extreme Tricuspid RegurgitationApril 1st, 2025
By 2 Years, Tricuspid TEER Reduces Hospitalizations for HF: TRILUMINATEMarch 31st, 2025
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