VinodHThouraniMD

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Professor of Surgery Bernie Marcus Chief, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Piedmont Healthcare Bernie Marcus Chief of the Marcus Heart Valve Center

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Office
95 Collier Rd
Ste 5015
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone+1 404-605-5151

Fax+1 404-614-4261
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Summary

Dr. Vinod Thourani is a cardiac surgeon in Atlanta, GA and is affiliated with Piedmont Heart Institute of the Piedmont Healthcare. He received his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine in 1994 and has been in practice 17 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Hindi and Urdu. He specializes in adult cardiac surgery and cardiovascular surgery and is experienced in valvular heart disease, interventional cardiology, cardiac catheterization, echocardiography, and adult general thoracic surgery. He has more than 650 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Education & Training

Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2002 - 2005
Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1994 - 2002
Emory University School of MedicineClass of 1994

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 1996 - 2025
MD State Medical License 2017 - 2021
DC State Medical License 2017 - 2020
VA State Medical License 2018 - 2020
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Freedom SOLO Stentless Heart Valve Study Start of enrollment: 2010 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 3
PARTNER II Trial: Placement of AoRTic TraNscathetER Valves II - XT Intermediate and High Risk Start of enrollment: 2011 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Investigation of Endothelium in Saphenous Vein Grafts Start of enrollment: 2011 Nov 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Safety and Efficacy Study of the Medtronic CoreValve® System in the Treatment of Severe, Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis in Intermediate Risk Subjects Who Need Aortic Valve Replacement (SURTAVI). Start of enrollment: 2012 Apr 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
An Evaluation of Rigid Sternal Fixation in Supporting Bone Healing and Improving Postoperative Recovery Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Perceval S Aortic Heart Valve Study- North America Start of enrollment: 2013 Apr 01
Terminated
Not Applicable
Rate Control Versus Rhythm Control For Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Start of enrollment: 2014 May 01
Completed
Phase 3
Evaluating the Benefit of Concurrent Tricuspid Valve Repair During Mitral Surgery Start of enrollment: 2016 May 26
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
PARTNER II Trial: S3iCAP Start of enrollment: 2015 Jan 01
Completed
Not Applicable
JENAVALVE AS EFS TRIAL: Pericardial TAVR Aortic Stenosis Study Start of enrollment: 2016 Oct 21
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
THE ALIGN-AR EFS TRIAL: JenaValve Pericardial TAVR Aortic Regurgitation Study Start of enrollment: 2018 Apr 20
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Long Term Follow Up for CTSN Mitral Valve Repair Studies Start of enrollment: 2017 May 03
Active, not recruiting
MitraClip REPAIR MR Study Start of enrollment: 2020 Jul 21
Recruiting
Not Applicable
2019-06 TRISCEND Study Start of enrollment: 2020 May 06
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
The JenaValve ALIGN-AR Pivotal Trial Start of enrollment: 2020 May 22
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Safe and Timely Antithrombotic Removal - Ticagrelor (STAR-T) Start of enrollment: 2021 Aug 31
Completed
Not Applicable
Promoting Shared Decision Making for Severe Aortic Stenosis Start of enrollment: 2024 Mar 01
Not yet recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Cardiac Surgery after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Trends and Outcomes.
Robert H Habib, Michael E Bowdish, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Vinod H Thourani, Vinay Badhwar> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024 Apr 3
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with high-risk symptomatic native aortic regurgitation (ALIGN-AR): a prospective, multicentre, single-arm study.
Torsten P Vahl, Vinod H Thourani, Raj R Makkar, Nadira Hamid, Omar K Khalique, David Daniels, James M McCabe, Lowell Satler, Mark Russo, Wen Cheng, Isaac George, Gabri...> ;Lancet. 2024 Mar 26
Clinical Trial Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Roadmap of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network.
Anuradha Lala, Clauden Louis, Dominique Vervoort, Alexander Iribarne, Aarti Rao, Wendy C Taddei-Peters, Samantha Raymond, Emilia Bagiella, Patrick O'Gara, Vinod H Thou...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024 Mar 22
1 citations
National Variability in Pacemaker Implantation Rate Following TAVR: Insights From the STS/ACC TVT Registry.
Manandhar, P., Kosinski, A., Vora, A., Gada, H., Kirtane, A., Nazif, T., Reardon, M., Kodali, S., Cohen, D., Thourani, V., Sherwood, M., Julien, H., Vemulapalli, S.> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2024 Feb 12
Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Analysis of the PARTNER Trials.
Herrmann, H. C., Thourani, V., Abbas, A., Ternacle, J., Hahn, R., Makkar, R., Kodali, S., George, I., Kapadia, S., Svensson, L., Szeto, W., Herrmann, H., Ailawadi, G.,...> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024 Feb 3
Predicting pressure gradient using artificial intelligence for transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
Dasi, A., Lee, B., Dasi, L., Polsani, V., Yadav, P., Thourani, V.> ;JTCVS Techniques. 2024 Feb 1
Outcomes following initial multicenter experience with robotic aortic valve replacement: Defining a path forward.
Vinay Badhwar, Daniel Pereda, Feras H Khaliel, Robinson Poffo, Ali Darehzereshki, J Hunter Mehaffey, Tristan D Yan, Serguei Melnitchouk, Arnar Geirsson, Arman Arghami,...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2024 Apr 1
Differential Impact of Blood Pressure Control Targets on Epicardial Coronary Flow After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
Vogl, B., Chavez-Ponce, A., Wentworth, A., Erie, E., Dasi, L., Hatoum, H., Yadav, P., Thourani, V., Lindman, B., Alkhouli, M.> ;Structural Heart. 2024 Jan 1
Diastolic Dysfunction and Health Status Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
Malik, A., Cohen, D., Saxon, J., Pibarot, P., Hahn, R., Alu, M., Shang, K., Leon, M., Mack, M., El-Zein, R., Spertus, J., Kodali, S., Thourani, V., Chhatriwalla, A.> ;Structural Heart. 2024 Jan 1
1 citations
Effect of Blood Pressure Levels on Sinus Hemodynamics in Relation to Calcification After Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement.
Vogl, B., Sularz, A., Hatoum, H., Lilly, S., Thourani, V., Lindman, B., Alkhouli, M.> ;Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 2024 Apr 1
Five-Year Outcomes After Bicuspid Aortic Valve Replacement With a Novel Tissue Bioprosthesis.
Pibarot, P., Borger, M., Blackstone, E., Bavaria, J., Mumtaz, M., Griffith, B., Svensson, L., Thourani, V., Puskas, J.> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Dec 21
5 citations
Transfemoral tricuspid valve replacement and one-year outcomes: the TRISCEND study.
Kodali, S., Hahn, R., Makkar, R., Makar, M., Davidson, C., Puthumana, J., Zahr, F., Chadderdon, S., Fam, N., Ong, G., Yadav, P., Thourani, V., Vannan, M., O'Neill, W.,...> ;European Heart Journal. 2023 Dec 7
1 citations
Early Intervention in Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis: What Are We Waiting For?
J Trent Magruder, Kimberly A Holst, Jim Stewart, Pradeep K Yadav, Vinod H Thourani> ;The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2024 Feb 1
5 citations
The Mortality Burden of Untreated Aortic Stenosis.
Généreux, P., Sharma, R., Cubeddu, R., Aaron, L., Abdelfattah, O., Koulogiannis, K., Marcoff, L., Naguib, M., Kapadia, S., Makkar, R., Thourani, V., van Boxtel, B., Co...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2023 Nov 28
Patient-prosthesis mismatch following TAVR: time will tell.
Vinod H Thourani, Kimberly A Holst> ;Eurointervention. 2023 Nov 17
2 citations
Imaging Methods for Evaluation of Chronic Aortic Regurgitation in Adults: JACC State-of-the-Art Review.
Lauren S Ranard, Robert O Bonow, Rick Nishimura, Michael J Mack, Vinod H Thourani, Joseph Bavaria, Patrick T O'Gara, Jeroen J Bax, Philipp Blanke, Victoria Delgado, Jo...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2023 Nov 14
Prospective Study of Risk Factors for Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery.
Michael E Bowdish, Emilia Bagiella, Gennaro Giustino, Pavan Atluri, John H Alexander, Vinod H Thourani, James S Gammie, Joseph J DeRose, Wendy C Taddei-Peters, Neal O ...> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2024 Feb 1
Challenges and Future Directions in Redo Aortic Valve Reintervention After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Failure.
Syed Zaid, Vinayak N Bapat, Janarthanan Sathananthan, Uri Landes, Ole De Backer, Giuseppe Tarantini, Kendra J Grubb, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Omar K Khalique, Hasan Jilaihawi,...> ;Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2023 Nov 1
4 citations
Survival After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients: A Contemporary Trial Benchmark.
Vinod H Thourani, Robert Habib, Wilson Y Szeto, Joseph F Sabik, Jennifer C Romano, Thomas E MacGillivray, Vinay Badhwar> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024 Jan 1
Seven-year outcomes following aortic valve replacement with a novel tissue bioprosthesis.
Thomas Beaver, Joseph E Bavaria, Bartley Griffith, Lars G Svensson, Philippe Pibarot, Michael A Borger, Omar M Sharaf, David A Heimansohn, Vinod H Thourani, Eugene H B...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023 Sep 29
9 citations
Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in 5,000 Patients With Secondary Mitral Regurgitation: COAPT Post-Approval Study.
Kashish Goel, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Raj Makkar, Hursh Naik, Satya Atmakuri, Paul Mahoney, Michael A Morse, Vinod H Thourani, Pradeep Yadav, Wayne Batchelor, Jason Rogers, ...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2023 Sep 26
1 citations
Diagnosis, Classification, and Management Strategies for Mitral Annular Calcification: A Heart Valve Collaboratory Position Statement.
Mayra E Guerrero, Paul Grayburn, Robert L Smith 2nd, Paul Sorajja, Dee Dee Wang, Yousif Ahmad, David Blusztein, João Cavalcante, Gilbert H L Tang, Gorav Ailawadi, D Sc...> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2023 Sep 25
3 citations
Outcomes of repeat transcatheter aortic valve replacement with balloon-expandable valves: a registry study.
Raj R Makkar, Samir Kapadia, Tarun Chakravarty, Robert J Cubeddu, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Paul Mahoney, Dhairya Patel, Aakriti Gupta, Wen Cheng, Susheel Kodali, Deepak L Bhat...> ;Lancet. 2023 Oct 28
No (Easy) Way Out: Mitral Valve Surgery in Dialysis Patients.
J Trent Magruder, Kimberly A Holst, Vinod H Thourani> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Nov 1
1 citations
Benchmarking Outcomes of Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valves.
Sameer A Hirji, Zachary Wegermann, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Paige Newell, Maria Grau-Sepulveda, Sean O'Brien, Vinod H Thourani, Vinay Badhwar, Tsuyoshi Kaneko> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2023 Dec 1
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Journal Articles

Association of Natriuretic Peptide Levels After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement with Subsequent Clinical Outcomes
Shmuel Chen, Sammy Elmariah, Vinod H Thourani, Brian R Lindman, JAMA Cardiology
Geographic Access to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Centers in the United States
Guillaume Marquis-Gravel, Vinod H Thourani, Thomas G Gleason, Ajay J Kirtane, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, JAMA Cardiology
Valve & Structural Emergent Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patient with Acute Aortic Regurgitation and Cardiogenic Shock with Preoperative Ex...
Vinod H. Thourani, Ron Waksman, Lowel F. Satler, Itsik Ben-Dor, Christian C. Shults, ScienceDirect
Original Investigation Stroke After Surgical Versus Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the PARTNER Trial
Eugene H Blackstone, Vinod H Thourani, Howard C Herrmann, David J Cohen, Martin B Leon, Michael J Mack, Raj R Makkar, Samir R Kapadia, Susheel K Kodali, Lars G Svensso..., ScienceDirect
Focus on Trends in Surgical and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Prior Cardiac Surgery in...
Vinod H Thourani, Lars Svensson, Kevin L Greason, Torsten P Vahl, Rakesh M Suri, Martin B Leon, Susheel K Kodali, Tamim Nazif, ScienceDirect
Association Between Hospital Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Volume and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Outcomes
John Laschinger, Vinod Thourani, John D Carroll, Art Sedrakyan, Michael Mack, Rita F Redberg, JAMA
Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Era
William S Weintraub, Lowell F Satler, Vinod H Thourani, ScienceDirect
Original Research Pulmonary Venous Waveforms Predict Rehospitalization and Mortality After Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair
Patrick T Gleason, Peter C Block, Stamatios Lerakis, Vinod H Thourani, John C Lisko, Vasilis C Babaliaros, Stephen D Clements, Lucia Alvarez, ScienceDirect
Focus on Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Incidence, Management, and Associated Clinical Outcomes of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation Following Transcatheter Aortic...
Jonathan P Piccini, Vinod H Thourani, Samir Kapadia, David Cohen, Eric Peterson, Matthew W Sherwood, Ajay Kirtane, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Amit N Vora, Bhaskar Bhardwaj, ScienceDirect
Clinical Research the Effect of Post-Dilatation on Outcomes in the PARTNER 2 SAPIEN 3 Registry
Neil J Weissman, Samir Kapadia, Rebecca T Hahn, Pamela S Douglas, Tamim Nazif, Martin B Leon, Susheel Kodali, Howard C Herrmann, Vinod H Thourani, ScienceDirect
Original Investigation Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement of Failed Surgically Implanted Bioprostheses: The STS/ACC Registry
Lars G Svensson, John D Carroll, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Michael J Mack, Vinod H Thourani, Frederick L Grover, Samir R Kapadia, ScienceDirect
Focus on Tricuspid, Mitral, and Aortic Valve Interventions Outcomes Following Urgent/Emergent Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights from the STS/ACC TVT Reg...
Sahil Khera, Sammy Elmariah, Dhaval Kolte, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Herbert D Aronow, Igor F Palacios, Stephan Heo, Vinod H Thourani, J Dawn Abbott, Paul C Gordon, ScienceDirect
Focus on Tricuspid, Mitral, and Aortic Valve Interventions Effect of SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Valve Implantation on Health Status in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis...
Susheel Kodali, Craig R Smith, Suzanne J Baron, Augusto D Pichard, Elizabeth A Magnuson, Howard C Herrmann, Vinod H Thourani, Vasilis Babaliaros, Kevin Greason, David ..., ScienceDirect
Structural Editorial Comment the Future of Transaortic Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement∗
Jessica Forcillo, Vinod H Thourani, ScienceDirect
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Lectures

Rationale, Challenges, and Goals of a Collaboration Between the US and Japan TVT Registries
CRF Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) - Structural Heart Disease Summit - Chicago, IL - 6/13/2019
30-Day Outcomes From an Early Feasibility Study to Assess the Safety and Effectiveness of a Novel Transfemoral TAVR System for the Treatment of Patients With Symptomat...
CRF Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) - Structural Heart Disease Summit - Chicago, IL - 6/13/2019
30-Day Outcomes From an Early Feasibility Study to Assess the Safety and Effectiveness of a Novel Transfemoral TAVR System for the Treatment of Patients With Symptomat...
CRF Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics - Annual Symposium 2019 - Miami, FL - 9/27/2019
The Rapid Emergence of Transcaval TAVR: Techniques and Clinical Outcomes
CRF Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) - Structural Heart Disease Summit - Chicago, IL - 6/13/2019
Recurrent MR After Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair: Is Surgical Repair Still an Option?
CRF Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) - Structural Heart Disease Summit - Chicago, IL - 6/14/2019
Do We Need a Randomized Trial in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease?
CRF Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) - Structural Heart Disease Summit - Chicago, IL - 6/13/2019
Aortic Valve Interventions: New Indications
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
CT Surgery
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/16/2019
Controversies in Anticoagulation After Cardiac Surgery
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/16/2019
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Authored Content

Association of Natriuretic Peptide Levels After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement with Subsequent Clinical OutcomesJuly 2020
Association of Natriuretic Peptide Levels After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement with Subsequent Clinical OutcomesJuly 2020
Geographic Access to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Centers in the United StatesJune 2020
Geographic Access to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Centers in the United StatesJune 2020
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Press Mentions

Surgeons ‘Implore’ Colleagues to Learn TEER Lest They Become ‘Dinosaurs’February 2nd, 2023
PASCAL for MV Repair Noninferior to MitraClip in CLASP IID; FDA Took NoticeSeptember 21st, 2022
PASCAL for MV Repair Not Inferior to MitraClip: Pivotal CLASP IIDSeptember 18th, 2022
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