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Rajesh Sekar

  • Department of Surgery
    Senior Associate
  • rajesh.babu.sekar@emory.edu
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Academic Appointment

  • Fellow in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • M.D. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • M.S. from University of Virginia
  • B.Tech. from Anna University

Research

Publications

  • Fibrinolysis and clinical outcomes in acute pulmonary embolism. Madras medical college pulmonary embolism (M-PER) registry from India.
    Indian Heart J Volume: 76 Page(s): 172 - 181
    01/01/2024 Authors: Gnanaraj JP; Jaganathan V; Asaithambi N; Sekar R; Chandrasekaran E; Elangovan EM; Srinivasan K; Ganesan M; Mohandoss NP; Gorijavaram PK
  • Long-term risk of arch complications in Loeys Dietz syndrome patients undergoing proximal ascending aortic replacement.
    J Card Surg Volume: 37 Page(s): 3688 - 3692
    11/01/2022 Authors: Weininger G; Zafar M; Ziganshin BA; Mori M; Papanikolaou D; Sekar RB; Amabile A; Degife E; O'Marr J; Geirsson A
  • Intracardiac polymethylmethacrylate cement embolism.
    JTCVS Tech Volume: 10 Page(s): 358 - 360
    12/01/2021 Authors: Weininger G; Sekar RB; Elefteriades JA
  • Heart transplant outcomes in recipients of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) high risk donors.
    J Card Surg Volume: 31 Page(s): 772 - 777
    12/01/2016 Authors: Tsiouris A; Wilson L; Sekar RB; Mangi AA; Yun JJ
  • Concentric Tissue Geometry Decreases the Likelihood of Inducing Reentrant Spiral Waves
    Volume: 134
    11/11/2016 Authors: Molitoris JM; Sekar RB; Tung L
  • Precisely parameterized experimental and computational models of tissue organization.
    Integr Biol (Camb) Volume: 8 Page(s): 230 - 242
    02/01/2016 Authors: Molitoris JM; Paliwal S; Sekar RB; Blake R; Park J; Trayanova NA; Tung L; Levchenko A
  • An enhancer polymorphism at the cardiomyocyte intercalated disc protein NOS1AP locus is a major regulator of the QT interval.
    Am J Hum Genet Volume: 94 Page(s): 854 - 869
    06/05/2014 Authors: Kapoor A; Sekar RB; Hansen NF; Fox-Talbot K; Morley M; Pihur V; Chatterjee S; Brandimarto J; Moravec CS; Pulit SL
  • IK1 heterogeneity affects genesis and stability of spiral waves in cardiac myocyte monolayers.
    Circ Res Volume: 104 Page(s): 355 - 364
    02/13/2009 Authors: Sekar RB; Kizana E; Cho HC; Molitoris JM; Hesketh GG; Eaton BP; Marbn E; Tung L
  • Cell cultures as models of cardiac mechanoelectric feedback.
    Prog Biophys Mol Biol Volume: 97 Page(s): 367 - 382
    01/01/2008 Authors: Zhang Y; Sekar RB; McCulloch AD; Tung L
  • Lentiviral vector-mediated expression of GFP or Kir2.1 alters the electrophysiology of neonatal rat ventricular myocytes without inducing cytotoxicity.
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol Volume: 293 Page(s): H2757 - H2770
    11/01/2007 Authors: Sekar RB; Kizana E; Smith RR; Barth AS; Zhang Y; Marbn E; Tung L
  • Overexpression and dominant-negative suppression of inwardly rectifying potassium channel protein (Kir2.1) alters electrophysiology and spiral wave dynamics of an in vitro model of cardiac myocytes
    Volume: 116 Page(s): 276 - 276
    10/16/2007 Authors: Sekar RB; Kizana E; Cho HC; Smith RR; Eaton BP; Marbn E; Tung L
  • Go-expression of Connexin40 or 45 slows Connexin43-dependent conduction
    Volume: 116 Page(s): 87 - 88
    10/16/2007 Authors: Kizana E; Foster DB; Sekar RB; Tung L; Marban E
  • Gene transfer of connexin43 mutants attenuates coupling in cardiomyocytes: novel basis for modulation of cardiac conduction by gene therapy.
    Circ Res Volume: 100 Page(s): 1597 - 1604
    06/08/2007 Authors: Kizana E; Chang CY; Cingolani E; Ramirez-Correa GA; Sekar RB; Abraham MR; Ginn SL; Tung L; Alexander IE; Marbn E
  • Fluorescence Microscopic Mapping of Electrical Wave Propagation in an In-vitro Model of Skeletal Myoblast Cell Transplantation
    Page(s): 803 - +
    01/01/2007 Authors: Zhang Y; Sekar RB; Abraham MR; Tung L
  • Role of sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium cycling in arrhythmias in a 2-D experimental model of calcium overload
    Volume: 114 Page(s): 9 - 9
    10/31/2006 Authors: Chang MG; Chang CY; Xu L; Sekar RB; Cysyk J; Marban E; Tung L; Abraham MR
  • Proarrhythmic potential of mesenchymal stem cell transplantation revealed in an in vitro coculture model.
    Circulation Volume: 113 Page(s): 1832 - 1841
    04/18/2006 Authors: Chang MG; Tung L; Sekar RB; Chang CY; Cysyk J; Dong P; Marbn E; Abraham MR
  • Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) microscopy imaging of live cell protein localizations.
    J Cell Biol Volume: 160 Page(s): 629 - 633
    03/03/2003 Authors: Sekar RB; Periasamy A
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