Venkata M . Alla, MB,BS

Program Director, Cardiology - Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship

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School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Cardiology Division
CUMC - Creighton University Medical Center

Venkata M . Alla, MB,BS

Program Director, Cardiology - Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship

Professor

 
Dr. Venkata (Mahesh) Alla is currently a practicing non-invasive academic Cardiologist in Omaha, an Associate professor of Medicine in Creighton University School of Medicine and the Program Director for the cardiovascular fellowship program.  He graduated with a medical degree from Osmania Medical College in Hyderabad, India in 2000, completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Postgraduate Institute for Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India and worked as a Chief Resident at the Nizam’s Institute for Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India before he moved to the United States in 2006. He completed Internal Medicine Residency in 2009 and Cardiovascular Fellowship in 2012 at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska and has been on the Faculty since 2012. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac Computed Tomography and Comprehensive Adult Echocardiography.  His clinical and research interests include Preventive / Clinical Cardiology, Echocardiography. He is a dedicated teacher and is passionate about fellowship educ and Cardiac Imaging. He has been awarded the Master Clinician Award, Graduate medical education teaching award and distinguished teacher award by the University and the training program. He has authored a number of articles in peer reviewed journals, written text book chapters and has presented at numerous national and International meetings. He volunteers regularly at various local community wellness events targeting the Indian community and is the past president of the Nebraska Iowa Physicians of Indian Origin. Over the last few years he is pursuing various efforts to serve in India by participating in and organizing free health camps to improve patient care as well as conducting lectures and workshops to further health education among state employed health care providers. He plans to continue his work over the next few years and increase engagement with governmental and NGOs to improve the effectiveness of health care delivery systems in India.

Research Focus

CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY
CARDIAC IMAGING

Department

Medicine

Position

Professor

Articles

  • Smer A., Erratum 2015

Publications

  • JAMA neurology
    Maarse Moniek, Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion vs Standard of Care After Ischemic Stroke Despite Anticoagulation 2024
  • JACC. Cardiovascular interventions
    Aarnink Errol W, Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Patients With Anticoagulation Failure vs Anticoagulation Contraindication 2024
  • Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions
    Balakrishna Akshay Machanahalli, F-12 | Endovascular versus surgical revascularization for patients with chronic limb threatening ischemia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
    3:5 2024
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Pajjuru Venkata Siva Kumar, IMPACT OF CHRONIC OPIOID USE IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME: A STUDY USING NEBRASKA HEALTH INFORMATION INITIATIVE (NEHII) DATABASE
    83:13, p. 1346 - 1346 2024
  • Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
    Petersen John, Racial Disparities in Outcomes of Delivery and Cardiac Complications Among Pregnant Women with Congenital Heart Disease 2024
  • European heart journal
    Aarnink E, Left atrial appendage occlusion indicated by increased thrombotic risk versus increased bleeding risk: a comparison of the stroke despite anticoagulation (STR-OAC) and EWOLUTION cohorts
    44:Supplement_2 2023
  • Cardiovascular revascularization medicine
    Gill Gauravpal S., Prophylactic Anticoagulation Therapy Post-Anterior ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis
    53, p. S20 2023
  • Cardiovascular revascularization medicine
    Aggarwal Gaurav, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With and Without Concomitant Aortic Aneurysm: A Meta-Analysis
    53, p. S114 2023
  • Cardiovascular revascularization medicine
    Gill Gauravpal S., Transcatheter vacuum aspiration of valvular and lead related infective endocarditis 2023
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Palicherla Anirudh, CEREBRAL EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICES ARE PROTECTIVE AGAINST DISABLING STROKE IN TRANSCUTANEOUS AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: A META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS
    81:8, p. 925 - 925 2023
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Gill Gauravpal S., SAFETY AND STROKE OUTCOMES WITH LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION DEVICE IMPLANTATION IN END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
    81:8, p. 1091 - 1091 2023
  • JACC. Cardiovascular interventions
    Gill Gauravpal S., CRT-100.27 Prophylactic Anticoagulation Therapy Post-Anterior ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis
    16:4, p. S9 - S10 2023
  • JACC. Cardiovascular interventions
    Aggarwal Gaurav, CRT-700.64 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With and Without Concomitant Aortic Aneurysm: A Meta-Analysis
    16:4, p. S96 - S97 2023
  • Cardiovascular revascularization medicine
    Gill Gauravpal S, Contemporary Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Devices Have Same Long-Term Clinical Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis
    46, p. 115 - 116 2023
  • Circulation (New York, N.Y.)
    Satish Mohan, Abstract 15124: Impact of Stable Coronary Artery Disease on In-Hospital Outcomes and Readmissions Following Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
    146:S_1, p. A15124 - 2022
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Gill Gauravpal Singh, TCT-546 Stroke and Safety Outcomes With Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device Implantation in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis
    80:12, p. B224 2022
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Gill Gauravpal Singh, TCT-386 A Comparative Meta-Analysis of Newer Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Devices
    80:12, p. B155 - B156 2022
  • European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care
    Gill Gauravpal S., Multivessel vs. culprit-vessel only percutaneous coronary interventions in acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective randomized and retrospective studies
    11:7, p. 558 - 569 2022
  • Cardiovascular revascularization medicine
    Gill Gauravpal S., Revascularization Strategy in Cardiogenic Shock and Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis
    40, p. 32 - 32 2022
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Aggarwal Gaurav, SEX DIFFERENCES IN LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION OUTCOMES: META-ANALYSIS
    79:9, p. 884 2022
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Petersen John, RACIAL DISPARITIES IN OUTCOMES OF DELIVERY AND CARDIAC COMPLICATIONS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
    79:9, p. 1968 2022
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Torres Rosa N. Cruz, OUTCOMES OF SCREENING DIABETIC PATIENTS FOR ASYMPTOMATIC CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (CAD): AN UPDATED META-ANALYSIS
    79:9, p. 1545 2022
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Torres Rosa N. Cruz, OUTCOMES OF PERCUTANEOUS LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION (LAAO) ON LEFT ATRIAL FUNCTION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
    79:9, p. 1284 2022
  • JACC. Cardiovascular interventions
    Gill Gauravpal S., CRT-100.44 Revascularization Strategy in Cardiogenic Shock and Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis
    15:4, p. S12 2022
  • Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
    Ismayl Mahmoud, Delayed acute myocarditis with COVID-19 infection
    35:3, p. 366 - 368 2022
  • Circulation (New York, N.Y.)
    Gill Gauravpal S, Abstract 13730: In-Hospital Outcomes for Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Among Patients With Psychiatric Diagnosis
    144:S_1, p. A13730 - 2021
  • Circulation (New York, N.Y.)
    Warren Blair, Abstract 13642: Mortality and Readmissions Following Pericardiectomy
    144:Suppl_1, p. A13642 - 2021
  • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
    Thandra Abhishek, Valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement versus redo surgical valve replacement for degenerated bioprosthetic aortic valve
    97:7, p. 1481 - 1488 2021
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Shaikh Kashif, ASSOCIATION OF PERICARDIAL ADIPOSE TISSUE WITH CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM PROGRESSION WITH PARTICIPANTS:A CROSS-ETHNIC COMPARISON OF THE MESA AND MASALA STUDIES
    77:18, p. 1446 - 1446 2021
  • Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography
    Shaikh K., Utilization Trends Of Cardiovascular Ct Angiography Compared To Standard Of Care In Emergency Department In Patients Presenting With Chest Pain: Results From National Emergency Database
    14:3, p. S17 - S17 2020
  • World Journal of Cardiology
    Saadi Abdulghani, Access to smart devices and utilization of online health resources among older cardiac rehabilitation participants
    12:5, p. 203 - 209 2020
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Sharma Arindam, IMPACT OF A STRUCTURED QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK ON PROJECT OUTPUT IN A CARDIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
    75:11, p. 3483 - 3483 2020
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Urja Prakrity, Improving Rates of Same-Day Discharge After Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
    75:11, p. 3612 - 3612 2020
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Jhand Aravdeep, IMPACT OF ANEMIA ON IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY OF HEART FAILURE PATIENTS: A NATIONAL DATABASE ANALYSIS
    73:9, p. 919 - 919 2019
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Jhand Aravdeep, ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ANEMIA ON HEART FAILURE HOSPITALIZATIONS: A NATIONAL INPATIENT SAMPLE ANALYSIS
    73:9, p. 918 - 918 2019
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Murray Jeff, CARDIAC MASS: A DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGE
    73:9, p. 2272 - 2272 2019
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Satish Mohan, THE IMPACT OF RHEUMATOLOGIC DISEASES ON READMISSION RATES FOLLOWING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
    73:9, p. 22 - 22 2019
  • American Journal of Cardiology
    Murray Jeff, Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Utilization of Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, and Their Outcomes in Patients With Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
    122:11, p. 1830 - 1836 2018
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Haddad Toufik Mahfood, TCT-272 Outcomes of Drug-Eluting versus Bare-Metal Stents in Saphenous Vein Graft Lesions: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
    72:13, p. B112 - B112 2018
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Haddad Toufik Mahfood, OUTCOMES OF POST-OPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY: A META-ANALYSIS
    71:11, p. A144 - A144 2018
  • American Journal of Cardiology
    Smer Aiman, Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials on Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Versus Medical Therapy for Secondary Prevention of Cryptogenic Stroke 2018
  • Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
    Narayanan Mahesh Anantha, Reply by the Authors of the Original Article: SYNTAX Score and Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling After Bypass
    65:6, p. 458 - 459 2017
  • Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
    Narayanan Mahesh Anantha, Surgical Repair of Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    65:6, p. 447 - 456 2017
  • Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention
    Mahfood Haddad Toufik, Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Device 2017
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Kanmanthareddy Arun, SOTALOL VERSUS OTHER ANTI-ARRHYTHMIC MEDICATIONS FOR CARDIOVERSION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SINUS RHYTHM: META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED STUDIES
    69:11, p. 411 - 411 2017
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Patel Aashay, PROGNOSTIC IMPACT OF PREMATURE ATRIAL COMPLEXES IN THE GENERAL POPULATION: A META-ANALYSIS OF OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES
    69:11, p. 333 - 333 2017
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Kanmanthareddy Arun, Sotalol versus other anti-arrhythmic agents for prevention of post-operative supraventricular arrhythmias after cardiac surgery: meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies
    69:11, p. 546 - 546 2017
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Azzouz Muhammad Soubhi, Wrist Activity Tracking Devices and Support Programs, A Meta-Analysis
    69:11, p. 1734 - 1734 2017
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Soubhi Azzouz Muhammad, Therapeutic Hypothermia for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Meta Analysis
    69:11, p. 347 - 347 2017
  • JACC. Cardiovascular interventions
    Kanmanthareddy Arun, CRT-800.25 Second Generation Versus First Generation Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Meta-analysis
    10:3, p. S71 - S71 2017
  • Heart (British Cardiac Society)
    Smer Aiman M., A 50-Year-Old Man with Incidental Cardiac Mass
    103:3, p. 189 2017
  • JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
    Kanmanthareddy Arun, CRT-100.66 Platelet Activity in Clopidogrel Users With and Without Omeprazole: Meta-analysis of Pharmacodynamic Function
    10:3, p. S21 - S21 2017
  • JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
    Belbase Ram, CRT-100.88 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting For Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: Evidence From Meta-Analysis Of Randomized Clinical Trials
    10:3, p. S29 - S29 2017
  • Circulation (New York, N.Y.)
    Aggarwal Saurabh, Abstract 16190: Incidence and Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized With Myocardial Infarction and Co-existing Cerebrovascular Accident in United States
    134:Suppl_1 Suppl 1, p. A16190 - A16190 2016
  • Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews
    Mahfood Haddad Toufik, Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and the risk of clinical cardiovascular events 2016
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    saurav alok, TCT-816 Trend of Utilization & Procedural Outcomes of Endomyocardial Biopsy in United States: A Nationwide Inpatient Sample Based Study
    68:18, p. B330 - B331 2016
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC)
    Azzouz Muhammad S., Early Versus Conventional Atropine use in Dobutamine Stress Testing: A Meta Analysis
    67:13 Supplement, p. 1720 2016
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Saurav Alok, Mitral annular calcification and risk of stroke in severe aortic stenosis: A propensity score analysis
    67:13, p. 2234 - 2234 2016
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Aggarwal Saurabh, Impact of atrial fibrillation on outcomes and cost in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement
    67:13, p. 253 - 253 2016
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Kanmanthareddy Arun, Nationwide trends in pulmonary artery endarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
    67:13, p. 2044 - 2044 2016
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Kanmanthareddy Arun, Culprit versus multi-vessel percutaneous intervention in ST elevation myocardial infarction patients with cardiogenic shock: Meta-analysis
    67:13, p. 660 - 660 2016
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Saurav Alok, Syntax Score and its Impact on Long Term Outcomes of Coronary Revascularization: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression
    67:13, p. 106 - 106 2016
  • JACC. Cardiovascular interventions
    Kanmanthareddy Arun, CRT-200.72 Cardiovascular Outcomes and Concomitant Proton Pump Inhibitors and Clopidogrel Users: Evidence From Meta-analysis
    9:4, p. S25 - S25 2016
  • JACC. Cardiovascular interventions
    Saurav Alok, CRT-500.08 Stent Thrombosis With Bioabsorbable Vascular Scaffolds: A Meta-analysis
    9:4, p. S55 - S55 2016
  • Circulation (New York, N.Y.)
    Mahfood Haddad Toufik, Abstract 14339: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and the Risk of Clinical Cardiovascular Events: A Meta-Analysis
    132:suppl_3, p. A14339 - A14339 2015
  • Circulation (New York, N.Y.)
    Aggarwal Saurabh, Abstract 16543: Concomitant Left Atrial Appendage Closure During Cardiac Surgery: A Meta-analysis
    132:suppl_3, p. A16543 - A16543 2015
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Saurav Alok, TCT-303 Diagnostic Performance of Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio for Physiological Assessment of Coronary Stenosis Severity: A Bivariate Meta-analysis
    66:15, p. B120 - B120 2015
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Kanmanthareddy Arun K., TCT-215 Uninterrupted Novel Oral Anticoagulants and Warfarin Use for Peri-procedural Anticoagulation during Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
    66:15, p. B82 - B83 2015
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Kanmanthareddy Arun K., TCT-742 Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients with Structural Heart Disease – A Meta-analysis
    66:15, p. B303 - B303 2015
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Saurav Alok, TCT-478 Comparison of Five-year Outcomes of Percutaneous Versus Surgical Coronary Revascularization: A Meta-analysis
    66:15, p. B195 - B195 2015
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Ayan Mohamed, Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Graft Patency following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: a Propensity Score Analysis
    66:15, p. B110 - B110 2015
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Kanmanthareddy Arun K., Drug Eluting Balloons Versus Balloon Angioplasty in Femoropopliteal and Infrapopliteal Vascular Disease Interventions: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Studies
    66:15, p. B61 - B62 2015
  • Chest
    Anantha Narayanan Mahesh, Robotic Ablation Versus Manual Ablation for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-analysis
    148:4, p. 73 - 73B 2015
  • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
    Saurav Alok, Comparison of percutaneous device closure versus surgical closure of peri-membranous ventricular septal defects: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    86:6, p. 1048 - 1056 2015
  • American Journal of Emergency Medicine
    Smer Aiman M., Cocaine-induced isolated right ventricular infarction
    33:7, p. 989.e1 - 989.e3 2015
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Kanmanthareddy Arun, Efficacy and Safety of Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Ligation with Lariat: a Meta-Analysis
    65:10, p. A435 - A435 2015
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Lavu Madhav, Ventricular Arrhythmias in Hospitalized Hfpef Patients
    65:10, p. A409 - A409 2015
  • Smer Aiman M., Reply: Further Consideration in Evaluation of Right Ventricular Infarction. 2015
  • JACC. Cardiovascular interventions
    Chandraprakasam Satish, CRT-815 A Meta-analysis Of Clinical Outcomes Between Edwards Valve Versus Corevalve After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
    8:2, p. S52 - S53 2015
  • JACC. Cardiovascular interventions
    Kanmanthareddy Arun, CRT-154 Intravascular Ultrasound Guided Left Main Interventions: Meta-analysis
    8:2, p. S24 - S24 2015
  • JACC. Cardiovascular interventions
    Kanmanthareddy Arun, CRT-174 Transradial vs Transulnar Access for Coronary Angiography - A Meta-analysis
    8:2, p. S30 - S30 2015
  • Journal of Cardiac Surgery
    Smer Aiman M., Saphenous Venous Graft Pseudoaneurysm: A Review of the Literature
    30:1, p. 70 - 73 2015
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Gorthi Janardhana R., UTILITY OF IODINE-123-METAIODOBENZYLGUANIDINE IMAGING IN PREDICTING CLINICALLY RELEVANT VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
    63:12, p. A1120 - A1120 2014
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Gangi Ratna Priya, Impact of mitral annular calcification on outcomes of aortic valve surgery
    63:12, p. A2010 - A2010 2014
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Gangi Ratna Priya, NON VALVULAR PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA IN A PATIENT WITH RHEUMATIC MITRAL STENOSIS: INSIGHTS INTO ETIOPATHOGNESIS
    63:12, p. A703 - A703 2014
  • Journal of cardiac failure
    Kaushik Manu, Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness as Assessed by Echocardiography & Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction
    19:8, p. S69 - S69 2013
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Vallakati Ajay, Impact of Gender on Outcome after Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: A Meta-Analysis
    61:10, p. E388 - E388 2013
  • Alla Venkata M., LGE and the risk of sudden death in HCM 2012
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Kaushik Manu, Epicardial Adipose Tissue as Assessed by Echocardiography and Incident Cardiac Disease
    59:13, p. E1159 - E1159 2012
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
    Alla Venkata, Delayed Contrast Enhancement on Cardiac Mri and Risk of Clinically Significant Ventricular Arrhythmias in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: a Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies
    59:13, p. E1226 - E1226 2012
  • Alla Venkata M., LGE and the Risk of Sudden Death in HCM 2012
  • Frontiers in Bioscience - Elite
    Aboeata Ahmed S., Coronary artery ectasia
    4 E:1, p. 300 - 310 2012
  • Cardiology Journal
    Karnam Showri, Mycobacterium phlei, a previously unreported cause of pacemaker infection
    18:6, p. 687 - 690 2011
  • Cardiology Journal
    Karnam Showri M., Mycobacterium phlei, a previously unreported cause of pacemaker infection: Thinking outside the box in cardiac device infections
    18:6, p. 687 - 690 2011
  • Alla Venkata M., Electrocardiographic abnormalities in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy 2010
  • Alla Venkata M., Electrocardiographic abnormalities in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Relevance in patients with left bundle-branch block/paced ventricular rhythms 2010
  • Journal of Atrial Fibrillation
    Alla Venkata M., C-reactive protein and the risk of atrial fibrillation
    1:10, p. 569 - 579 2010

Presentations

  • Rise of Troponins: Can Cognitive Medicine Survive Tropomania or is it Dark Fate? Venkata Alla; IM Grand Rounds 12/13/23 2023
  • HTN Emergencies - Fellowship Boot Camp; July 2023 2023
  • AF-SVT - Cardiology fellowship lecture; July 2023 2023
  • Pre-Op Cardiovascular Evaluation - Cardiology Fellowship Lecture; July 2023 2023
  • Patient Education Lecture: Cardiovascular Risk: Role of Calcium Score; Harlan Wellness Center, April 2023 2023
  • Patient Education Lecture: Cardiovascular Risk: Role of Calcium Score; Harlan Wellness Center, April 2023 2023
  • Myrtue Memorial Hospital: Primary Care Update: Coronary CACS: Practical Uses; March 2023 2023
  • Impact of Stable Coronary Artery Disease on In-Hospital Outcomes and Readmissions Following Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Satish, Mohan; Walters, Ryan; Alla, Venkata; Halperin, Jonathan L, AHA November 2022 2022
  • A Comparative Meta-Analysis of Newer Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Devices, Gauravpal Singh Gill,1 Jorge Sanz Sanchez,2Jose Carlos Sanchez Martinez,3 Pramod Kumar Ponna,4Arun Kanmanthareddy,1 Venkata M. Alla, TCT September 2022 2022
  • Percutaneous Transcatheter Aspiration in Endocarditis: A Systematic Review and Compilation of Patient Characteristics and Outcomes From Published Reports, Gauravpal Singh Gill,1 Teja Chakrala,2 Venkata M. Alla, TCT September 2022 2022
  • Stroke and Safety Outcomes With Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device Implantation in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis, Gauravpal Singh Gill,1 Shikha Shailly,2 Pramod Kumar Ponna,3 Arun Kanmanthareddy,1 Venkata M. Alla, TCT September 2022 2022
  • Perinatal Programming of Cardiovascular Destiny: Before the Beginning... Alla, V. Creighton University Cardiology Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE. 2019
  • Metamorphosis and Mergers in Medical Specialties: Rise of Cardio Obstetrics & Gyn-Cardiology. Alla, V. Creighton University Cardiology Grand Rounds, Omaha, NE. 2019
  • Echocardiogram Surveillance prior to Pacemaker Generator Exchange: A QI Project. Freeman, W., Alla, V. Nebraska ACC, Omaha, NE. 2019
  • Extent of Subclinical Atherosclerosis on Coronary CT and impact of Statins in Stable Patients with Diabetes: Results from CONFIRM Registry. Kashif Shaikh, MD; Venkata M. Alla, MD, Juhwan Lee, MD; Heidi Gransar, MSc; Rine Nakanishi,MD; Shone Almeida,MD; Mohammed Salman,MD; Sion K Roy,MD; Jonathon A. Leipsic, MD; Fay Y. Lin, MD; Stephan Achenbach, MD; Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, MD; Daniele Andreini, MD PhD; Jeroen J. Bax, MD PhD; Daniel S. Berman, MD; Filippo Cademartiri, MD PhD; Tracy Q. Callister, MD; Hyuk-Jae Chang, MD PhD; Kavitha Chinnaiyan, MD; Benjamin J.W. Chow, MD; Ricardo C. Cury, MD; Augustin DeLago, MD; Gudrun Feuchtner, MD; Martin Hadamitzky, MD; Joerg Hausleiter, MD; Philipp A. Kauffmann, MD; Yong-Jin Kim, MD; Erica Maffei, MD PhD; Hugo Marques, MD PhD; Pedro de Araújo Gonçalves, MD PhD; Gianluca Pontone, MD PhD; Gilbert L. Raff, MD; Ronen Rubinshtein, MD; Leslee J. Shaw, PhD; Todd C. Villines, MD; Yao Lu, MSc; Erica C. Jones, MD; Jessica M. Peña, MD; James K. Min, MD; Matthew J. Budoff, MD. Nebraska ACC, Omaha, NE 2019
  • A Meta-analysis of transradial versus transfemoral approach for secondary vascular access in transfemoral-transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Apala, D., Jhand, A., Gundepalli, S., Freeman, W., Alla, V. SCAI 2019, Las Vegas, NV. 2019
  • Economic Impact of Anemia on Heart Failure Hospitalizations: A National Inpatient Sample Analysis. Jhand, A., Ahmad, A., Guddeti, R., Thandra, A., Walters, R., Andukuri, V., Alla, V., Smer, A. American College of Cardiology Conference, New Orleans, LA. 2019
  • Impact of Anemia on In-Hospital Mortality of Heart Failure Patients : A National Database Analysis. Jhand, A., Guddeti, R., Ahmad, A., Thandra, A., Walters, R., Andukuri, V., Alla, V., Smer, A. American College of Cardiology Conference, New Orleans, LA. 2019
  • Murray, J., Tandon, T., Alla, V. Cardiac Mass: A Diagnostic Challenge. American College of Cardiology 2019. New Orleans, LA. 2019
  • Satish M, Walter R, Alla VM: Readmission rates and etiology in rheumatic diseases with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Poster Presentation American College of Cardiology, 3/2019 2019
  • Jhand A, Apala D, Thandra A, Ahsan M, Mafood Haddad T, Alla VM: Safety and Efficacy of Transradial versus Transfemoral access for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Unprotected Left Main Disease: A Meta-analysis. Poster Presentation American College of Cardiology, 3/2019 2019
  • Dinesh Reddy Apala, Aravdeep Jhand, Abhishek Thandra, Muhammad Ahsan, Toufik Mahfood Haddad, Venkata Alla: A meta-analysis of Efficacy and Safety of Transradial versus Transfemoral access for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusions. Poster Presentation American College of Cardiology, 3/2019 2019
  • Geetanjali Dang, Mohammed Saleh, Maria Del Carmen Perez, Wilmary Garcia Flete, Raviteja Guddeti, Hussam Abuissa, VenkataAlla: SAFETY PROFILES OF LEADLESS PACEMAKERS (MICRA) DEVICES: AN ANALYSIS OF THE FOODAND DRUG ADMINISTRATION MANUFACTURER AND USER FACILITY DEVICE EXPERIENCE (MAUDE) DATABASE. Poster Presentation American College of Cardiology, 3/2019 2019
  • A meta-analysis of Long-term Clinical Outcomes following Successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Drug-Eluting Stents for Chronic Total Occlusions. Jhand, A., Thandra, A., Mahfood Haddad, T., Saadi, A., Alla, V., White, M. TCT 2018, San Diego, CA. 2018
  • Safety and Efficacy of Amplatzer Cardiac Plug and Amulet Device for Left Atrial Appendage Closure in Patients with Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-analysis. Thandra, A., Jhand, A., Apala, D., Aggarwal, S., Saadi, A., Sayles, H., Goldsweig, A., Alla, V. European Society of Cardiology Congress 2018, Munich, Germany. 2018
  • A meta-analysis of efficacy and safety of Watchman device for left atrial appendage closure in non-valvular atrial fibrillation. Jhand, A., Thandra, A., Apala, D., Aggarwal, S., Saadi, A., Sayles, H., Goldweig, A., Alla, V. European Society of Cardiology Congress 2018, Munich, Germany. 2018
  • Solving the Rubiks Cube of Competencies, Milestones and EPAs: New paradigms in Training the next generation of Cardiologists. Cardiology Grand Rounds 2015
  • Saurabh Aggrawal, Venkata M Alla - Everolimus versus mycophenolate for cardiac transplantation. American Heart Association November 15 19, 2014. Chicago, IL. 2014
  • S Chandraprakasam, VM Alla, AN Mooss, CB Hunter. (June 25-29, 2014). Systematic Review of Dobutamine Stress Testing Induced Stress Cardiomyopathy. American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin. San Antonio, TX. Poster presentation. 2014
  • Manu Kaushik, Alok Saurav, Senthil Thambidorai, Kyle G Ulveling, Sushma Koneru, Caroline Nubel, Venkata M Alla, Jeff Holmberg, Aryan Mooss, Syed M Mohiuddin. (June 20 24, 2014). Large Pericardial Effusion associated with severe Pulmonary Hypertension - Clinical Predictors of Aortic Atherosclerosis: A Prospective Study Using Trans-Esophageal Echocardiography. American Society of Echocardiography. Portland, OR. Poster presentation. 2014
  • Alok Saurav, Venkata M Alla, Clint J Oommen, Prakash Suryanarayana, Kwan Lee, Manu Kaushik, Michael Del Core - Effect of Cilostazol on Restenosis Rate and Target Lesion Revascularization in Femoro-Popliteal Endovascular Intervention: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions May 28-31, 2014. 2014
  • Manu Kaushik, Alok Saurav, Venkata M Alla, Michael Del Core, Aryan Mooss, Dennis Esterbrooks - Impact of Chronic Lung Disease on Outcomes of Patients with Inferior Myocardial Infarction at Risk of Right Ventricular Infarction. The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions May 28-31, 2014. 2014
  • Saurabh Agrawal, Venkata M Alla - Multidetector computed tomography versus 2-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography for transcatheter aortic valve replacement. The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions May 28-31, 2014. 2014
  • Ratna Priya Gangi, Venkata Mahesh Alla. (March 29 31, 2014). Papillary fibroelastoma in a patient with rheumatic mitral valve stenosis. American College of Cardiology Meeting. Washington, DC. 2014

Awards

  • Annual Faculty Award
    Department of Medicine
  • Department of Medicine Annual Faculty Award
    Creighton University School of Medicine
  • Educator of the Year Award
    Cardiovascular Fellowship
    Creighton University School of Medicine
  • Educator of the year award from Fellowship for the year 2020-2021
    Educator of the year award from Fellowship for the year 2020-2021
  • Graduate Medical Education Teaching Award
    SOM
  • Special Recognition Award
    Special Recognition Award for Professional excellence and Servic
    Association of American cardiologists of Indian origin