Prasad C Gunasekaran, MD

I am a board-certified interventional cardiologist with a focus on transcatheter coronary and structural heart interventions. My clinical practice involves minimally invasive procedures such as percutaneous coronary interventions (coronary stents), transcatheter mitral valve repair (MitraClip) and transcatheter left atrial appendage closure (Watchman) procedures. I hold a special interest in intracoronary imaging with IVUS/OCT and vulnerable coronary plaques. My clinical interests involve pioneering the use of intracardiac echo (ICE) for structural heart interventions and low-contrast precision percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) of those with compromised kidney function.

My research has culminated in compelling data on clinical outcomes of imaging-based PCI in coronary artery ectasia. Additionally, my novel research has underscored the safety and feasibility of dobutamine coupled with pressure wire usage in the severity assessment of low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis.

I have served as a member of the publications and editorial coordination committee of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). I have also been an invited abstract reviewer for their annual scientific session for 6 consecutive years, and I currently serve as a section editor for US Cardiology Review Journal. My goal is to understand each patient's needs and offer the right therapeutic intervention to the right patient at the right time to offer mortality benefit and improve quality of life.