Annapoorna Kini

Annapoorna Kini, M.D., is an American cardiologist and an Associate Professor of Cardiology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.

She is co-author (with Dr. Samin K. Sharma) of Coronary artherectomy: Contemporary concepts in cardiology and (with Dr. Valentin Fuster) of Definitions of acute coronary syndromes in Hurst's The Heart.

She performs more coronary interventions annually than any other woman in the U.S.

Biography

Kini was born in India and graduated from the Kasturba Medical College in Mangalore. After further studies in Wales, she became a member of the Royal College of Physicians of London.

She joined the staff at the Mount Sinai Hospital in 1996, undergoing further studies with Drs. Fuster and Sharma.

Together with Sharma, in 1998 Kini started the Live Symposium of Complex Coronary Cases; she serves as its Co-Director. Additionally, she is the Associate Director of the Mount Sinai Heart Cath lab and the Director of Mount Sinai's Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program.

She performs over 800 coronary interventions annually with a complication rate of less than 0.5 percent.

Education

Kini graduated from India's Vivekananda College in 1984. She received her MBBS from Kasturba Medical College in 1991, completing residencies at the University of Wales College of Medicine (in 1996) and Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center in the Bronx (in 1999). She completed three fellowships at Mount Sinai Medical Center – in 1997, 2001, and 2002, respectively.

Personal Life

Annapoorna Kini currently resides in New York and is married with two children. One is a freshman at Columbia University, and has expressed interest in becoming a world-class investment banker. In her free time, Kini enjoys racquetball and recreational jazz dancing.

Awards and recognition

Dr. Kini is recipient of the Young Investigator Award of American Association of Cardiology of Indian Origin (AAICO) in 1999 and received First Place in Internal Medicine (Ophthalmology and Anatomy) from Mangalore University in 1989.

Grants and trials

• Multicenter trial of LMWH vs UFH during PCI (SYNERGY) trial- Sponsored by Aventis.
• Fenoldopam in prevention of radiocontrast nephropathy (FORCE) trial- Sponsored by Abbott Inc. (Single Center Trial)
• Multicenter trial of Jomed covered stent in SVG intervention (BARRICADE) trial- Sponsored by JOMED Inc.
• Multicenter Phase I dose finding study of factor Xa in PCI - Sponsored by Berlex Inc.
• Multicenter NIH sponsored occluded artery theory (OAT) trial- Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.
• Multicenter trial of SVG intervention using TRIACTIV distal protection device (PRIDE Study).
• Multicenter trial of paclitaxel coated stent (TAXUS IV & V) trials- Sponsored by Boston Scientific.
• Assessing the mechanism of peri-procedural CK-MB elevation in relation to microvascular obstruction after otherwise successful PCI using Doppler flow, fractional flow reserve and myocardial contrast echo (PREDICT trial). Sponsored by Eli Lilly (Single Center Trial).
• Multicenter trial of SVG intervention using the Proxis embolic protection system (PROXIMAL Study). Sponsored by Velocimed.
• Simultaneous Kissing Stent technique for bifurcation lesions (single-center study) (SKS PRECISE Trial). Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson.
• Co-Investigator, Consortium for Translation of Psychosocial Depression Theories to intervention and Dissemination.
• Future revascularization evaluation in patients with diabetes mellitus: Optimal management of multivessel disease (FREEDOM Trial). Sponsored by NHLBI.

Publications

Partial list:

• Kini AS, Chen VH, Krishnan P, et al. (September 2008). "Bolus-only versus bolus + infusion of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors during percutaneous coronary intervention". American Heart Journal 156 (3): 513–9. doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2008.04.019. PMID 18760134. 

• Kini AS, Kim MC, Moreno PR, Krishnan P, Ivan OC, Sharma SK (March 2008). "Comparison of coronary flow reserve and fractional flow reserve in patients with versus without diabetes mellitus and having elective percutaneous coronary intervention and abciximab therapy (from the PREDICT Trial)". The American Journal of Cardiology 101 (6): 796–800. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.10.053. PMID 18328843. 

• Kunamneni PB, Rajdev S, Krishnan P, et al. (February 2008). "Outcome of intracoronary stenting after failed maximal medical therapy in patients with symptomatic myocardial bridge". Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions : Official Journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 71 (2): 185–90. doi:10.1002/ccd.21358. PMID 18327835. 

• Stevens GR, Kini AS, Sharma SK (March 2008). "Intervention of stenosed right coronary artery and anomalous left main coronary artery: single main coronary trunk". The Journal of Invasive Cardiology 20 (3): E71–2. PMID 18316835. http://www.digitaljic.com/nxtbooks/hmp/jic0308/index.php?startpage=E70. 

• Rajdev S, Krishnan P, Irani A, et al. (February 2008). "Clinical application of prophylactic percutaneous left ventricular assist device (TandemHeart) in high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention using an arterial preclosure technique: single-center experience". The Journal of Invasive Cardiology 20 (2): 67–72. PMID 18252970. http://www.digitaljic.com/nxtbooks/hmp/jic0208/index.php?startpage=A1. 

• Rajdev S, Irani A, Sharma S, Kini A (November 2007). "Clinical utility of TandemHeart for high-risk tandem procedures: percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty followed by complex PCI". The Journal of Invasive Cardiology 19 (11): E346–9. PMID 17986736. http://www.digitaljic.com/nxtbooks/hmp/jic1107/index.php?startpage=94. 

• Sinha AK, Kini AS, Sharma SK (September 2007). "Percutaneous valve replacement: a paradigm shift". Current Opinion in Cardiology 22 (5): 471–7. doi:10.1097/HCO.0b013e3282a14dc8. PMID 17762550. 

• Filsoufi F, Rahmanian PB, Castillo JG, Chikwe J, Kini AS, Adams DH (September 2007). "Results and predictors of early and late outcome of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severely depressed left ventricular function". The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 84 (3): 808–16. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.04.117. PMID 17720380. 

• Anand SX, Kim MC, Kamran M, et al. (August 2007). "Comparison of platelet function and morphology in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention receiving bivalirudin versus unfractionated heparin versus clopidogrel pretreatment and bivalirudin". The American Journal of Cardiology 100 (3): 417–24. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.02.106. PMID 17659921. 

• Sharma SK, Tamburrino F, Mares AM, Kini AS (July 2006). "Improved outcome with AngioJet thrombectomy during primary stenting in acute myocardial infarction patients with high-grade thrombus". The Journal of Invasive Cardiology. 18 Suppl C: C8–11. PMID 16883025. 

• Sharma SK, Kini AS (May 2006). "Coronary bifurcation lesions". Cardiology Clinics 24 (2): 233–46, vi. doi:10.1016/j.ccl.2006.02.003. PMID 16781940. 

• Kini AS (May 2006). "Coronary angiography, lesion classification and severity assessment". Cardiology Clinics 24 (2): 153–62, v. doi:10.1016/j.ccl.2006.04.002. PMID 16781935. 

• Kini AS, Moreno PR, Steinheimer AM, et al. (October 2005). "Effectiveness of the stent pull-back technique for nonaorto ostial coronary narrowings". The American Journal of Cardiology 96 (8): 1123–8. doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.06.043. PMID 16214450. 

• Bagga R, Kini A, Lee P, et al. (June 2005). "Intracoronary brachytherapy for in-stent restenosis using long sources reduces restenosis". The Journal of Invasive Cardiology 17 (6): 302–6. PMID 16003004. 

• Sharma SK, Kini A (July 2005). "Effect of nonionic radiocontrast agents on the occurrence of contrast-induced nephropathy in patients with mild-moderate chronic renal insufficiency: pooled analysis of the randomized trials". Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 65 (3): 386–93. doi:10.1002/ccd.20404. PMID 15926184. 

External links

• The Live Symposium of Complex Coronary Cases homepage
• Mount Sinai Hospital homepage
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine