Ankit Rathod, MBBS
Associate Professor
Cardiology - Fresno
School of Medicine

Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF

Ankit Rathod, MD, specializes in cardiac consultation and advanced cardiac imaging. He is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine, Adult Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and Nuclear Cardiology.

Dr. Rathod completed his Internal Medicine residency at Wayne State University, and fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Cardiac Imaging at Cedars Sinai Medical Center.

He is an expert in preventive cardiology, Cardiac MRI/CT, Echocardiography, Stress testing and in management of complex cardiac conditions like coronary artery disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, and valvular heart disease.

In his free time Dr. Rathod enjoys racquetball, hiking and music. He is fluent in English, Hindi and Gujarati.

• Response to Letter Regarding Article "Impact of Annual Operator and Institutional Volume on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes: A 5-Year United States Experience (2005-2009)".
  Circulation 2015 Badheka AO, Patel NJ, Grover P, Singh V, Patel N, Arora S, Chothani A, Mehta K, Deshmukh A, Savani GT, Patel A, Panaich SS, Shah N, Rathod A, Brown M, Mohamad T, Makkar RR, Schreiber T, Grines CL, …
• Influence of hospital volume on outcomes of percutaneous atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale closure: a 10-years US perspective.
  Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2015 Singh V, Badheka AO, Patel NJ, Chothani A, Mehta K, Arora S, Patel N, Deshmukh A, Shah N, Savani GT, Rathod A, Manvar S, Thakkar B, Panchal V, Patel J, Palacios IF, Rihal CS, Cohen MG, O'Neill W, De …
• Utilization and adverse outcomes of percutaneous left atrial appendage closure for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation in the United States: influence of hospital volume.
  Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology 2014 Badheka AO, Chothani A, Mehta K, Patel NJ, Deshmukh A, Hoosien M, Shah N, Singh V, Grover P, Savani GT, Panaich SS, Rathod A, Patel N, Arora S, Bhalara V, Coffey JO, O'Neill W, Makkar R, Grines CL, …
• Major electrocardiographic abnormalities and 25-hydroxy vitamin D deficiency: insights from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey-III.
  Clinical cardiology 2014 Tuliani TA, Shenoy M, Deshmukh A, Rathod A, Pant S, Badheka AO, Levine D, Afonso L
• Impact of annual operator and institutional volume on percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes: a 5-year United States experience (2005-2009).
  Circulation 2014 Badheka AO, Patel NJ, Grover P, Singh V, Patel N, Arora S, Chothani A, Mehta K, Deshmukh A, Savani GT, Patel A, Panaich SS, Shah N, Rathod A, Brown M, Mohamad T, Tamburrino FV, Kar S, Makkar R, O'…
• Optimal blood pressure in patients with atrial fibrillation (from the AFFIRM Trial).
  The American journal of cardiology 2014 Badheka AO, Patel NJ, Grover PM, Shah N, Patel N, Singh V, Deshmukh AJ, Mehta K, Chothani A, Savani GT, Arora S, Rathod A, Marzouka GR, Lafferty J, Mehta JL, Mitrani RD
• Balloon mitral valvuloplasty in the United States: a 13-year perspective.
  The American journal of medicine 2014 Badheka AO, Shah N, Ghatak A, Patel NJ, Chothani A, Mehta K, Singh V, Patel N, Grover P, Deshmukh A, Panaich SS, Savani GT, Bhalara V, Arora S, Rathod A, Desai H, Kar S, Alfonso C, Palacios IF, Grines…
• Contemporary trends of hospitalization for atrial fibrillation in the United States, 2000 through 2010: implications for healthcare planning.
  Circulation 2014 Patel NJ, Deshmukh A, Pant S, Singh V, Patel N, Arora S, Shah N, Chothani A, Savani GT, Mehta K, Parikh V, Rathod A, Badheka AO, Lafferty J, Kowalski M, Mehta JL, Mitrani RD, Viles-Gonzalez JF, Paydak…
• Complication rates of atrial fibrillation ablations: comparison of safety outcomes from real world to contemporary randomized control trials.
  International journal of cardiology 2014 Pothineni NV, Deshmukh A, Pant S, Patel NJ, Badheka A, Chothani A, Shah N, Mehta K, Savani GT, Singh V, Grover P, Bhalara V, Patel N, Arora S, Rathod A, Viles-Gonzalez J, Paydak H
• Influence of left ventricular remodeling on atrial fibrillation recurrence and cardiovascular hospitalizations in patients undergoing rhythm-control therapy.
  International journal of cardiology 2014 Shah N, Badheka AO, Grover PM, Patel NJ, Chothani A, Mehta K, Hoosien M, Singh V, Savani GT, Deshmukh A, Rathod A, Patel N, Panaich SS, Arora S, Schwartz C, Blisker M, Coffey JO, Mitrani RD, Fuster V,…
• Percutaneous aortic balloon valvotomy in the United States: a 13-year perspective.
  The American journal of medicine 2014 Badheka AO, Patel NJ, Singh V, Shah N, Chothani A, Mehta K, Deshmukh A, Ghatak A, Rathod A, Desai H, Savani GT, Grover P, Patel N, Arora S, Grines CL, Schreiber T, Makkar R, Rihal CS, Cohen MG, De …
• Outcomes in atrial fibrillation patients with and without left ventricular hypertrophy when treated with a lenient rate-control or rhythm-control strategy.
  The American journal of cardiology 2014 Badheka AO, Shah N, Grover PM, Patel NJ, Chothani A, Mehta K, Singh V, Deshmukh A, Savani GT, Rathod A, Panaich SS, Patel N, Arora S, Bhalara V, Coffey JO, Mitrani RD, Halperin JL, Viles-Gonzalez JF
• Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio significantly improves the Framingham risk score in prediction of coronary heart disease mortality: insights from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey-III.
  International journal of cardiology 2013 Shah N, Parikh V, Patel N, Patel N, Badheka A, Deshmukh A, Rathod A, Lafferty J
• Impact of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy on a secondary prevention population.
  JAMA internal medicine 2013 Rathod A, Badheka A, Deshmukh A
• Digoxin significantly improves all-cause mortality in atrial fibrillation patients with severely reduced left ventricular systolic function.
  International journal of cardiology 2013 Patel NJ, Hoosien M, Deshmukh A, Badheka AO, Grover PM, Shah N, Singh V, Mehta K, Chothani A, Savani GT, Arora S, Bhalara V, Patel N, Khalpada D, Rathod A, Vazzana TJ, Lafferty J, Viles-Gonzalez JF, …
• Non-influence of lipid lowering therapy in atrial fibrillation recurrence.
  International journal of cardiology 2013 Mehta K, Grover PM, Shah N, Patel NJ, Chothani A, Singh V, Savani GT, Deshmukh A, Rathod A, Patel N, Panaich SS, Arora S, Nalluri N, Khalpada D, Bhalaria V, Parmar NG, Badheka AO, Viles-Gonzalez JF, …
• Presence of anti-viral and anti-parasitic antibodies and cardiovascular mortality: insights from NHANES III.
  International journal of cardiology 2013 Grover PM, Badheka AO, Shah N, Patel NJ, Mehta K, Chothani A, Singh V, Savani GT, Deshmukh A, Rathod A, Patel N, Panaich SP, Arora S, Khalpada D, Bhalara V, Parmar NG, Mohamad T, Cohen MG
• ST-T wave abnormality in lead aVR and reclassification of cardiovascular risk (from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey-III).
  The American journal of cardiology 2013 Badheka AO, Patel NJ, Grover PM, Shah N, Singh V, Deshmukh A, Mehta K, Chothani A, Hoosien M, Rathod A, Savani GT, Marzouka GR, Gupta S, Mitrani RD, Moscucci M, Cohen MG
• QRS duration on electrocardiography and cardiovascular mortality (from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey-III).
  The American journal of cardiology 2013 Badheka AO, Singh V, Patel NJ, Deshmukh A, Shah N, Chothani A, Mehta K, Grover P, Savani GT, Gupta S, Rathod A, Marzouka GR, Mitrani RD, Moscucci M, Cohen MG
• Predictors of J-point elevation in a cross sectional US cohort.
  International journal of cardiology 2013 Badheka AO, Patel NJ, Singh V, Deshmukh A, Shah N, Grover P, Rathod A, Chothani A, Mehta K, Savani G, Myerburg RJ, Mitrani RD, Cohen MG
• Comparison of rate versus rhythm control in patients with atrial fibrillation and a pacemaker.
  The American journal of cardiology 2013 Badheka AO, Marzouka GR, Rathod AD, Patel NJ, Myerburg RJ, Mitrani RD
• Electrocardiographic abnormalities and reclassification of cardiovascular risk: insights from NHANES-III.
  The American journal of medicine 2013 Badheka AO, Patel N, Tuliani TA, Rathod A, Marzouka GR, Zalawadiya S, Deshmukh A, Moscucci M, Cohen MG
• The HARD2C score for predicting asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease.
  Angiology 2012 Badheka AO, Tuliani T, Rathod A, Veeranna V, Afonso L
• Combined use of direct renin inhibitor and carvedilol in heart failure with preserved systolic function.
  Medical hypotheses 2012 Badheka AO, Tuliani TA, Rathod A, Ali Kizilbash M, Bharadwaj A, Afonso L
• Statin therapy significantly reduces risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
  American journal of therapeutics 2012 Jacob S, Manickam P, Rathod A, Badheka A, Afonso L, Aravindhakshan R
• Isolated nonspecific ST-segment and T-wave abnormalities in a cross-sectional United States population and Mortality (from NHANES III).
  The American journal of cardiology 2012 Badheka AO, Rathod A, Marzouka GR, Patel N, Bokhari SS, Moscucci M, Cohen MG
• Role of lipid lowering therapy and renin angiotensin blockade in outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation.
  The American journal of cardiology 2012 Badheka AO, Tuliani T, Rathod A, Shenoy M, Afonso L, Jacob S
• Long-term mortality and role of troponin elevation in hypertensive emergencies.
  The American journal of cardiology 2012 Badheka A, Shenoy M, Rathod A, Tuliani T, Afonso L
• Healthy Eating Index and mortality in a nationally representative elderly cohort.
  Archives of internal medicine 2012 Rathod AD, Bharadwaj AS, Badheka AO, Kizilbash M, Afonso L
• Device therapy in heart failure patients with chronic kidney disease.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2012 Badheka A, Rathod A, Tuliani T, Afonso L, Jacob S
• Comparison of mortality and morbidity in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure with preserved versus decreased left ventricular ejection fraction.
  The American journal of cardiology 2011 Badheka AO, Rathod A, Kizilbash MA, Bhardwaj A, Ali O, Afonso L, Jacob S
• Obesity paradox in outcomes of atrial fibrillation.
  The American journal of cardiology 2011 Badheka AO, Rathod A, Bharadwaj A, Afonso L, Jacob S
• Outcomes and risk prediction model for peripheral arterial disease in patients with stable coronary artery disease.
  Angiology 2011 Badheka AO, Rathod AD, Bharadwaj AS, Bhat S, Kizilbash MA, Veeranna V, Pidlaon V, Jacob S, Afonso L
• Prevalence, determinants, and clinical significance of cardiac troponin-I elevation in individuals admitted for a hypertensive emergency.
  Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 2011 Afonso L, Bandaru H, Rathod A, Badheka A, Ali Kizilbash M, Zmily H, Jacobsen G, Chattahi J, Mohamad T, Koneru J, Flack J, Weaver WD
• Preserved or slightly depressed ejection fraction and outcomes after myocardial infarction.
  Postgraduate medical journal 2011 Badheka AO, Rathod A, Bharadwaj AS, Manickam P, Kizilbash MA, Veeranna V, Jacob S, Afonso L
• Comparative prognostic utility of conventional and novel lipid parameters for cardiovascular disease risk prediction: do novel lipid parameters offer an advantage?
  Journal of clinical lipidology 2010 Manickam P, Rathod A, Panaich S, Hari P, Veeranna V, Badheka A, Jacob S, Afonso L
• Epileptic patients who survived sudden cardiac death have increased risk of recurrent arrhythmias and death.
  Journal of cardiovascular medicine (Hagerstown, Md.) 2010 Badheka A, Rathod A, Kizilbash MA, Lai Z, Mohamad T, Shah A, Afonso L, Jacob S
• Influence of obesity on outcomes in atrial fibrillation: yet another obesity paradox.
  The American journal of medicine 2010 Badheka AO, Rathod A, Kizilbash MA, Garg N, Mohamad T, Afonso L, Jacob S
• Renal disease and cardiac mortality in survivors of sudden cardiac death.
  Acta cardiologica 2010 Rathod A, Badheka A, Kizilbash M, Manickam P, Mohamad T, Bhat S, Afonso L, Jacob S
• Impact of lipid-lowering therapy on outcomes in atrial fibrillation.
  The American journal of cardiology 2010 Badheka AO, Rathod A, Kizilbash MA, Garg N, Mohamad T, Afonso L, Jacob S
• Utility of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in evaluating left ventricular pseudoaneurysm.
  Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2008 Dutta R, Kahn AM, Rathod A, Greenberg B