Anushree Agarwal, MD, MBBS
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
CLINICAL INTERESTS
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Dr. Agarwal is a cardiologist with special interest in adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) and cardio-obstetrics. Her additional clinical interests include the use of transthoracic echocardiography and cardiopulmonary exercise stress testing.
RESEARCH INTERESTS Dr. Agarwal's career focuses on identifying, developing, and testing strategies to reduce ACHD care gaps and improve outcomes, leveraging the principles of implementation science. Her interests include patient activation and empowerment, health system interventions, and advocating for health policies that enhance ACHD patient access to timely, equitable, high-quality specialty care. Her work aims to increase patient and provider awareness about ACHD, mitigate racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in ACHD care delivery, and enhance access to care leveraging digital technologies.
Awards
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- ACC.16 Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology (ACPC) Section’s FIT Travel Award, 2016
- American Heart Association Women in Cardiology Trainee Awards for Excellence, 2015
- Risselbach’s Distinguished Paper Award, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI, 2013
- Berry Breen Best Resident Award, Southern Illinois university School of Medicine, 2009
Education & Training
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- MAS Masters in Clinical Research, Implementation Science Track University of California San Francisco 06/2023
- Certificate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training University of California San Francisco 10/2022
- Adult Congenital Cardiology Fellowship University of California San Francisco 06/2016
- Cardiology Fellowship Aurora Health Care, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health 06/2014
- MD Internal Medicine Residency Southern Illinois University School of Medicine 07/2010
- MBBS Medicine Indira Gandhi Government Medical College 05/2005
Interests
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- transitions of care
- Cardiopulmonary exercise stress testing
- health disparity
- health services and cost
- outcomes and quality of life
- echocardiography
- adult congenital heart disease
- patient engagement/ empowerment
- Digital health
- Cardio-Obstetrics
- implementation science
- health policy/insurance and access to care
Websites
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- @@AnuAgarwalMD on Twitter (twitter.com)
- UCSF ACHD (ucsfhealthcardiology.ucsf.edu)
- ACHD registry (chi.eurekaplatform.org)
Grants and Projects
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- Improving transitions of care for adults with congenital heart disease, NIH-NHLBI, 2022-2027
- Utilizing PCORnet to Support Transition from Pediatric to Adult-Centered Care and Reduce Gaps in Recommended Care in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease, PCORnet®, 2021-2024
- Comorbidity, health care utilization and costs in US adults with congenital heart disease: A population based study., AHA AWRP/ Childrens Heart Foundation Mentored Clinical & Population Research Award, 2017-2018
Publications (38)
Top publication keywords:
EndocarditisHeart DiseasesTransposition of Great VesselsContraceptive Agents, FemalePregnancy, UnplannedTroponin IAortic ValveFontan ProcedureCardiomyopathy, HypertrophicHeart Defects, CongenitalEchocardiographyInsurance, HealthPregnancy Complications, CardiovascularCardiac Imaging TechniquesHealth Care Costs
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Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Adults With Congenital Heart Disease in the Congenital Heart Initiative Registry.
JAMA network open 2024 Leezer S, Mehta R, Agarwal A, Saraf S, Messmer M, Phillippi R, Jackson JL, Roeder M, Marlin A, Peyser ND, Pletcher MJ, Krasuski R, Lewis M, Reardon L, Saidi A, Kanter R, Sandhu S, Young T, Jacobsen R,… -
Health Service Use and Costs During Pregnancy Among Privately Insured Individuals With Congenital Heart Disease.
JAMA network open 2024 Agarwal A, Duan R, Sobhani NC, Sabanayagam A, Marcus GM, Gurvitz M -
Immediate Postpartum Breastfeeding following Pregnancy with Cardiac Disease.
American journal of perinatology 2024 Tinajero Y, Parikh NI, Harris IS, Gonzalez JM, Agarwal A, Sobhani NC -
Contraceptive counseling and choices in pregnancies with maternal cardiac disease.
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians 2023 Shao SJ, Cassidy AG, Alanizi A, Agarwal A, Sobhani NC -
Cardiovascular events more than 6 months after pregnancy in patients with congenital heart disease.
Open heart 2023 Schultz H, Sobhani NC, Blissett S, Yogeswaran V, Hong J, Harris IS, Parikh N, Gonzalez J, Agarwal A
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Association of Body Mass Index With Clinical Features and Outcomes in Adults With Fontan Palliation.
Journal of the American Heart Association 2023 Yogeswaran V, Anigwe C, Salahuddin A, Aggarwal A, Moon Grady AJ, Harris IS, Sabanayagam A, Kouretas PC, Mahadevan VS, Agarwal A -
Delivery trends and obstetric outcomes in patients with Fontan circulation.
American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM 2023 Sobhani NC, Corbetta-Rastelli CM, Agarwal A, D'Alton ME, Friedman AM, Wen T -
Outcomes among adult survivors of total cavopulmonary Fontan palliation for single ventricle.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2022 Anigwe C, Yogeswaran V, Moon-Grady A, McAllister S, Aggarwal A, Blissett S, Harris IS, Kouretas PC, Mahadevan VS, Sabanayagam A, Agarwal A -
Distance to Care, Rural Dwelling Status, and Patterns of Care Utilization in Adult Congenital Heart Disease.
Pediatric cardiology 2021 Khan AM, McGrath LB, Ramsey K, Agarwal A, Slatore CG, Broberg CS -
Association of Insurance Status With Emergent Versus Nonemergent Hospital Encounters Among Adults With Congenital Heart Disease.
Journal of the American Heart Association 2021 Agarwal A, Gurvitz M, Myers J, Jain S, Khan AM, Nah G, Harris IS, Kouretas P, Marcus GM -
Association of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease-Specific Care With Clinical Characteristics and Healthcare Use.
Journal of the American Heart Association 2021 Khan AM, McGrath LB, Ramsey K, Agarwal A, Broberg CS -
Ambulatory Health Care Service Use and Costs Among Commercially Insured US Adults With Congenital Heart Disease.
JAMA network open 2020 Agarwal A, Vittinghoff E, Myers JJ, Dudley RA, Khan A, John A, Marcus GM -
Placental Abruption as a Risk Factor for Heart Failure.
The American journal of cardiology 2020 DesJardin JT, Healy MJ, Nah G, Vittinghoff E, Agarwal A, Marcus GM, Velez JMG, Tseng ZH, Parikh NI -
Age- and Lesion-Related Comorbidity Burden Among US Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: A Population-Based Study.
Journal of the American Heart Association 2019 Agarwal A, Thombley R, Broberg CS, Harris IS, Foster E, Mahadevan VS, John A, Vittinghoff E, Marcus GM, Dudley RA -
Clinical Outcomes During Admissions for Heart Failure Among Adults With Congenital Heart Disease.
Journal of the American Heart Association 2019 Agarwal A, Dudley CW, Nah G, Hayward R, Tseng ZH -
Percutaneous exclusion of a giant ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm.
BMJ case reports 2019 Agrawal H, Agarwal A, Eichler CM, Mahadevan VS -
Contraceptive Choices in the Immediate Postpartum Period in Women With Cardiac Disease.
The American journal of cardiology 2019 Sobhani NC, Schultz H, Kheiwa A, Killion M, Parikh NI, Harris IS, Gonzalez JM, Agarwal A -
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the evaluation of liver disease in adults who have had the Fontan operation.
Archives of cardiovascular diseases 2017 Agarwal A, Cunnington C, Sabanayagam A, Zier L, McCulloch CE, Harris IS, Foster E, Atkinson D, Bryan A, Jenkins P, Dua J, Parker MJ, Karunaratne D, Moore JA, Meadows J, Clarke B, Hoschtitzky JA, … -
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with aortic dilation: a novel observation.
European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging 2017 Yousefzai R, Agarwal A, Fuad Jan M, Cho C, Anigbogu M, Shetabi K, Singh M, Bush M, Treiber S, Port S, Ammar KA, Paterick TE, Jain R, Khandheria BK, Jamil Tajik A -
Stable ischemic heart disease in women: current perspectives.
International journal of women's health 2017 Samad F, Agarwal A, Samad Z -
Relationship of cardiac troponin to systolic global longitudinal strain in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 2017 Agarwal A, Yousefzai R, Shetabi K, Samad F, Aggarwal S, Cho C, Bush M, Jan MF, Khandheria BK, Paterick TE, Tajik AJ -
A great imitator in adult cardiology practice: congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries.
Congenital heart disease 2017 Agarwal A, Samad F, Kalvin L, Bush M, Tajik AJ -
Coexistence of abnormal systolic motion of mitral valve in a consecutive group of 324 adult Tetralogy of Fallot patients assessed with echocardiography.
Open heart 2016 Agarwal A, Harris IS, Mahadevan VS, Foster E -
Aortic Atherosclerosis: A Common Source of Cerebral Emboli, Often Overlooked!
American journal of therapeutics 2016 Ismail I, Agarwal A, Aggarwal S, Al-Khafaji N, Gupta N, Badi H, Chopra A, Khosla S, Arora R -
Clinical application of WHF-MOGE(S) classification for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Global heart 2015 Agarwal A, Yousefzai R, Jan MF, Cho C, Shetabi K, Bush M, Khandheria BK, Paterick TE, Treiber S, Sra J, Werner P, Allaqaband S, Bajwa T, Tajik AJ -
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with sleep apnea: serious implications and cogent management strategy.
Expert review of cardiovascular therapy 2015 Aggarwal S, Jan MF, Agarwal A, Tajik AJ -
Anomalous connection of the left upper pulmonary vein to the vertical vein: an uncommon diagnosis unveiled by suprasternal notch imaging.
European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging 2014 Shaikh A, Agarwal A, Treiber S, Tajik AJ -
David and Goliath: a clash of flows in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging 2014 Osranek M, Agarwal A, Jamil Tajik A -
Cardiac sarcoid: a chameleon masquerading as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy in the same patient.
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 2014 Agarwal A, Sulemanjee NZ, Cheema O, Downey FX, Tajik AJ -
Double jeopardy in the echocardiography laboratory: coexistence of two distinct cardiomyopathies?
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 2014 Paterick TE, Tercius AJ, Agarwal A, Treiber SC, Khandheria BK, Tajik AJ -
Left ventricular apical aneurysm: a novel phenotype of Fabry's disease.
European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging 2013 Agarwal A, Malik A, DeFranco AC, Tajik AJ -
Mobile aortic arch thrombi: radiographic image with gross pathology correlation.
The Annals of thoracic surgery 2013 Biru N, Agarwal A, Gupta A, Kress D -
Myocardial mechanics in noncontiguous HCM.
JACC. Cardiovascular imaging 2013 Agarwal A, Khandheria BK, Paterick TE, Bloomgarden D, Loberg R, Bush M, Tajik AJ -
Left ventricular noncompaction in patients with bicuspid aortic valve.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2013 Agarwal A, Khandheria BK, Paterick TE, Treiber SC, Bush M, Tajik AJ -
A unique case of quadricuspid aortic valve with coronary artery and descending aorta-to-pulmonary artery fistulae.
Circulation 2013 Agarwal A, Port S, Allaqaband S, Tajik AJ -
Multimodality imaging of cardiac tumour.
European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging 2012 Agarwal A, Ammar KA, Baugh D, Tumuluri R, Khandheria BK -
Hyperinsulinemia euglycemia therapy for calcium channel blocker overdose: a case report.
Texas Heart Institute journal 2012 Agarwal A, Yu SW, Rehman A, Henkle JQ -
Osborn waves in hypothermia induced by baclofen overdose.
BMJ case reports 2009 Singh NK, Agarwal A, Salazar L, Henkle JQ