NitashaSarswatMD

Heart Failure & Transplantation, Cardiovascular Disease Genetics, Cardiac Critical Care

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist

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Office
5841 S Maryland Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone+1 888-824-0200

Fax+1 773-834-1764

Dr. Nitasha Sarswat is a cardiologist in Chicago, IL and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including University of Chicago Medical Center and NorthShore University Health System. She received her medical degree from McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University and has been in practice 12 years. She specializes in heart failure & transplantation, cardiovascular disease genetics, and cardiac critical care and is experienced in cardiogenic shock, cardiac critical care, heart failure and transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support. Her research focus is on infiltrative diseases including cardiac amyloidosis and cardiac sarcoidosis. She has more than 80 publications and over 500 citings.

Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2012 - 2013
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2009 - 2012
NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 2005 - 2008
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 2005

PubMed

20 citations
Association of Inflow Cannula Position with Left Ventricular Unloading and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device.
Teruhiko Imamura, Ann Nguyen, Ben Chung, Daniel Rodgers, Nitasha Sarswat
ASAIO Journal. 2019-05-01
6 citations
Significant vascular complications in percutaneous axillary intra-aortic balloon pump.
Hidefumi Nishida, Tae Song, David Onsager, Ann Nguyen, Jonathan Grinstein
Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2022-07-01
26 citations
Outcomes of Ambulatory Axillary Intraaortic Balloon Pump as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation
Hidefumi Nishida, Yojiro Koda, Sara Kalantari, Ann Nguyen, Bow Chung
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2021-04-01

Journal Articles

Improvement in Biventricular Cardiac Function Following Ambulatory Counterpulsation
Nitasha Sarswat, Jayant Raikhelkar, Sara Kalantari, Gabriel Sayer, Daniel Burkhoff, Nir Uriel, Journal of Cardiac Failure
Decoupling Between Diastolic Pulmonary Artery Pressure and Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure at Incremental LVAD Speeds Is Associated with Worse Prognosis Following LVAD...
Jayant Raikhelkar, Nitasha Sarswat, Sara Kalantari, Daniel Burkhoff, Gabriel Sayer, Nir Uriel, Journal of Cardiac Failure

Improvement in Biventricular Cardiac Function Following Ambulatory CounterpulsationNovember 2018
Decoupling Between Diastolic Pulmonary Artery Pressure and Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure at Incremental LVAD Speeds Is Associated with Worse Prognosis Following LVAD ImplantationAugust 2018
Long-Acting Octreotide Reduces the Recurrence of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients with a Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist DeviceFebruary 2018
Long-Acting Octreotide Reduces the Recurrence of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients with a Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist DeviceFebruary 2018
Consequences of Retained Defibrillator and Pacemaker Leads Following Heart Transplantation – an Underrecognized ProblemJanuary 2018
Consequences of Retained Defibrillator and Pacemaker Leads Following Heart Transplantation – an Underrecognized ProblemJanuary 2018
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