Anushree Agarwal, MD, MBBS

Associate Professor

Cardiology

CLINICAL INTERESTS
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.

Education
MAS, 06/2023 - Masters in Clinical Research, Implementation Science Track, University of California San Francisco
Certificate, 10/2022 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training, University of California San Francisco
06/2016 - Adult Congenital Cardiology Fellowship, University of California San Francisco
06/2014 - Cardiology Fellowship, Aurora Health Care, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
MD, 07/2010 - Internal Medicine Residency, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
MBBS, 05/2005 - Medicine, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College
Honors and Awards
  • 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
Websites
Publications

  1. 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, Ruckdeschel E, Lubert A, Singh S, Zaidi A, Halpern DH, Mathews A, Carton T, John AS. Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Adults With Congenital Heart Disease in the Congenital Heart Initiative Registry. JAMA network open 2024. PMID: 39412804


  2. Agarwal A, Duan R, Sobhani NC, Sabanayagam A, Marcus GM, Gurvitz M. Health Service Use and Costs During Pregnancy Among Privately Insured Individuals With Congenital Heart Disease. JAMA network open 2024. PMID: 38739390


  3. Tinajero Y, Parikh NI, Harris IS, Gonzalez JM, Agarwal A, Sobhani NC. Immediate Postpartum Breastfeeding Following Pregnancy with Cardiac Disease. American journal of perinatology 2024. PMID: 38373708


  4. Shao SJ, Cassidy AG, Alanizi A, 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. PMID: 37263627


  5. Schultz H, Sobhani NC, Blissett S, Yogeswaran V, Hong J, Harris IS, Parikh N, Gonzalez J, Agarwal A. Cardiovascular events more than 6 months after pregnancy in patients with congenital heart disease. Open heart 2023. PMID: 37709299


  6. Yogeswaran V, Anigwe C, Salahuddin A, Aggarwal A, Moon Grady AJ, Harris IS, Sabanayagam A, Kouretas PC, Mahadevan VS, Agarwal A. Association of Body Mass Index With Clinical Features and Outcomes in Adults With Fontan Palliation. Journal of the American Heart Association 2023. PMID: 37026555


  7. Sobhani NC, Corbetta-Rastelli CM, Agarwal A, D'Alton ME, Friedman AM, Wen T. Delivery trends and obstetric outcomes in patients with Fontan circulation. American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM 2023. PMID: 36882127


  8. Anigwe C, Yogeswaran V, Moon-Grady A, McAllister S, Aggarwal A, Blissett S, Harris IS, Kouretas PC, Mahadevan VS, Sabanayagam A, Agarwal A. Outcomes among adult survivors of total cavopulmonary Fontan palliation for single ventricle. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34706905


  9. Khan AM, McGrath LB, Ramsey K, Agarwal A, Slatore CG, Broberg CS. Distance to Care, Rural Dwelling Status, and Patterns of Care Utilization in Adult Congenital Heart Disease. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34705069


  10. Agarwal A, Gurvitz M, Myers J, Jain S, Khan AM, Nah G, Harris IS, Kouretas P, Marcus GM. Association of Insurance Status With Emergent Versus Nonemergent Hospital Encounters Among Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34569274


  11. Khan AM, McGrath LB, Ramsey K, Agarwal A, Broberg CS. Association of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease-Specific Care With Clinical Characteristics and Healthcare Use. Journal of the American Heart Association 2021. PMID: 34041921


  12. Agarwal A, Vittinghoff E, Myers JJ, Dudley RA, Khan A, John A, Marcus GM. Ambulatory Health Care Service Use and Costs Among Commercially Insured US Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. JAMA network open 2020. PMID: 32970155


  13. DesJardin JT, Healy MJ, Nah G, Vittinghoff E, Agarwal A, Marcus GM, Velez JMG, Tseng ZH, Parikh NI. Placental Abruption as a Risk Factor for Heart Failure. The American journal of cardiology 2020. PMID: 32718545


  14. Agarwal A, Thombley R, Broberg CS, Harris IS, Foster E, Mahadevan VS, John A, Vittinghoff E, Marcus GM, Dudley RA. Age- and Lesion-Related Comorbidity Burden Among US Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: A Population-Based Study. Journal of the American Heart Association 2019. PMID: 31575318


  15. Agarwal A, Dudley CW, Nah G, Hayward R, Tseng ZH. Clinical Outcomes During Admissions for Heart Failure Among Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of the American Heart Association 2019. PMID: 31423885


  16. Agrawal H, Agarwal A, Eichler CM, Mahadevan VS. Percutaneous exclusion of a giant ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm. BMJ case reports 2019. PMID: 31302626


  17. Sobhani NC, Schultz H, Kheiwa A, Killion M, Parikh NI, Harris IS, Gonzalez JM, Agarwal A. Contraceptive Choices in the Immediate Postpartum Period in Women With Cardiac Disease. The American journal of cardiology 2019. PMID: 30712772


  18. 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, Mahadevan VS. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the evaluation of liver disease in adults who have had the Fontan operation. Archives of cardiovascular diseases 2017. PMID: 29198937


  19. 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. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with aortic dilation: a novel observation. European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging 2017. PMID: 28025268


  20. Samad F, Agarwal A, Samad Z. Stable ischemic heart disease in women: current perspectives. International journal of women's health 2017. PMID: 29033611


  21. Agarwal A, Yousefzai R, Shetabi K, Samad F, Aggarwal S, Cho C, Bush M, Jan MF, Khandheria BK, Paterick TE, Tajik AJ. Relationship of cardiac troponin to systolic global longitudinal strain in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 2017. PMID: 28849602


  22. Agarwal A, Samad F, Kalvin L, Bush M, Tajik AJ. A great imitator in adult cardiology practice: congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries. Congenital heart disease 2017. PMID: 28225206


  24. Ismail I, Agarwal A, Aggarwal S, Al-Khafaji N, Gupta N, Badi H, Chopra A, Khosla S, Arora R. Aortic Atherosclerosis: A Common Source of Cerebral Emboli, Often Overlooked! American journal of therapeutics 2016. PMID: 25569596


  25. 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. Clinical application of WHF-MOGE(S) classification for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Global heart 2015. PMID: 26271555


  26. Aggarwal S, Jan MF, Agarwal A, Tajik AJ. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with sleep apnea: serious implications and cogent management strategy. Expert review of cardiovascular therapy 2015. PMID: 25634133


  27. Shaikh A, Agarwal A, Treiber S, 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. PMID: 25073596


  28. Osranek M, Agarwal A, Jamil Tajik A. David and Goliath: a clash of flows in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging 2014. PMID: 24950763


  29. Agarwal A, Sulemanjee NZ, Cheema O, Downey FX, Tajik AJ. Cardiac sarcoid: a chameleon masquerading as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy in the same patient. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 2014. PMID: 24506439


  30. Paterick TE, Tercius AJ, Agarwal A, Treiber SC, Khandheria BK, Tajik AJ. Double jeopardy in the echocardiography laboratory: coexistence of two distinct cardiomyopathies? Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 2014. PMID: 24447051


  31. Agarwal A, Malik A, DeFranco AC, Tajik AJ. Left ventricular apical aneurysm: a novel phenotype of Fabry's disease. European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging 2013. PMID: 24196119


  32. Biru N, Agarwal A, Gupta A, Kress D. Mobile aortic arch thrombi: radiographic image with gross pathology correlation. The Annals of thoracic surgery 2013. PMID: 24182514


  33. Agarwal A, Khandheria BK, Paterick TE, Bloomgarden D, Loberg R, Bush M, Tajik AJ. Myocardial mechanics in noncontiguous HCM. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging 2013. PMID: 24229776


  34. Agarwal A, Khandheria BK, Paterick TE, Treiber SC, 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. PMID: 24044978


  35. Agarwal A, Port S, Allaqaband S, Tajik AJ. A unique case of quadricuspid aortic valve with coronary artery and descending aorta-to-pulmonary artery fistulae. Circulation 2013. PMID: 23979631


  36. Agarwal A, Ammar KA, Baugh D, Tumuluri R, Khandheria BK. Multimodality imaging of cardiac tumour. European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging 2012. PMID: 22715500


  37. Agarwal A, Yu SW, Rehman A, Henkle JQ. Hyperinsulinemia euglycemia therapy for calcium channel blocker overdose: a case report. Texas Heart Institute journal 2012. PMID: 22949783


  38. Singh NK, Agarwal A, Salazar L, Henkle JQ. Osborn waves in hypothermia induced by baclofen overdose. BMJ case reports 2009. PMID: 21686448