Profile Summary

Qualification & Experience: "MD (Medicine), DNB(Medicine), DNB(Cardiology) Fellowship In Interventional Cardiology & Cardiovascular Imaging (South Korea) " 

Area of expertise:

• Interventional Cardiology including Angiography, Angioplasty and Stenting
• Cardiovascular Imaging
• Cardiovascular Research
• Transthoracic 2D Echocardiography, Transesophageal Echocardiography, StressTesting and Non-invasive Clinical Cardiology.
• Hypertension, Dyslipidemia and Preventive Cardiology"

Introduction:

"I am a Full Time Consultant Cardiologist working at Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre since the last 6 years. I have received special training in Echocardiography and Interventional Cardiology as well as Cardiovascular Imaging.

I have a special interest in Cardiovascular Research and am currently involved in several research projects conducted by Jaslok Hospital.

I am also a Member of the Apex Research Committee and Scientific Committee of Jaslok Hospital. I was also a part of the Core committee for formulation of the Indian Guidelines on Hypertension III – 2013. I am the editor of several books for medical students and practitioners.

I have also written several review articles and case reports which have been published in reputed national and international journal. I believe in all round patient care and seeing each and every patient as an individual. I ensure that patients are given adequate time and attention so as to minimize hospital stay and optimize patient outcomes – in order to return each and every patient to optimal Physical and Mental Health"

Awards & Publications:

AWARDS

• Awarded ‘Amar Gandhi Award for outstanding Resident’ in February 2013 in Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre
•  Awarded Employee of the Month for the month of August 2013 in Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre.
•  Awarded the Certificate for standing first in Final MBBS by the All India Jain Medical Students’ Conference in Mumbai in October 2005.
• Distinctions in Microbiology, Ophthalmology, General Medicine, General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics during M.B.B.S.
• Vice Chancellor’s Certificate of Merit for standing First in Final M.B.B.S. Examination 2003 held by Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik
• Rai Bahadur Gold Medal for standing First in Final M.B.B.S. Examination 2003 held by Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik
•  First in the Certificate Course of Diabetology held by College of Physicians & Surgeons, Mumbai in 2008
• Vice Chancellor’s Certificate of Merit for standing Third in M.D. (General Medicine) Examination 2009 held by Maharashtra University of Health
• Sciences, Nashik"

• PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

   

  TEXT BOOKS

• Sectional Editor for Section of Cardiology:  Medicine Update 2022. Editor-in-chief : Dr. Shyam Sudar. Published in 2022.
• Assistant Editor of the API Text Book of Medicine. 12^th  Edition. Editor-in-chief : Dr. Sandhya Kamath. Published in 2021
• Assistant Editor of the API Text Book of Medicine. 11^th  Edition. Editor-in-chief : Dr. Sandhya Kamath. Published in 2019
• Joint Editor of P. J. Mehta’s ‘Practical Medicine for Students and Practitioners’, 17^th , 19^th, 20^th, 21^st, 22^nd Editions
• Joint Editor of P.J. Mehta’s ‘Common Medical Symptoms’, 7^th Edition.
• Joint Editor of P.J. Mehta’s ‘Emergencies in Medical Practice’, 6^th Edition.
• Published P. J. Mehta’s ‘Common Medical Symptoms’, 6^th Edition.
• Co-Author of ‘Clinical Endocrinology’, 4^th Edition, 2012.
• API Textbook of Medicine, 11^th Edition. 2018, Editorial Board
• Progress in Medicine 2017 (Volume 1) and Medicine Update 2017 (Volume 2 & 3).  Editorial Board.
• Medicine Update 2017. MCQ’s (Volume 4). Associate Editor.
• Handbook of Hypertension, 2017. Contributor.  In Press
• Update on Intervenional Cardiology, India Live. 2017. Co-editor.
• Editor: Interesting Cases in Hypertension.  Useful Lessons on Management.  Chief editor: Dr. Gurpreet Wander.  Published by Jaypee Brothers.  First edition 2020.

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  JOURNALS

• Member of Editorial Board of the Journal of Association of Physicians of India (JAPI) from 2022.
• Assistant Editor of Clinical Journal of Hypertension.  Official Publication of Hypertension Soceity of India.  From July-September 2016 till 2019.

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  INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS

• Presented a case at PCR LONDON VALVES 2022 titled ‘TAVR in an Iatrogenic Acute Native Pure Aortic Regurgitation’ held from 27^th to 29^th Novemner 2022 at London, UK.
• Presented a case at TCT FLORIDA (Transcatheter Therapeutics) on 2^nd November. Caval Valve Implantation (CAVI) as a Life Saving Intervention in Severe Tricuspid and Pulmonary Regurgitation in a patient with a Neuroendocrine Tumour (Carcinoid Syndrome). Attended virtually from 2-4^th November 2021.

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  GUIDELINES

• Indian Guidelines on Management of Hypertension (I.G.H) – IV 2019. Convener: Siddharth N. Shah. Core Committee Members: Aspi B. Billimoria, Sukumar Mukherjee, Sandhya Kamath, Y. P. Munjal, M. Maiya, G. S. Wander, Nihar Mehta.  Supplement to JAPI October 2019, Vol 67
• Indian Guidelines on Management of Hypertension (I.G.H) – III 2013. Convener: Siddharth N. Shah. Core Committee Members: Aspi B. Billimoria, Sukumar Mukherjee, Sandhya Kamath, Y. P. Munjal, M. Maiya, G. S. Wander, Nihar Mehta.  Supplement to JAPI, February 2013; Volume 61.
• Consensus document on Anti-platelet Agents in Coronary Artery Disease. Part of the committee for the consensus statement. Released in February 2019 at the India Live 2019 conference held at Hotel Renaissance, Powai, Mumbai.
• Academy of Cardiology at Mumbai: Lipid Current Controversies and Consensus.  Part of committee for the Lipid Consensus Statement.  Held at ITC Maratha, Sahar, Mumbai on 9^th March 2018

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  REVIEW ARTICLES/ TEXT BOOK CHAPTERS

• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Current Status. Nihar Mehta, Jagadeesh Patil, Yogesh Solanki.  PROGRESS IN MEDICINE 2022. Vol 32. Pg 211-230.
• IVUS, OCT, FFR: What the Physician must know.  Ruchit Shah, Br Bansode, Nihar Mehta. MEDICINE UPDATE 2022. Vol 32. Pg 103-107.
• Coronary Intervention : What a Physician Should Know. Nihar Mehta, Harish Surwade. API MEDICINE UPDATE 2021. Vol 31. 163-171.
• CABG or Multivessel Angioplasty – Making the Right Choice. Ruchit Shah, BR Bansode, Nihar Mehta. API MEDICINE UPDATE 2021. eBook Vol 31. 16-21  
• Angiotensin Receptor Blockers – Newer Insights. Nihar Mehta, Saurabh Dhariya. HYPERTENSION SOCEITY OF INDIA - MANUAL OF HYPERTENSION Second Edition. 2020. 346-351
• Issues in Diagnosis: Case 1 Role of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in Patients with Hypertension. Case 2: Role of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Blood Patients with Hypertension. Nihar Mehta.  INTERESTING CASES IN HYPERTENSION.  USEFUL LESSONS ON MANAGEMENT.  Chief editor: Dr. Gurpreet Wander.  First Edition. Section 4. 57-62. 2020
• Diagnostic utility and safety of intracoronary nicorandil as a hyperemic agent for the measurement of fractional flow reserve. A.B. Mehta, Rahul Chhabria, Nihar Mehta.  INDIAN HEART JOURNAL. November–December 2020, Vol. 72(6); 603-605
• Coronary Arteriorgraphy and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Nihar Mehta. API TEXT BOOK OF MEDICINE 11th Edition Volume 2 (2019), 1552-1556
• Indian Guidelines on Management of Hypertension (I.G.H) – IV 2019. Convener: Siddharth N. Shah. Core Committee Members: Aspi B. Billimoria, Sukumar Mukherjee, Sandhya Kamath, Y. P. Munjal, M. Maiya, G. S. Wander, Nihar Mehta.  JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION JHH-19-0565RRRR. Acccepted for publication
• Expanding indications of Angiotensin Receptor Neprilysin Inhibitors: API MEDICINE UPDATE 2020, Vol.30 (2020) 89-93. Ameya Tirodkar, Nihar Mehta
• Coronary Arteriography and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.  Nihar Mehta. API TEXTBOOK OF MEDICINE 11^th EDITION. 2019. Publisher: Association of Physicians of India.  Page 1552-1556
• Editorial: Uric Acid and Hypertension:  Siddharth N Shah, Nihar Mehta.  CLINICAL JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. Oct-Dec 2018, Vol 3 (2), 5-6.
• Anticoagulant of Choice in Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation : CARDIO DIABETES MEDICINE 2018 - Page 234-239. Nihar Mehta
• New Guidelines for AMI  -2018 : CARDIO DIABETES MEDICINE 2018 - Page 52-59. Nihar Mehta
• Predictors for Success in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Chronic Total Occlusions. INDIAN HEART JOURNAL. Available online on 6^th April, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2018.03.010. AB Mehta, Nihar Mehta, Rahul Chhabria, et al.
• Physiological Assessment of Obstructive Coronary Artery disease. Paradigm Shift from Anatomy to Physiology.  API UPDATE 2018. AB Mehta, Nihar Mehta.
• Editorial: Are Genomics Essential in Essential Hypertension ?  Nihar Mehta.  CLINICAL JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. Oct-Dec 2017, Vol 2 (2), 5-6.
• Current Status of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.  INDIA LIVE UPDATE ON INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY 2017. Page 263-288. AB Mehta, Nihar Mehta.
• Bifurcation Lesions. INDIA LIVE UPDATE ON INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY 2017. Page 70-96.  Nihar Mehta, Ashok Seth.
• Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring. Geeta Makhija, Nihar Mehta. CLINICAL JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. Jan-Mar 2017. Vol. 1(3); 30-33.
• Antiplatelet Therapy. Nihar Mehta, Nikesh Jain. API MEDICINE UPDATE 2017. 903-909.
• Home Blood Pressure Monitoring. Nihar Mehta, Vishal Vanani. CLINICAL JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. Oct-Dec 2016. Vol. 1(2); 20-28.
• Obesity in India: Prevelance, Implications and Management. Nihar Mehta, Vishal Vanani. API MEDICINE UPDATE 2016. 610-615
• Hypertension: Dyslipidemia and Hyperuricemia. Nihar Mehta, Nikesh Jain. HYPERTENSION SOCIETY OF INDIA: MANUAL OF HYPERTENSION. 2015; 327 – 335.
• Ostial Lesions – Tips and Tricks. A B Mehta, Nihar Mehta, Nilesh Tawade. CSI CARDIOLOGY UPDATE 2015.  744-752
• Rescue Angioplasty – an Update. Nihar Mehta, A B Mehta. STEMI UPDATE 2015. 1009-1014
• Fractional Flow Reserve – Review article. A. B. Mehta, Nihar Mehta. CARDIOLOGY TODAY  – November – December 2013, Vol. XVII No 6, 257 – 263
• Left Main Stenosis – Need to Restart the Debate in 2011.  Ashwin B. Mehta, Nihar Mehta. CSI CARDIOLOGY UPDATE 2011. 270 – 288
• Coronary Bifurcation Lesions – the Challenges.  A B Mehta, Satyajeet Suryawanshi, Nihar Mehta. CSI CARDIOLOGY UPDATE 2012. 136 – 148
• Novel Emerging Therapies in the Management of Atherogenic Dyslipidemia. Ramchandra Vinnu, Nihar Mehta. CURRENT PRACTICE JOURNAL. January 2015. Vol. 1 (5), 13-15

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  DEBATE

• Beta Blockers are a good choice as First Line Antihypertensive Agents. G.S. Sainani, Nihar Mehta. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY; April 2013, Vol 2. 95-100

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  CASE REPORTS

• Intraprocedural Stent Thrombosis – Case Series of a Rare Complication Managed Successfully – Nikesh Jain, Nilesh Tawade, Nihar Mehta, Ajit Desai, Ashwin Mehta. CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH. 2019, 3(2), 31-36.
• Robotic Adrenalectomy: An Emerging option in the treatment of Pheochromocytoma. Ameya Tirodkar, Nihar Mehta, AB Mehta.  CLINICAL JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. Jan-Mar 2018, Vol 2 (3), 41-44.
• Pneumopericardium.  Bharat Shivdasani, Rahul Chhabria, Nihar Mehta. Published online ASIAN CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC ANNALS.  July 2017, Vol 25 (6), 476
• Non Hodgkins Lymphoma Involving Multiple Cardiac Chambers with Skeletal Muscle Involvement in a Hepatitis C Positive Patient.  Behranwala A, Bharat Shivdasani, Nihar Mehta, Amit Chandan.   JOURNAL OF VASCULAR MEDICINE AND SURGERY; April 2015, 3:191
• An Unusual Case of Distant Coronary Artery Perforation. Ajit Desai, S.R. Handa, Nihar Mehta, Nilesh Tawade, A.B. Mehta. JOURNAL OF INDIAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY – 2014; 178 to 181
• Acute Myocardial Infaction – An Unusual Presentation of Nonspecific Aortoarteritis. Ajit. Desai, Nihar Mehta, Rahul Chhabriya, S. C. Munshi. JOURNAL OF ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA; July 2014 (62); 67-68
• Aortic Dissection – One Year after Aortic Valve Replacement.  A. Behranwala, S. R. Handa, Nihar Mehta. ASIAN CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC ANNALS – Published online October 18, 2013; 0218492313493793.
• Rotastenting in an Anomalously arising Right Coronary Artery after an ugly Dissection. A. B. Mehta, A. Desai, Nihar Mehta.  INDIAN HEART JOURNAL ; July – August 2013, 65(4) 469-473
• Extraction Of A Fully deployed Left Main stent after six weeks – Case Report. A. B. Mehta, Ajit Desai, S. R. Handa, Nihar Mehta. JOURNAL OF INDIAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY; March 2013, 1-5.
• Left Coronary Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Ruptured in to the Left Ventricle.  Ajit Desai, Nihar Mehta, Vivek Mandurke, Sanjeev Vichare, Anmol Sonawane. JOURNAL OF INDIAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages 32-36, March 2013
• Left Atrial Spindle Cell Sarcoma.  Nihar Mehta, Ajit Desai, Bharat Shivdasani, Satyajeet Suryawanshi, A.B.Mehta, A. Behranwala, Boman Dhabhar. INDIAN HEART JOURNAL ; July - August 2012 (64) 416-419.
• M.I.B.G Negative Pheochromocytoma. Nihar Mehta, Vijay Paniker, Arpit Shah.  JOURNAL OF ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA; March 2010 (53) 186 – 187

• LEARNING ECGS

• Supraventricular Tachycardia: A case of acute palpatations.  Nihar Mehta, Vivek Mandurke.  CURRENT PRACTICE JOURNAL; October 2014, Vol 1(4), 18-21
• Ventricular Premature beats, Recurrent palpatations in a woman.  Nihar Mehta, Vivek Mandurke.  CURRENT PRACTICE JOURNAL; August 2014, Vol 1(3), 23-24

• PAPER PRESENTATION

• Presented a paper at a symposium on “Bacterial Pneumonia” at KEM Hospital and got Third Place in 2000DISSERTATIONS
• Magnesium Levels in Alcoholics – Submitted to Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik for the M.D. General Medicine Examination in 2009.
• Thrombus Aspiration in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction – Percutaneous Coronary Intervention – Submitted to the National Board of Examinations for the D.N.B. Cardiology Examination due in 2013-2014

• RESEARCH PROJECTS

   

• Principle Investigator from Jaslok Hospital for the FREEDOM COVID Anticoagulation Randomized controlled trial – which is a multinational randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of anticoagulation with low dose enoxaparin, high dose enoxaparin and apixaban in COVID patients.  This trial aims to enrol 3600 patients from countries in North and South America and Asia. The principle investigator is Dr. Valentin Fuster from Mount Sinai Hosptial, New York, USA.
• Principle Investigator from Jaslok Hospital for the ICC - NATIONAL HEART FAILURE REGISTRY which is a multicenter observational registry of patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure requiring admission to the hospital.  The study intends to enroll 10,000 patients and follow them up at 30 days and one year. The principle investigator is Dr. P.B. Jayagopal from Koimbatore, India.
• Principle Investigator from Jaslok Hospital for the ASSURE DES (Perioperative Antiplatelet therapy in patients with drug-eluting Stent undergoing noncardiac SURgEry) trial, which is a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the perioperative use of antiplatelet drugs in patients who have received drug eluting stents in the past.  This trial is a 3 year trial which aims to enroll 2000 patients from 10 institutions in India and Korea. The principle investigator is Dr. S.J. Park from Asan Medical Centre, Seoul, South Korea.
• Research Coordinator for the PROTECT Trial (Patient Related OuTcomes With Endevour Versus Cypher Stneting Trial) since 2011.  The PROTECT Trial is an ongoing randomized controlled phase 4 interventional trial with 8800 patients and approximately 200 hospitals, to evaluate whether the Endevour stent (Zotarolimus eluting stent) protects against late stent thrombosis resulting in less death and myocardial infarction at 5 years when compared with the Cypher stent (Sirolimus eluting stent).
• Research Coordinator for the BioMatrix Registry since 2011.  The BioMatrix registry is a multicenter post marketing registry with an objective to evaluate the 2 year clinical safety and efficacy outcomes in patients treated with BioMatrix stent (Biolimus A9 drug eluting stent with a biodegradable coating).
• Co-investigator for the Jaslok CTO Registry, a registry of approximately 150 cases of Chronic Total Occlusions in coronary artery disease for which percutaneous coronary intervention was performed.  This is an ongoing registry of cases done from 2010 to 2016 with a clinical follow up of 1 year.
• Co-investigator for the Jaslok Rotablation Registry, which is an ongoing registry of rotablation done to calcified lesions in coronary arteries from 2010 to 2016 at Jaslok hospital.  It involves a clinical follow up of one year.
• Co-investigator for the Jaslok FFR/iFR Trial, which is a trial of FFR using adenosine versus nikorandil for hyperemia and iFR in intermediate coronary artery lesions conducted in 2017 at Jaslok hospital.

FOREIGN EXAMINATIONS

• ECFMG Certified

• Passed United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 with a score of 231 and a 94^th percentile.
• Passed USMLE Step 2 – Clinical Knowledge (CK) with a score of 256 and 99^th percentile.
• Passed USMLE Step 2 – Clinical Skills (CS) in the first attempt.  
• Passed MRCP (UK) Part 1 Examination with a score of 782

 

CONFERENCES ORGANIZED

 

• Global Cardio-diabetes Conclave (GCDC) 2021. Organizing Secretary for the conference held virtually on 18^th  and 19^th  December, 2021
• CSI Mumbai Heart Failure. 29^th July 2021, 7-10 pm.  Program coordinator. Conference held virtually.
• Global Cardio-diabetes Conclave (GCDC) 2020.  Organizing Secretary for the conference held virtually on 19^th  and 20^th  December, 2020.
• EndObesity 2.0 Virtual Congress. Member of Organizing Committee for the conference held on 8^th and 9^th August 2020.  
• Academy of Cardiology at Mumbai: Women and Heart Disease. Joint Secretary for the conference held at Hotel Taj Santa Cruz, Mumbai on 11^th  and 12^th January, 2020
• India Live 2019.  Member of Organizing Committee and Scientific Committee.  Held at Hotel Renaissance, Powai, Mumbai on 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd March, 2019.
• India Live 2019 Fellows course.  Member of Organizing Committee and Scientific Committee.  Held at Hotel Renaissance, Powai, Mumbai on 28^th February, 2019.
• Academy of Cardiology at Mumbai: Acute Cardiac Care. Joint Secretary for the conference held at Hotel Taj Santa Cruz, Mumbai on 12^th and 13^th January, 2019
• API Mumbai Branch: Basics and Beyond: Endocrinology – beyond Diabetes.  Organizing secretary.  Held in Saifee hospital on 10^th March 2018
• Academy of Cardiology at Mumbai: Lipids: Current Controversies and Consensus.  Joint Secretary for the conference held at ITC Maratha, Sahar, Mumbai on 10^th and 11^th March, 2018.
• CME on Bifurcations and CTO Coronary Interventions: Organizing Secretary. Held at Hotel Renaissance, Powai on 26^th November 2017.
• API Mumbai Branch: Basics and Beyond: Pulmonary Hypertension.  Organizing secretary.  Held in Saifee hospital on 25^th November, 2017
• Core Curriculum in Cardiology: Co-Director:  held at Oberoi Rooftop, Mumbai on 26^th September 2017
• Current Trends in Cardiology: TAVR/PAMI Meeting: Organizing Secretary. Held at Oberoi Rooftop on 22^nd January 2017.
• APICON 2017:  Core Member of Scientific Committee of APICON 2017, held from 26^th to 29^th January 2017 in Mumbai.
• Master Teachers Program for training in Clinical Cardiology held by Jaslok Hospital , Mumbai every 3 months. On organizing committee since October 2014

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

 

TEXT BOOKS

• Sectional Editor for Section of Cardiology:  Medicine Update 2022. Editor-in-chief : Dr. Shyam Sudar. Published in 2022.
• Assistant Editor of the API Text Book of Medicine. 12^th  Edition. Editor-in-chief : Dr. Sandhya Kamath. Published in 2021
• Assistant Editor of the API Text Book of Medicine. 11^th  Edition. Editor-in-chief : Dr. Sandhya Kamath. Published in 2019
• Joint Editor of P. J. Mehta’s ‘Practical Medicine for Students and Practitioners’, 17^th , 19^th, 20^th, 21^st, 22^nd Editions
• Joint Editor of P.J. Mehta’s ‘Common Medical Symptoms’, 7^th Edition.
• Joint Editor of P.J. Mehta’s ‘Emergencies in Medical Practice’, 6^th Edition.
• Published P. J. Mehta’s ‘Common Medical Symptoms’, 6^th Edition.
• Co-Author of ‘Clinical Endocrinology’, 4^th Edition, 2012.
• API Textbook of Medicine, 11^th Edition. 2018, Editorial Board
• Progress in Medicine 2017 (Volume 1) and Medicine Update 2017 (Volume 2 & 3).  Editorial Board.
• Medicine Update 2017. MCQ’s (Volume 4). Associate Editor.
• Handbook of Hypertension, 2017. Contributor.  In Press
• Update on Intervenional Cardiology, India Live. 2017. Co-editor.
• Editor: Interesting Cases in Hypertension.  Useful Lessons on Management.  Chief editor: Dr. Gurpreet Wander.  Published by Jaypee Brothers.  First edition 2020.

 

JOURNALS

• Member of Editorial Board of the Journal of Association of Physicians of India (JAPI) from 2022.
• Assistant Editor of Clinical Journal of Hypertension.  Official Publication of Hypertension Soceity of India.  From July-September 2016 till 2019.

 

INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS

• Presented a case at PCR LONDON VALVES 2022 titled ‘TAVR in an Iatrogenic Acute Native Pure Aortic Regurgitation’ held from 27^th to 29^th Novemner 2022 at London, UK.
• Presented a case at TCT FLORIDA (Transcatheter Therapeutics) on 2^nd November. Caval Valve Implantation (CAVI) as a Life Saving Intervention in Severe Tricuspid and Pulmonary Regurgitation in a patient with a Neuroendocrine Tumour (Carcinoid Syndrome). Attended virtually from 2-4^th November 2021.

 

GUIDELINES

• Indian Guidelines on Management of Hypertension (I.G.H) – IV 2019. Convener: Siddharth N. Shah. Core Committee Members: Aspi B. Billimoria, Sukumar Mukherjee, Sandhya Kamath, Y. P. Munjal, M. Maiya, G. S. Wander, Nihar Mehta.  Supplement to JAPI October 2019, Vol 67
• Indian Guidelines on Management of Hypertension (I.G.H) – III 2013. Convener: Siddharth N. Shah. Core Committee Members: Aspi B. Billimoria, Sukumar Mukherjee, Sandhya Kamath, Y. P. Munjal, M. Maiya, G. S. Wander, Nihar Mehta.  Supplement to JAPI, February 2013; Volume 61.
• Consensus document on Anti-platelet Agents in Coronary Artery Disease. Part of the committee for the consensus statement. Released in February 2019 at the India Live 2019 conference held at Hotel Renaissance, Powai, Mumbai.
• Academy of Cardiology at Mumbai: Lipid Current Controversies and Consensus.  Part of committee for the Lipid Consensus Statement.  Held at ITC Maratha, Sahar, Mumbai on 9^th March 2018

 

REVIEW ARTICLES/ TEXT BOOK CHAPTERS

• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Current Status. Nihar Mehta, Jagadeesh Patil, Yogesh Solanki.  PROGRESS IN MEDICINE 2022. Vol 32. Pg 211-230.
• IVUS, OCT, FFR: What the Physician must know.  Ruchit Shah, Br Bansode, Nihar Mehta. MEDICINE UPDATE 2022. Vol 32. Pg 103-107.
• Coronary Intervention : What a Physician Should Know. Nihar Mehta, Harish Surwade. API MEDICINE UPDATE 2021. Vol 31. 163-171.
• CABG or Multivessel Angioplasty – Making the Right Choice. Ruchit Shah, BR Bansode, Nihar Mehta. API MEDICINE UPDATE 2021. eBook Vol 31. 16-21  
• Angiotensin Receptor Blockers – Newer Insights. Nihar Mehta, Saurabh Dhariya. HYPERTENSION SOCEITY OF INDIA - MANUAL OF HYPERTENSION Second Edition. 2020. 346-351
• Issues in Diagnosis: Case 1 Role of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in Patients with Hypertension. Case 2: Role of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Blood Patients with Hypertension. Nihar Mehta.  INTERESTING CASES IN HYPERTENSION.  USEFUL LESSONS ON MANAGEMENT.  Chief editor: Dr. Gurpreet Wander.  First Edition. Section 4. 57-62. 2020
• Diagnostic utility and safety of intracoronary nicorandil as a hyperemic agent for the measurement of fractional flow reserve. A.B. Mehta, Rahul Chhabria, Nihar Mehta.  INDIAN HEART JOURNAL. November–December 2020, Vol. 72(6); 603-605
• Coronary Arteriorgraphy and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Nihar Mehta. API TEXT BOOK OF MEDICINE 11th Edition Volume 2 (2019), 1552-1556
• Indian Guidelines on Management of Hypertension (I.G.H) – IV 2019. Convener: Siddharth N. Shah. Core Committee Members: Aspi B. Billimoria, Sukumar Mukherjee, Sandhya Kamath, Y. P. Munjal, M. Maiya, G. S. Wander, Nihar Mehta.  JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION JHH-19-0565RRRR. Acccepted for publication
• Expanding indications of Angiotensin Receptor Neprilysin Inhibitors: API MEDICINE UPDATE 2020, Vol.30 (2020) 89-93. Ameya Tirodkar, Nihar Mehta
• Coronary Arteriography and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.  Nihar Mehta. API TEXTBOOK OF MEDICINE 11^th EDITION. 2019. Publisher: Association of Physicians of India.  Page 1552-1556
• Editorial: Uric Acid and Hypertension:  Siddharth N Shah, Nihar Mehta.  CLINICAL JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. Oct-Dec 2018, Vol 3 (2), 5-6.
• Anticoagulant of Choice in Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation : CARDIO DIABETES MEDICINE 2018 - Page 234-239. Nihar Mehta
• New Guidelines for AMI  -2018 : CARDIO DIABETES MEDICINE 2018 - Page 52-59. Nihar Mehta
• Predictors for Success in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Chronic Total Occlusions. INDIAN HEART JOURNAL. Available online on 6^th April, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2018.03.010. AB Mehta, Nihar Mehta, Rahul Chhabria, et al.

• Physiological Assessment of Obstructive Coronary Artery disease. Paradigm Shift from Anatomy to Physiology.  API UPDATE 2018. AB Mehta, Nihar Mehta.
• Editorial: Are Genomics Essential in Essential Hypertension ?  Nihar Mehta.  CLINICAL JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. Oct-Dec 2017, Vol 2 (2), 5-6.
• Current Status of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.  INDIA LIVE UPDATE ON INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY 2017. Page 263-288. AB Mehta, Nihar Mehta.
• Bifurcation Lesions. INDIA LIVE UPDATE ON INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY 2017. Page 70-96.  Nihar Mehta, Ashok Seth.
• Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring. Geeta Makhija, Nihar Mehta. CLINICAL JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. Jan-Mar 2017. Vol. 1(3); 30-33.
• Antiplatelet Therapy. Nihar Mehta, Nikesh Jain. API MEDICINE UPDATE 2017. 903-909.
• Home Blood Pressure Monitoring. Nihar Mehta, Vishal Vanani. CLINICAL JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. Oct-Dec 2016. Vol. 1(2); 20-28.
• Obesity in India: Prevelance, Implications and Management. Nihar Mehta, Vishal Vanani. API MEDICINE UPDATE 2016. 610-615
• Hypertension: Dyslipidemia and Hyperuricemia. Nihar Mehta, Nikesh Jain. HYPERTENSION SOCIETY OF INDIA: MANUAL OF HYPERTENSION. 2015; 327 – 335.
• Ostial Lesions – Tips and Tricks. A B Mehta, Nihar Mehta, Nilesh Tawade. CSI CARDIOLOGY UPDATE 2015.  744-752
• Rescue Angioplasty – an Update. Nihar Mehta, A B Mehta. STEMI UPDATE 2015. 1009-1014
• Fractional Flow Reserve – Review article. A. B. Mehta, Nihar Mehta. CARDIOLOGY TODAY  – November – December 2013, Vol. XVII No 6, 257 – 263
• Left Main Stenosis – Need to Restart the Debate in 2011.  Ashwin B. Mehta, Nihar Mehta. CSI CARDIOLOGY UPDATE 2011. 270 – 288
• Coronary Bifurcation Lesions – the Challenges.  A B Mehta, Satyajeet Suryawanshi, Nihar Mehta. CSI CARDIOLOGY UPDATE 2012. 136 – 148
• Novel Emerging Therapies in the Management of Atherogenic Dyslipidemia. Ramchandra Vinnu, Nihar Mehta. CURRENT PRACTICE JOURNAL. January 2015. Vol. 1 (5), 13-15

 

DEBATE

• Beta Blockers are a good choice as First Line Antihypertensive Agents. G.S. Sainani, Nihar Mehta. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY; April 2013, Vol 2. 95-100

 

CASE REPORTS

• Intraprocedural Stent Thrombosis – Case Series of a Rare Complication Managed Successfully – Nikesh Jain, Nilesh Tawade, Nihar Mehta, Ajit Desai, Ashwin Mehta. CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH. 2019, 3(2), 31-36.
• Robotic Adrenalectomy: An Emerging option in the treatment of Pheochromocytoma. Ameya Tirodkar, Nihar Mehta, AB Mehta.  CLINICAL JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. Jan-Mar 2018, Vol 2 (3), 41-44.
• Pneumopericardium.  Bharat Shivdasani, Rahul Chhabria, Nihar Mehta. Published online ASIAN CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC ANNALS.  July 2017, Vol 25 (6), 476
• Non Hodgkins Lymphoma Involving Multiple Cardiac Chambers with Skeletal Muscle Involvement in a Hepatitis C Positive Patient.  Behranwala A, Bharat Shivdasani, Nihar Mehta, Amit Chandan.   JOURNAL OF VASCULAR MEDICINE AND SURGERY; April 2015, 3:191
• An Unusual Case of Distant Coronary Artery Perforation. Ajit Desai, S.R. Handa, Nihar Mehta, Nilesh Tawade, A.B. Mehta. JOURNAL OF INDIAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY – 2014; 178 to 181
• Acute Myocardial Infaction – An Unusual Presentation of Nonspecific Aortoarteritis. Ajit. Desai, Nihar Mehta, Rahul Chhabriya, S. C. Munshi. JOURNAL OF ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA; July 2014 (62); 67-68
• Aortic Dissection – One Year after Aortic Valve Replacement.  A. Behranwala, S. R. Handa, Nihar Mehta. ASIAN CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC ANNALS – Published online October 18, 2013; 0218492313493793.
• Rotastenting in an Anomalously arising Right Coronary Artery after an ugly Dissection. A. B. Mehta, A. Desai, Nihar Mehta.  INDIAN HEART JOURNAL ; July – August 2013, 65(4) 469-473
• Extraction Of A Fully deployed Left Main stent after six weeks – Case Report. A. B. Mehta, Ajit Desai, S. R. Handa, Nihar Mehta. JOURNAL OF INDIAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY; March 2013, 1-5.
• Left Coronary Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Ruptured in to the Left Ventricle.  Ajit Desai, Nihar Mehta, Vivek Mandurke, Sanjeev Vichare, Anmol Sonawane. JOURNAL OF INDIAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages 32-36, March 2013
• Left Atrial Spindle Cell Sarcoma.  Nihar Mehta, Ajit Desai, Bharat Shivdasani, Satyajeet Suryawanshi, A.B.Mehta, A. Behranwala, Boman Dhabhar. INDIAN HEART JOURNAL ; July - August 2012 (64) 416-419.
• M.I.B.G Negative Pheochromocytoma. Nihar Mehta, Vijay Paniker, Arpit Shah.  JOURNAL OF ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF INDIA; March 2010 (53) 186 – 187

 

LEARNING ECGS

• Supraventricular Tachycardia: A case of acute palpatations.  Nihar Mehta, Vivek Mandurke.  CURRENT PRACTICE JOURNAL; October 2014, Vol 1(4), 18-21
• Ventricular Premature beats, Recurrent palpatations in a woman.  Nihar Mehta, Vivek Mandurke.  CURRENT PRACTICE JOURNAL; August 2014, Vol 1(3), 23-24

 

PAPER PRESENTATION

• Presented a paper at a symposium on “Bacterial Pneumonia” at KEM Hospital and got Third Place in 2000

 

DISSERTATIONS

• Magnesium Levels in Alcoholics – Submitted to Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik for the M.D. General Medicine Examination in 2009.
• Thrombus Aspiration in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction – Percutaneous Coronary Intervention – Submitted to the National Board of Examinations for the D.N.B. Cardiology Examination due in 2013-2014

RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Principle Investigator from Jaslok Hospital for the FREEDOM COVID Anticoagulation Randomized controlled trial – which is a multinational randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of anticoagulation with low dose enoxaparin, high dose enoxaparin and apixaban in COVID patients.  This trial aims to enrol 3600 patients from countries in North and South America and Asia. The principle investigator is Dr. Valentin Fuster from Mount Sinai Hosptial, New York, USA.
• Principle Investigator from Jaslok Hospital for the ICC - NATIONAL HEART FAILURE REGISTRY which is a multicenter observational registry of patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure requiring admission to the hospital.  The study intends to enroll 10,000 patients and follow them up at 30 days and one year. The principle investigator is Dr. P.B. Jayagopal from Koimbatore, India.
• Principle Investigator from Jaslok Hospital for the ASSURE DES (Perioperative Antiplatelet therapy in patients with drug-eluting Stent undergoing noncardiac SURgEry) trial, which is a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the perioperative use of antiplatelet drugs in patients who have received drug eluting stents in the past.  This trial is a 3 year trial which aims to enroll 2000 patients from 10 institutions in India and Korea. The principle investigator is Dr. S.J. Park from Asan Medical Centre, Seoul, South Korea.
• Research Coordinator for the PROTECT Trial (Patient Related OuTcomes With Endevour Versus Cypher Stneting Trial) since 2011.  The PROTECT Trial is an ongoing randomized controlled phase 4 interventional trial with 8800 patients and approximately 200 hospitals, to evaluate whether the Endevour stent (Zotarolimus eluting stent) protects against late stent thrombosis resulting in less death and myocardial infarction at 5 years when compared with the Cypher stent (Sirolimus eluting stent).
• Research Coordinator for the BioMatrix Registry since 2011.  The BioMatrix registry is a multicenter post marketing registry with an objective to evaluate the 2 year clinical safety and efficacy outcomes in patients treated with BioMatrix stent (Biolimus A9 drug eluting stent with a biodegradable coating).
• Co-investigator for the Jaslok CTO Registry, a registry of approximately 150 cases of Chronic Total Occlusions in coronary artery disease for which percutaneous coronary intervention was performed.  This is an ongoing registry of cases done from 2010 to 2016 with a clinical follow up of 1 year.
• Co-investigator for the Jaslok Rotablation Registry, which is an ongoing registry of rotablation done to calcified lesions in coronary arteries from 2010 to 2016 at Jaslok hospital.  It involves a clinical follow up of one year.
• Co-investigator for the Jaslok FFR/iFR Trial, which is a trial of FFR using adenosine versus nikorandil for hyperemia and iFR in intermediate coronary artery lesions conducted in 2017 at Jaslok hospital.

Certificate Courses

• Advanced Training in Trans-catheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) : Live sessions with Prof. Alain Cribier : Minimalist TF-TAVI Workshop.  15th and 16th October 2020, Rouen, France. (Virtual meeting)
• Advanced Training in Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Replacement held in Mumbai on 9^th September 2018.
• Advanced Training in Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Replacement held in Mumbai on 14^th January 2017.
• Training in Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Replacement including a Hands-on Simulator workshop, held in Banglore in May 2016
• Training in Trans-esophageal Echocardiography at the ‘Hands-on TEE Workshop on Simulator’ held in Thane on 25^th & 26^th July 2015
• Training on Advanced ECG in Rhythm 2014 – An advanced ECG program held in July 2014 by Indian Soceity of Electrocardiology and American College of Cardiology
• Training on Advanced ECG in Rhythm 2013 – An advanced ECG program held in June 2013 by Indian Soceity of Electrocardiology and American College of Cardiology.
• Fellows Course in India Live 2012 in New Delhi in February 2012
• 5th Infectious Disease Certificate Course held at P. D. Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai in August 2008
• Workshop on Respiratory Medicine in Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai in April, 2008
• ECG Learning Course held at Central Railway Hospital by the Indian Society of Electrocardiology, Mumbai in July 2007
• Certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support in 2005
• National Pulse Polio Program attended in 2001 and 2004

 

 

Memberships

• Editorial Board of JAPI – Journal of Association of Physicians of Inida
• Association of Physicians of India – Elected as Governing Body Member for the years 2020-2022
• Indian Guidelines on Management of Hypertension (I.G.H) – IV 2019 – Core Committee Member
• Association of Physicians of India – Joint Secretary from the President’s side for the year 2017-2018
• Hypertension Society of India – Member of the Governing Body
• Indian Guidelines on Management of Hypertension (I.G.H) – III 2013 – Core Committee Member
• Apex Committee of Research, Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre – Core Committee Member
• Basic Research Committee, Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre – Joint Secretary
• Master Teachers Program for training in Clinical Cardiology  - Faculty Member