Cardiology

Citation - Satyamurthy A, Padmakumar R, Babu AS. Exercise based cardiopulmonary rehabilitation for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension as a therapeutic option in low-middle income countries. Canadian J Cardiol (accepted)

Citation - Ghisi GLM, Xu Z, Liu X, Mola A, Gallagher R, Babu AS, Yeung C, Marzolini S, Buckley J, Oh P, Contractor A, Grace SL. Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cardiac Rehabilitation Delivery around the World. Global Heart (accepted)

Citation - Faghy MA, Arena R, Stoner L, Haraf RH, Josephson R, Hills AP, Dixit S, Popovic D, Smith A, Myers J, Bacon SL, Niebauer J, Dourado VZ, Babu AS, Maden-Wilkinson TM, Copeland RJ, Gough LA, Bond S, Stuart K, Bewick T, Ashton REM; HL-PIVOT Network. The need for exercise sciences and an integrated response to COVID-19: A position statement from the international HL-PIVOT network. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. Feb 4, 2021 [Epub ahead of print]

Citation - Babu AS, Arena R, Satyamurthy A, Padmakumar R, Myers J, Lavie CJ. Review of Trials on Exercise-Based Rehabilitation Interventions Following Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Observations from the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform. J Cardiopulm Rehab Prev February 15th, 2021 [Epub ahead of print]

Citation - Arena R, Myers J, Kaminsky L, Williams M, Sabbahi M, Popovic D, Axtell R, Faghy M, Hills A, Olivares S, Lopez M, Pronk N, Laddu D, Babu AS, Josephson R, Whitsel R, Severin R, Christle J, Dourado V, Niebauer J, Savage P, Austford L, Lavie CJ, On behalf of the HL-PIVOT network. Current Activities Centered on Healthy Living and Recommendations for the Future: A Position Statement from the HL-PIVOT Network. Curr Probl Cardiol 2021;46(6):10083

Citation - Kartal A, Ergin E, Çay?rl? S, Güngör H, Babu AS. Correlation of epicardial adipose tissue and skinfold thickness in professional male soccer players. Turk J Sports Med. 2021;56(1).44-7

Citation - Babu AS. Rehabilitation following return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC-Rehab): A new role for rehabilitation professionals in post-resuscitation care. Resuscitation 2021; 159;38-39

Citation - Gungor H, Kartal A, Babu AS, Çay?rl? S, Ergin E. Effect of exercise on left atrial mechanical functions in professional wrestlers. Int J Cardiovasc Acad 2020;6:70-4#

Citation - Babu AS, Morris NR. Patients support exercise training and rehabilitation – what more should we be doing to ensure cardiopulmonary rehabilitation is more readily available for those with pulmonary hypertension? Pulm Circ 2020; 10(4):2045894020975312

Citation - Satyamurthy A, Prabhu N, Padmakumar R, Babu AS. Feasibility of an exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in patients following percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome. Indian Heart J 2020;72(4):289-292

Citation - Nayak V, Babu A, Unnikrishnan R, Babu AS, Krishna HM. Influence of Physical Activity of the rescuer on Chest Compression Duration also its effects on Hemodynamics and Fatigue Levels of the rescuers. Indian J Crit Care Med 2020; 24 (6):409-413.

Citation - Babu AS, Arena R, Ozemek C, Lavie CJ. COVID-19: A Time for Alternate Models in Cardiac Rehabilitation to Take Center Stage. Can J Cardiol. 2020 36(6):792-794

Citation - Babu AS, Turk-Adawi K, Supervia M, Lopez-Jimenez F, Contractor A, Grace SL. Cardiac Rehabilitation in India: Results from the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation’s global audit of cardiac rehabilitation. Global Heart 2020;15(1):28 DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/gh.783

Citation - Santiago CSP, Beckie T, Sarrafzadegan N, Babu AS, Baidya S, Buckley J, Chen S-Y, Gagliardi A, Heine M, Khiong J, Mola A, Radi, B, Supervia M, Trani MR, Varnfield M, Abreu A, Sawdon J, Moffatt PD, Grace SL. Promoting patient utilization of cardiac rehabilitation: A joint International Council and Canadian Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Position Statement. J Cardiopulm Rehab Prev 2020;40(2):79-86

Citation - Turk-Adawi K, Supervia M, Lopez Jimenez F, Pesah E, Rongjing D, Britto R, Bjarnason-Wehren, B, Derman W, Abreu A, Babu AS, Santos C, Khiong JS, Cuenza L, Yeo TJ, Scantlebury D, Andersen K, Gonzalez G, Giga V, Vuli D, Vataman, E., Cliff, J., Kouidi, E., Yagci, I., Kim, C., Benaim, B., Rivas-Estany E, Fernandez, R., Radi, B. Gaita D, Simon, A, Chen SY, Roxburgh B Castillo Martin, J., Maskhulia, L., Burdiat, G., Salmon, R., Lomelí, R., Sadeghi, M., Sovova E, Hautala A, Tamuleviciute-Prasciene E, Ambrosetti M, Neubeck L, Asher E, Kemps H, Eysymontt Z, Farsky S, Hayward J, Prescott E, Dawkes S, Santibanez C, Zeballos C, Pavy B, Kiessling A, Sarrafzadegan N, Baer C, Thomas, Hu D, Grace SL. Cardiac rehabilitation availability and density around the globe. EClinicalMedicine 2019;13:P31-45

Citation - Supervia M, Turk-Adawi K, Lopez Jimenez F, Pesah E, Rongjing D, Britto R, Bjarnason-Wehren, B, Derman W, Abreu A, Babu AS, Santos C, Khiong JS, Cuenza L, Yeo TJ, Scantlebury D, Andersen K, Gonzalez G, Giga V, Vuli D, Vataman, E., Cliff, J., Kouidi, E., Yagci, I., Kim, C., Benaim, B., Rivas-Estany E, Fernandez, R., Radi, B. Gaita D, Simon, A, Chen SY, Roxburgh B Castillo Martin, J., Maskhulia, L., Burdiat, G., Salmon, R., Lomelí, R., Sadeghi, M., Sovova E, Hautala A, Tamuleviciute-Prasciene E, Ambrosetti M, Neubeck L, Asher E, Kemps H, Eysymontt Z, Farsky S, Hayward J, Prescott E, Dawkes S, Santibanez C, Zeballos C, Pavy B, Kiessling A, Sarrafzadegan N, Baer C, Thomas, Hu D, Grace SL. Nature of cardiac rehabilitation around the globe. EClinicalMedicine 2019;13:P46-56

Citation - Pesah E, Turk-Adawi K, Supervia M, Lopez Jimenez F, Britto R, Ding R, Babu AS, Sadeghi M, Sarrafzadegan N, Cuenza L, Santos CA, Heine M, Derman W, Oh P, Grace SL. Cardiac rehabilitation delivery in low/middle-income countries. Heart 2019;105(23):1806-1812

Citation - Babu AS, Holland AE, Morris N. Exercise-based rehabilitation to improve exercise capacity and quality of life in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Phys Ther 2019;99(9):1126-1131

Citation - Toukhsati S, Jaarsma T, Babu AS, Driscoll A, Hare DL. Self-care interventions that reduce hospital readmissions in patients with heart failure; towards the identification of change-agents. Clin Med Insights Cardiol 2019 Jun 12;13:1179546819856855

Citation - Babu AS, Padmakumar R, Nayak K, Shetty R, Mohapatra AK, Maiya AG. Effects of home-based exercise training on functional outcomes and quality of life in patients with pulmonary hypertension: A randomized clinical trial. Indian Heart J 2019; 71(2):161-165.

Citation - Poojary J, Arora E, Britto A, Polen Z, Arena R, Babu AS. Validity of mobile based technology versus direct observation in measuring number of steps and distance walked in six minutes. Mayo Clin Proc 2018;93(12):1873-1874

Citation - Babu AS, Padmakumar R, Devasia T. Exercise based evaluations and rehabilitation in heart failure: An addendum to the Cardiology Society of India’s management protocols for chronic heart failure. Indian Heart J 2018; 70(3):459-461

Citation - Jae SY, Babu AS, Yoon ES, Sudhir Kurl S, Laukkanen JA, Choi Y,Franklin BA. Impact of Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Risk of Systemic Hypertension in Non-Obese versus Obese Men who are Metabolically Healthy or Unhealthy. Am J Cardiol 2017;120:765-768

Citation - Unnikrishnan R, Babu AS, Rao PT, Aithal V, Krishna HM. Training individuals with speech and hearing impairment in basic life support: A pilot study. Resuscitation 2017;117:e23-e24

Citation - Mishra S, Ramakrishnan S, Babu AS, Roy A, Bahl VK, Singru KV, Chugh S, Sengupta S, Kaul U, Boopathy SN, Nirmit Y, Jadhav UM, Jose J, Gupta V, Chopra HK, Singh A, Sastry BKS, Thiyagarajan S, Management algorithms for acute ST elevation myocardial infarction in less industrialized world. Indian Heart J 2017;69 Suppl 1:S98-S103

Citation - Gungor H, Babu AS, Zencir C, Akpek M, Selvi M, Erkan MH, Durmaz S. Association of preoperative platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio with atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Med Princ Pract 2017;26(2):164-168

Citation - Babu AS, Veluswamy SK, Contractor A. Barriers to Cardiac Rehabilitation. Indian J Prev Cardiol 2016;5(3):871-876#

Citation - Contractor A, Babu AS. A sensible reappraisal of lifestyle modifications to treat hypertension. Hypertens J 2015;1(2):68-72#

Citation - Unnikrishnan R, Babu AS, Krishna HM. Cardiac arrest in acute respiratory distress syndrome – is it time to focus? Indian J Respir Care 2014;3(1):347-349 #

Citation - Veluswamy SK, AG Maiya, AS Babu, S Nair, V Guddattu. Should Physical Activity Questionnaires Include Information on Stair Climbing?–A Mixed Methods Pilot Study. Global Heart. 2014;9:e303-e304.

Citation - Babu AS, Veluswamy SK, Brubaker PH, Hamm LF. Prevention and control of atherosclerosis: why are exercise and physical activity not getting the respect they deserve ? J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014;64:1760-1.

Citation - Babu AS, Veluswamy SK, Myers J, Lavie CJ. Metabolically healthy obese versus cardiorespiratory fit obese: is it time to bring them together? J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014;64:1183-4.

Citation - Babu AS, Arena R, Maiya AG, Padmakumar R, Guazzi M. Should cardiopulmonary exercise testing become a part of regular evaluation for patients with a family history of pulmonary hypertension? Regarding “Cardiopulmonary exercise testing reveals onset of disease and response to treatment in a case of heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension” Pulm Circ 2013;3(1):121-122

Citation - Babu AS, Noone MS, Narayanan SM, Franklin BF. Home based rehabilitation for angina: A case report. Oman Med J 2012;27(2):e023

Citation - M Haneef, AS Babu. A rare case of Varadi-Papp syndrome. Amrita Medical Journal 2008;4:31-32#

Citation - Anup Bhat, Ganesha Poojary, Akhila Satyamurthy, Abraham Samuel Babu. Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation - Future trends: In Textbook for Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy; 1st Ed; Mariya Jiandani, Megha Seth. Jaypee Publishers 2021 (in press)

Citation - Aditi Ketkar, Kushal Madan, Abraham Samuel Babu. Exercise testing: In Textbook for Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy; 1st Ed; Mariya Jiandani, Megha Seth. Jaypee Publishers 2021 (in press)

Citation - Abraham Samuel Babu, Kushal Madan, Rajeev Gupta. Chapter 30: Cardiac Rehabilitation: In Tandon’s Textbook of Cardiology, 1st edition. D. Prabhakaran, U. Kaul, R. Krishna Kumar (editors). Wolters Kluwer Health, India. 2019; Pg: 728-736

Citation - Abraham Samuel Babu, Ross Arena, Norman Morris. Chapter 10: Evidence on exercise training for pulmonary hypertension in Exercise benefits the Heart: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence; Junjie Xiao (ed). Springer, Singapore. 2017; Pg

Citation - Aashish Contractor, Abraham Samuel Babu. Chapter 19-Rehabilitation after cardiac problem: In Principles and practice of Geriatric Medicine; 3rd edition; OP Sharma (editor). Viva Books Private Limited, New Delhi. 2015; Pg: 181-184

Citation - Bookwala R, Babu AS, Maiya AG, Devasia T, Franklin BA. Influence of THERABAND® exercise during phase-1 cardiac rehabilitation on functional outcomes following acute coronary syndrome with a fractured neck of femur: A case report. Bull Fac Phys Ther 2016; 21(2):94-96

Citation - Babu AS, Lopez-Jimenez F, Thomas RJ, Isaranuwatchai W, Herdy AH, Hoch JS, Grace SL; in conjunction with the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (ICCPR). Advocacy for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation globally. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 Sep 6;16:471. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1658-1. PubMed PMID: 27600379; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5013580.

Citation - Babu AS, Desai CV, Maiya AG, Guddattu V, Padmakumar R. Changes in derived measures from six-minute walk distance following home-based exercise training in congestive heart failure: A preliminary report. Indian Heart J. 2016 Jul-Aug;68(4):527-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2016.05.010. PubMed PMID: 27543478; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4990745.

Citation - Babu AS, Padmakumar R, Maiya AG, Mohapatra AK, Kamath RL. Effects of Exercise Training on Exercise Capacity in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials. Heart Lung Circ. 2016 Apr;25(4):333-41. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.10.015. Review. PubMed PMID: 26703447.

Citation - Babu AS, Ramachandran P, Maiya AG. Effects of the Pulmonary Hypertension Manual (PulHMan) on Awareness of Exercise in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension. Heart Lung Circ. 2016 Jan;25(1):41-5. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.05.016. PubMed PMID: 26150005.

Citation - Babu AS, Grace SL. Cardiac Rehabilitation for Hypertension Assessment and Control: Report From the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2015 Nov;17(11):831-6. doi: 10.1111/jch.12663. PubMed PMID: 26370617.

Citation - Babu AS, Padmakumar R, Maiya AG. Letter by Babu et al Regarding Article, "Advances in Therapeutic Interventions for Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension". Circulation. 2015 Sep 22;132(12):e153. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.014978. PubMed PMID: 26391300.

Citation - Babu AS, Raman VG, Arena R, Lavie CJ. Time to focus on preventing coronary artery disease through exercise training in normoglycemic individuals. Mayo Clin Proc. 2015 Mar;90(3):418. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.12.022. PubMed PMID: 25744124.

Citation - Gungor H, Zencir C, Babu AS, Akgullu C, Eryilmaz U, Zorlu A, Selvi M, Onay S, Kurtoglu T. Influence of preoperative coronary collateral circulation on in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery with intra-aortic balloon pump support. Chin Med J (Engl). 2014;127(17):3077-81. PubMed PMID: 25189948.

Citation - Madan K, Babu AS, Contractor A, Sawhney JP, Prabhakaran D, Gupta R. Cardiac rehabilitation in India. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2014 Mar-Apr;56(5):543-50. doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2013.11.001. Review. PubMed PMID: 24607020.

Citation - Babu AS, Myers J, Arena R, Maiya AG, Padmakumar R. Evaluating exercise capacity in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2013 Jun;11(6):729-37. doi: 10.1586/erc.13.33. Review. PubMed PMID: 23750682.

Citation - Babu AS, Padmakumar R, Maiya AG. A review of ongoing trials in exercise based rehabilitation for pulmonary arterial hypertension. Indian J Med Res. 2013 May;137(5):900-6. Review. PubMed PMID: 23760374; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3734680.

Citation - Babu AS, Babu AS. The expanding sphere of primary prevention for coronary artery disease in persons with erectile dysfunction. Oman Med J. 2012 May;27(3):258-9. doi: 10.5001/omj.2012.61. PubMed PMID: 22811783; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3394351.

Citation - Babu AS, Maiya GA, George MM, Padmakumar R. The benefits of exercise based cardiac rehabilitation in congestive heart failure--a case series. Indian Heart J. 2011 Sep-Oct;63(5):473-4. PubMed PMID: 23550429.

Citation - Babu AS, Maiya AG, George MM, Padmakumar R, Guddattu V. Effects of Combined Early In-Patient Cardiac Rehabilitation and Structured Home-based Program on Function among Patients with Congestive Heart Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Heart Views. 2011 Jul;12(3):99-103. doi: 10.4103/1995-705X.95064. PubMed PMID: 22567195; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3345147.

Citation - Babu AS, Haneef M, Joseph AN, Noone MS. Risk factors among patients with acute coronary syndrome in rural kerala. Indian J Community Med. 2010 Apr;35(2):364-5. doi: 10.4103/0970-0218.66863. PubMed PMID: 20922129; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2940208.

Citation - Babu AS, Noone MS, Haneef M, Naryanan SM. Protocol-Guided Phase-1 Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in A Rural Hospital. Heart Views. 2010 Jun;11(2):52-6. doi: 10.4103/1995-705X.73209. PubMed PMID: 21187997; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3000912.