Michael Ragosta
- Email: mr8b@virginia.edu
- Phone: 434-924-2420
- Fax: 434.244.7551
Primary Appointment
Albert M., Kate L., and Peter R. Kaplan Professor of Cardiology, Medicine- Cardiovascular Medicine
Education
- Fellowship, Cardiology, University of Virginia
- Fellowship, Interventional Cardiology, University of Virginia
- MD, Medicine, Brown University
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospitals
Research Interests
Coronary flow reserve, Coronary artery disease, Myocardial viability, Restenosis, Hemodynamics, Ischemic heart disease, Myocardial infarction and atherosclerosis
Research Description
Personal Statement
Dr. Ragosta has been principal investigator or co-principal investigator on 10 clinical trials involving myocardial viability, coronary collateral circulation, coronary flow reserve, fractional flow reserve and myocardial contrast echocardiography. He has shared his research and experience through more than 40 invited lectures or visiting professorships and by authoring or co-authoring more than 120 peer-reviewed journal publications, book chapters and scientific abstracts. Dr. Ragosta is Medical Director for Interventional Cardiology at UVA.
Selected Publications
Taylor AM, Ragosta M, Understanding Left Main Disease: Will the Right SYNTAX Help Us EXCEL in (PRE)COMBAT?, 2015; Journal of cardiovascular translational research. 8(4) 209-10. PMID: 26031243
Saji M, Rossi AM, Ailawadi G, Dent J, Ragosta M, Scott Lim D, Adjunctive intracardiac echocardiography imaging from the left ventricle to guide percutaneous mitral valve repair with the mitraclip in patients with failed prior surgical rings., 2015; Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions. () . PMID: 26105191
Saji M, Ragosta M, Dent J, Lim DS, Use of intracardiac echocardiography to guide percutaneous transluminal mitral commissurotomy: A 20-patient case series., 2015; Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions. () . PMID: 25946719
De Marchena E, Mesa J, Pomenti S, Marin Y Kall C, Marincic X, Yahagi K, Ladich E, Kutz R, Aga Y, Ragosta M, Chawla A, Ring ME, Virmani R, Thrombus formation following transcatheter aortic valve replacement., 2015; JACC. Cardiovascular interventions. 8(5) 728-39. PMID: 25946447
Ragosta M, What to do about ischemic mitral regurgitation?, 2015; JACC. Cardiovascular interventions. 8(2) 364-6. PMID: 25700759
Salerno M, Taylor A, Yang Y, Kuruvilla S, Ragosta M, Meyer CH, Kramer CM, Adenosine stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance with variable-density spiral pulse sequences accurately detects coronary artery disease: initial clinical evaluation., 2014; Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging. 7(4) 639-46. PMID: 24759900 | PMCID: PMC4102611
Manichaikul A, Rich SS, Perry H, Yeboah J, Law M, Davis M, Parker M, Ragosta M, Connelly JJ, McNamara CA, Taylor AM, A functionally significant polymorphism in ID3 is associated with human coronary pathology., 2014; PloS one. 9(3) e90222. PMID: 24603695 | PMCID: PMC3946163
Bhamidipati CM, Scott Lim D, Ragosta M, Ailawadi G, Percutaneous transjugular implantation of MELODY® valve into tricuspid bioprosthesis., 2013; Journal of cardiac surgery. 28(4) 391-3. PMID: 23772880 | PMCID: PMC3723778
Ragosta M, Multi-modality imaging of the aortic valve in the era of transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a guide for patient selection, valve selection, and valve delivery., 2013; Journal of cardiovascular translational research. 6(5) 665-74. PMID: 23943424
Ragosta M, Rust in the pipes: the importance of oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of coronary artery disease and the valuable contribution of translational research., 2011; Atherosclerosis. 219(1) 26-7. PMID: 21880314