Ravi Rasalingam, MBChB

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Ravi Rasalingam is a Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School and a staff cardiologist at VA Boston Healthcare. He received his Bachelor of Human Biology and Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degrees from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He completed Internal Medicine residency at the University of Rochester, New York and Cardiology Fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University, Pennsylvania. Dr. Rasalingam is a clinical educator and has been recognized for excellence by physicians training in echocardiography. While on faculty at Washington University in St. Louis, he was the inaugural editor of The Washington Manual of Echocardiography. His clinical expertise is in echocardiography, advanced cardiac imaging and valvular heart disease. His research interests are broad and primarily focus on novel application of echocardiographic techniques in early detection of coronary artery disease as well as assessment of patients with mechanical devices to support the heart when it fails. He has received a strategic alliance research grant to foster collaboration between groups of investigators across difference disciplines, departments and schools.

Publications

  • Published 6/1/2024

    Martinsson A, Rasalingam R, Jeppsson A. Stable incidence and outcomes for patients with incident aortic stenosis: how can we translate excellent trial data into improved clinical outcomes in the population? Eur Heart J. 2024 Jun 01; 45(21):1887-1889. PMID: 38446140.

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  • Published 2/1/2021

    Rasalingam R, Parker R, Kurgansky KE, Djousse L, Gagnon D, Joseph J. Worsening Renal Function during Index Hospitalization Does Not Predict Prognosis in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Patients. Cardiology. 2021; 146(2):179-186. PMID: 33524973.

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  • Published 3/1/2020

    Rasalingam R, Novak E, Rifkin RD. Improved differential diagnosis of intracardiac and extracardiac shunts using acoustic intensity mapping of saline contrast studies. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 03 01; 21(3):307-317. PMID: 31324917.

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  • Published 1/7/2020

    Bloom JP, Shapeton AD, Rasalingam R, Zenati MA. Postoperative Echocardiographic Appearance of the Mitral Valve After Nonresectional Leaflet Remodeling Repair Mimicking Thrombus. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 01; 13(1):e009853. PMID: 31906701.

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  • Published 3/4/2019

    Carneiro H, Rasalingam R. Response: Fundamental role of echocardiographic evaluation in the diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis. Echocardiography. 2019 04; 36(4):817. PMID: 30834557.

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