Aseem Vashist, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) Director, Nuclear Cardiology, VA-CT Healthcare Systems

M.D., Armed Forces Medical College,1996; Residency training in Internal Medicine-Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center,1999; Fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center-Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2002; Fellowship in Noninvasive Cardiology, Yale School of Medicine, 2003; Joined Yale Faculty 2003.


Vashist A, Bonow RO: Screening for Coronary Atherescleroisis with Coronary Calcium Scoring: The “Shape” of things to come? J Nuc Cardiol In press

Marcoff L, Varma P, Vashist A. Evaluation of Anomalous Coronary Artery by Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography. Am J Med In-press

Ward RP, Mallah MH, Grossman GB, Hansen CL, Hendel RC, Kerwin TC,  McCallister BD, Mehta R, Polk DM, Tilkemeier, Vashist A, Wolinsky DG, Ficaro EP. American Society of Nuclear Cardiology review of the ACCF/ASNC Appropriateness criteria for single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT MPI). J Nucl Cardiol 2008; 14 (6):e26-38 18022098
Adenosine Stress protocols for myocardial perfusion imaging: Guideline update reviewing committee. J Nuc Cardiol 2007; 14:415-6

Vashist A, Collins D, Prasad Y, Blum S, Heller EN. Does Cardiac SPECT using Attenuation and Scatter Correction Accurately Predict Coronary Artery Disease in a Minority Women Population? Med Sci Mon 2007; 13(9): 386-90

Shah R, Burg MM, Vashist A, Collins  D, Liu J, Jadbabaie F, Graeber B, Earley C, Lampert R, Soufer R. C-Reactive Protein and Vulnerability to Mental Stress-Induced Myocardial Ischemia. Mol Med. 2006; 12(11-12):269-74.

Burg MM, Vashist A, Soufer RS. Mental Stress Ischemia:Present Status and Future Goals. J Nuc Cardiol 2005;12(3): 523-29

Vashist A, Abbott BG. Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging in the Evaluation of Suspected Acute Coronary Syndromes. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2005; 3 (3):473-486.

Vashist A, Arrighi JA, Soufer R. Mechanistic and Methodological Considerations for the Imaging of Mental Stress Ischemia. Chapter in Clinical Nuclear Cardiology: State of the Art and Future Directions, 3rd Edition; 2004: 385-398 Ed Zaret and Beller

Vashist A, Victoria A, Blum S, Heller EN. Do Electrocardiographic changes with adenosine myocardial perfusion imaging predict ischemia in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy? Nucl Med Commun 2004; 25:553–556.

Vashist A, Heller EN, Brown EJ Jr, Alhaddad IA. Renal Artery Stenosis: A Cardiovascular Perspective. Am Heart J 2002; 143:559-564.

Vashist A, Heller EN, Blum S, Brown EJ, Bhalodkar NC. Association of Heart rate response with scan and Left Ventricular Function on Adenosine Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. Am J Cardiol 2002;89:174-177.

Bhalodkar NC, Blum S, Vashist A. Association between Diabetes, Hypertension and diminished heart rate in adenosine myocardial perfusion imaging. Heart Disease: New Trends in Research, Diagnosis and Treatment: 2001;2:133-139.

Kazimuddin M, Vashist A, Basher AW, Brown EJ Jr, Alhaddad IA. Pregnancy Induced Severe Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction In A Patient With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.Clin Cardiol: 1998; 21:848-850.

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