• Arun Kalyanasundaram MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI

  • Physician - Interventional Cardiology


    • Marshfield - Cardiology-Professional
    • 1000 North Oak Avenue 2D2 Marshfield, WI 54449
    • (715) 387-5301

Education

2011:
Fellowship, Interventional Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
2009:
Fellowship, Cardiology, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
2005:
Residency, Internal Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
2002:
MPH, University of Maryland, Maryland, MD
1999:
MBBS, Madras Medical College - Chennai, Chennai, India

Work Experience

2021 to Present:
Physician - Interventional Cardiology, Marshfield Clinic, Inc. - Marshfield, Marshfield, WI
2021 to Present:
Attending Physician, Marshfield Medical Center - Marshfield, Marshfield, WI
2018 to 2019:
Director, Interventional Cardiology and Head - Chronit Total Occlusion PCI Program, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, India
2015 to 2016:
Head - Chronic Total Occlusion Program, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA
2015 to 2015:
Chief - Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Highline Medical Center, Burien, WA
2015 to 2015:
Cardiac Catheterization Lab Director, Highline Medical Center, Burien, WA
2011 to 2015:
Interventional Cardiologist, Highline Medical Center, Burien, WA

Board Certifications

2009 to 2025:
American Board of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease

Select Publications

  • Bangalore S, Bezerra HG, Rizik DG, Armstrong EJ, Samuels B, Naidu SS,...Waksman R [including Kalyanasundaram A.] The State of the Absorb Bioresorbable Scaffold: Consensus From an Expert Panel. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 December 11;10(23):2349-2359. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.09.041.
    PubMed ID: 29216997
  • Wu EB, Brilakis ES, Lo S, Kalyanasundaram A, Mashayekhi K, Kao HL,...Tsuchikane E. Advances in CrossBoss/Stingray use in antegrade dissection reentry from the Asia Pacific Chronic Total Occlusion Club. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 December;96(7):1423-1433. doi: 10.1002/ccd.28607. PMCID: PMC7754104.
    PubMed ID: 31769597
  • Wu EB, Brilakis ES, Mashayekhi K, Tsuchikane E, Alaswad K, Araya M,...Kalyanasundaram A. Global Chronic Total Occlusion Crossing Algorithm: JACC State-of-the-Art Review. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 August 24;78(8):840-853. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.05.055.
    PubMed ID: 34412818
  • Kalyanasundaram A, Seth A. Retrograde CTO PCI-the final frontier-challenges and outcomes. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 July;100(1):28-29. doi: 10.1002/ccd.30312.
    PubMed ID: 35819143
  • Sanz-Sánchez J, Mashayekhi K, Agostoni P, Egred M, Avran A, Kalyanasundaram A,...Gasparini GL. Device entrapment during percutaneous coronary intervention. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 May;99(6):1766-1777. doi: 10.1002/ccd.30160. PMCID: PMC9544850.
    PubMed ID: 35312151
  • Kalyanasundaram A, Hira RS, Lombardi WL. Stingray CART (K14 technique): A novel antegrade dissection reentry strategy. [published online ahead of print 2023 January 8]. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. doi: 10.1002/ccd.30547.
    PubMed ID: 36617386
  • Gorgulu S, Kostantinis S, ElGuindy AM, Abi Rafeh N, Simsek B, Rempakos A,...Goktekin O [including Kalyanasundaram A.] Contemporary In-Hospital Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Insights from the MENATA (Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, and Asia) Chapter of the PROGRESS-CTO Registry. Am J Cardiol. 2023 November 1;206:221-229. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.08.103.
    PubMed ID: 37717475
  • Rempakos A, Alexandrou M, Mutlu D, Choi JW, Poommipanit P, Khatri JJ,...Kalyanasundaram A. Predictors of successful primary antegrade wiring in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention. J Invasive Cardiol. 2024 June;36(6). doi: 10.25270/jic/23.00305.
    PubMed ID: 38446022
  • Rempakos A, Alexandrou M, Mutlu D, Kalyanasundaram A, Ybarra LF, Bagur R,...Brilakis ES. Predicting Successful Chronic Total Occlusion Crossing With Primary Antegrade Wiring Using Machine Learning. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2024 July 22;17(14):1707-1716. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2024.04.043.
    PubMed ID: 38970585
  • Wu EB, Kalyanasundaram A, Brilakis ES, Mashayekhi K, Tsuchikane E. Global Consensus Recommendations on Improving the Safety of Chronic Total Occlusion Interventions. Heart Lung Circ. 2024 July;33(7):915-931. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2023.11.030.
    PubMed ID: 38839467