Arvindh Kanagasundram, MD
Enriched profileAssociate Professor of Medicine; Program Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship · Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Arvindh Kanagasundram is Associate Professor of Medicine; Program Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. OpenAlex indexes 154 publications with 1,379 citations (h-index 17); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 16 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 22 Oct 2026
Arvindh Kanagasundram, M.D., is Associate Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The public record shows 154 publications with 1,379 citations (h-index 17), centered on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 9 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2025 · Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology
- Top research focus: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 9 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 10 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 28.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingFederally funded research awards.
Contact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 22 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Continuation of Antiarrhythmics Following Ventricular Tachycardia Catheter Ablation
Sponsor: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Efficacy of Short Term Dabigatran Etexilate Followed by Aspirin Monotherapy After LAA (Left Atrial Appendage) Device Closure (the DEA-LAA Study).
Sponsor: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Industry payments
Updated 22 Oct 2026
9 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Abbott LaboratoriesProgram year202536 payments$23,220openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Biosense Webster, Inc.Program year20253 payments
- Medtronic, Inc.Program year20255 payments
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Cardiovascular
61.8%Antiarrhythmic31.8%Flecainide Acetate37%Amiodarone Hcl21%Dofetilide15%Mexiletine Hcl12%Propafenone Hcl12%Disopyramide Phosphate2%Part D<11 patientsBeta blocker25.7%Metoprolol Succinate38%Metoprolol Tartrate29%Sotalol26%Carvedilol5%Atenolol3%Part D<11 patients+ 3 more classes in this area
Blood & clotting
38.2%Factor Xa inhibitor35.5%Eliquis78%Xarelto22%Part D≥112 patientsVitamin K antagonist1.8%Warfarin Sodium100%Part D<11 patients+ 1 more class in this area
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Publications
Updated 22 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Outcomes of Ventricular Tachycardia Catheter Ablation in Pediatric Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy.
Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology
Article2025 - 2-Hydroxybenzylamine for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: A First-in-Human Clinical Pilot Trial.
Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology
Clinical Trial2025 - Left Ventricular Entry to Reduce Brain Lesions During Catheter Ablation: A Randomized Trial.
Circulation
Clinical Trial2025 - Can Intracardiac Echocardiography Reduce Steam Pops During Half-Normal Saline Irrigated Radiofrequency Ablation?
Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology
Article2024 - Recurrence After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation and Investigational Biomarkers of Cardiac Remodeling.
Journal of the American Heart Association
Article2024
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Left Atrial Appendage Closure after Ablation for Atrial FibrillationArticle234 citations2024
- 02
- 03Catheter Ablation or Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Ventricular TachycardiaArticle117 citations2024
- 04Common Genetic Variants and Response to Atrial Fibrillation AblationArticle117 citations2015
- 05
Network
Updated 22 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 22 Oct 2026
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Background & recognition
Updated 22 Oct 2026
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Education
degrees and training on record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →medicine.vumc.org ↗
- Board certified in Electrophysiology
Cardiology, and Internal Medicine
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Program Director
Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Heart Rhythm Society (FHRS)
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (clinics in Nashville and Columbia)
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