Kartik Thaker is a Cardiology physician affiliated with University of Southern California. OpenAlex indexes 5 publications with 267 citations (h-index 3).
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
3650 E South St
Suite # 210
Lakewood, CA 907121502
Telephone
562-630-2360Provider last certified this registry record 7 Dec 2022.
Industry payments
22 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals CorporationProgram year20257 payments
- HEARTFLOW, INC.Program year20252 payments
- Kestra Medical Technology Services, Inc.Program year20253 payments
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
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
71.5%Beta blocker16.7%Metoprolol Succinate70%Atenolol11%Bisoprolol Fumarate5%Carvedilol5%Sotalol5%Metoprolol Tartrate3%Part D<11 patientsStatin9.8%Atorvastatin Calcium60%Rosuvastatin Calcium17%Simvastatin14%Pravastatin Sodium5%Lovastatin4%Part D<11 patients+ 13 more classes in this area
Blood & clotting
12.3%Factor Xa inhibitor6.3%Eliquis54%Xarelto47%Part D≥39 patientsP2Y12 inhibitor6%Clopidogrel93%Brilinta7%Part D<11 patientsMetabolism & gastrointestinal
7.7%SGLT2 inhibitor2.2%Farxiga68%Jardiance32%Part D<11 patientsBiguanide (metformin)1.5%Metformin Hcl63%Metformin Hcl Er37%Part D<11 patients+ 5 more classes 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.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- Echocardiographic assessment of coronary blood flow velocity during controlled hypotensive anesthesia with nitroglycerin
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
2000 - Effects of intraaortic balloon counterpulsation on flow velocity in stenotic left main coronary arteries from transesophageal echocardiography
The American Journal of Cardiology
1994 - Estimation of severity of mitral regurgitation by determining intensity of regurgitant signal
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
1991
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