Raj Makkar is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. OpenAlex indexes 894 publications with 82,813 citations (h-index 114); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study matched to this name. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 1% of Interventional Cardiology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID.
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
8700 Beverly Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 900481865
Telephone
310-423-3977Registry record last updated 18 Jul 2019.
Clinical trials
- TAVR vs SAVR in Severe Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis
Sponsor: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve Replacement: Evaluation of Transcatheter Versus Surgery-Pilot Trial
Sponsor: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- ARTIST: Aortic Regurgitation Trial Investigating Surgery Versus Trilogy™
Sponsor: JenaValve Technology, Inc.
Registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov where the overall official or a site investigator name-matches this physician, confirmed against known institution/geography. Latest few shown; the full list is part of the full profile.
Industry payments
21 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Edwards Lifesciences CorporationProgram year202586 payments$27,564openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- CathWorks, Inc.Program year20251 payment
- Pi-Cardia, Inc.Program year20253 payments
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement for Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis
New England Journal of Medicine
2024 - Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients at Five Years
New England Journal of Medicine
2023 - Cerebral Embolic Protection during Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement
New England Journal of Medicine
2022 - Valve Academic Research Consortium 3: Updated Endpoint Definitions for Aortic Valve Clinical Research
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2021
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