Srikanth Vallurupalli

High Impact

Associate Professor

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

Internal Med, College of Medicine

22 h-index 201 pubs 2,474 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Srikanth Vallurupalli's research focuses on cardiovascular diseases, with a particular emphasis on treatment outcomes, risk factors, and the application of medical imaging techniques. He has published on topics including left ventricular thrombus management, the efficacy of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors in heart failure, and the rationale for clinical trials investigating myocardial ischemia and transfusion.

Vallurupalli's work also extends to analyzing adverse cardiac events in women with non-obstructive coronary artery disease and exploring the role of FFR gradients in predicting target vessel failure. His publications include a systematic review and meta-analysis on SGLT2 inhibitors and a scientific statement from the American Heart Association on managing patients at risk for left ventricular thrombus. He holds a Level 3 advanced training designation in echocardiography.

His research network includes collaborators such as Fuad Habash, Hakan Paydak, Subodh Devabhaktuni, and Barry F. Uretsky, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications. Vallurupalli leads a research group at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, where he holds an Associate Professor position in Internal Medicine.

Research Overview

Srikanth Vallurupalli MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and a staff cardiologist at the Central Arkansas Veterans Health Care System(CAVHS).Dr. Vallurupalli attended medical school at the Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical education and Research(JIPMER) in Pondicherry, India. He completed his internal medicine residency and served as a chief medical resident at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. He then worked an as Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine at the Southern Illinois University in Springfield, IL before moving to Little Rock to complete his cardiovascular diseases fellowship at UAMS. He received advanced training in echocardiography (level 3) and has special interest in the management of valvular heart disease.

Metrics

  • h-index: 22
  • Publications: 201
  • Citations: 2,474

Selected Publications

  • Bridging the Coverage Gap: State Medicaid Limitations for Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs and the Risk to Disadvantaged Communities (2026)
  • Characterization of Human Aortic Valve Cells isolated from Calcified Aortic Valve Replacement Explants: Implications for Calcific Aortic Valve Disease Research (2026)
  • 26-A-9693-ACC PREDICTION OF 1-YEAR MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIAC EVENTS IN CAR-T RECIPIENTS USING RISK SCORE MODELING: EXPANDED WHOLE-COHORT ANALYSIS (2026)
  • 26-A-17971-ACC WHEN NORMAL ISN’T SAFE, PRESERVED PERFORMANCE, HIGHER RISK: ECHO-DERIVED FRANK-STARLING PROFILING IN POST-TIPS HEART FAILURE — PARADOXICAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PREDICTORS OF CHF READMISSION, DIURETIC ESCALATION, AND VOLUME OVERLOAD IN A PRELOAD-SENSITIVE STATE (2026)
  • 26-CCC-10096-ACC CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED CARDIOTOXICITY VS LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK CARDIOMYOPATHY: A DIAGNOSTIC AND MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE (2026)
  • Diagnostic and prognostic utility of fractional flow reserve for in-stent restenosis (2025)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Blood Transfusion in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Anemia, and Heart Failure: Lessons From MINT (2025)
    7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Late-onset left atrial appendage occlusion device–related thrombus attributed to mitral bioprosthetic stenosis: a case report (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Percutaneous pericardiocentesis using the apical approach: case series and review of the literature (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Ezetimibe Lowers Risk of Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias over Sevenfold, Reducing Aggregation in Model Systems by Inhibiting 14-3-3G::Hexokinase Interaction (2024)
    10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Significance of abnormal stress electrocardiography with normal cardiac imaging during stress testing–a meta-analysis (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Abstract 16259: Sex Related Differences in Clinical Presentation and Outcomes in Left Ventricular Thrombus (2023)
  • Carcinoid Heart Disease – A Review of Pathophysiology, Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis and Management (2023)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • True relationship between tricuspid annular motion and velocity displacement components: Potential role in assessing right ventricular decoupling (2023)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • E-33 | What Patients Hear: Effect of Cardiac Catheterization Lab Conversations on Patient Experience (2023)

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Grants & Funding

  • No FP attached Edwards Lifesciences - Pass Through: ICON Clinical Research Principal Investigator
  • No FP attached Edwards Lifesciences - Pass Through: ICON Clinical Research Principal Investigator
  • COVID-19 PREVENT (Partnership for Rapid Engagement to enhance Vaccine uptake for Everyone: Neighbors working Together) Project NIH/Nat. Heart, Lung & Blood Institute - Pass Through: Westat Principal Investigator

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