Raja Selvaraj
MD(Ped) DNB(Card) Fellowship in Cardiac Electrophysiology
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Professor
Department of Cardiology, JIPMER
Experience
Jan 2010present
Professor of Cardiology
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research Puducherry, India- Chief Electrophysiologist. Perform about 250 ablations and 250 implants per year.
- Involved in teaching Cardiology trainees
- Run one of the few fellowship programs in Cardiac Electrophysiology in India
Jan 2003Jan 2005
Senior Resident in Cardiology
Southern Railway Hospital Perambur, Chennai
Mar 1999Dec 2002
Senior House Officer in Cardiology
Southern Railway Hospital Perambur, ChennaiEducation
Apr 2005Jun 2009
Fellowship in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
University of Toronto Toronto, Canada
Jan 2000Jun 2003
Diplomate of National Board (Cardiology)
Southern Railway Hospital Perambur, Chennai
Jan 1996Jan 1999
MD (Pediatrics)
Grant Medical College Mumbai
Jan 1989Jan 1995
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
Kilpauk Medical College ChennaiResearch Summary
Publications
I have 129 publications including articles in peer reviewed journals and books / book chapters. My h-index is 10 as on Dec 2020. Full list of publications is hereEditorial experience
Editor-in-Chief, Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology JournalReviewer
Served as reviewer for many national and international journals including Heart Rhythm, Europace, Circulation Arrhythmia and Heart AsiaSelected Publications
2021
Sudden death and its predictors in myocardial infarction survivors in an Indian population
Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal 2021
Raja J. Selvaraj, Sasinthar Rangasamy, Dhivya Priya, Sreekumaran Nair, Ajith Ananthakrishna Pillai, Santhosh Satheesh, Jayaraman Balachander
2020
Catheter ablation of scar based ventricular tachycardia - Procedural characteristics and outcomes
Indian Heart Journal 2020
Ashutosh Yadav, Sakthivel Ramasamy, Joseph Theodore, Avinash Anantharaj, Ajith Ananthakrishna Pillai, Santhosh Satheesh, Raja Selvaraj
2019
Effects of conscious sedation on tachycardia inducibility and patient comfort during ablation of supraventricular tachycardia. A randomized controlled study
Europace 2019; 21: 142-146
Raja J. Selvaraj, Subash Dukiya, Ajith Ananthakrishna Pillai, Santhosh Satheesh, Jayaraman Balachander
2017
Reuse of pacemakers, defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation devices.
Heart Asia 2017;40(5):568-577
Selvaraj RJ, Sakthivel R, Satheesh S, Ananthakrishna Pillai A, Sagnol P, Jouven X, Dodinot B, Balachander J.
2016
Radiofrequency ablation of posteroseptal accessory pathways associated with coronary sinus diverticula
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology 2016;47(2):253-259.
Selvaraj RJ, Sarin K, Singh VR, Satheesh S, Pillai AA, Kumar M, Balachander J.
2011
Microscopic Systolic Pressure Alternans in Human Cardiomyopathy - Noninvasive Evaluation of a Novel Risk Marker and Correlation with Microvolt T wave Alternans.
Heart Rhythm. 2011 Feb;8(2):236-43
Raja Selvaraj, Adrian Suszko, Anandaraja Subramanian, Susanna Mak, Rodrigo Wainstein, Vijay Chauhan.
2009
Body Surface Projection of Action Potential Duration Alternans: A Combined Clinical Modeling Study with Implications for Improving T Wave Alternans Detection.
Heart Rhythm 2009 Aug;6(8):1211-1219
Raja J. Selvaraj}, Adrian M. Suszko, Anandaraja Subramanian, Dhinesh Sivananthan, Ann Hill, Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar and Vijay S. Chauhan.
2007
Endocardial and epicardial repolarization alternans in human cardiomyopathy: Evidence for spatiotemporal heterogeneity and discordance.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2007;49:338–46
Raja J. Selvaraj}, Peter Picton, Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar, Susanna Mak, and Vijay S. Chauhan.