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Mihir Barvalia, MD, FACC

Sherev Heart and Vascular Clinic  - the leading provider of cardiovascular care in San Diego County.

About Mihir Barvalia, MD, FACC

 

Dr. Barvalia finished his Internal Medicine residency in 2015 and completed Cardiovascular Disease and Interventional Cardiology fellowship training at the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey in 2019. Subsequently, due to family ties in Southern California, he came back to work and practice as an Assistant Clinical Professor in Cardiology at the UCR School of Medicine from 2019 to 2021. He recently moved to San Diego with his family and joined Sherev Heart and Vascular Clinic. He is proficient in all percutaneous coronary, valvular, peripheral interventions and has published multiple papers in these areas. He enjoys traveling and photography besides spending time with family.

 

Licensure:

  • Medical Board of California

Board Certifications:

  •  Internal Medicine

  • Cardiovascular Disease

  • Interventional Cardiology

  • Nuclear Cardiology

  • CT Angiography

  • Vascular Ultrasound

 

Services Provided by Dr. Barvalia Include:

  • Cardiovascular Disease Consultation

  • Transesophageal and Transthoracic Echocardiography

  • Direct-Current Cardioversion

  • Coronary Angioplasty/Stenting

  • Chronic Total Occlusion

  • Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Device placement (Impella)

  • ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation)

  • Peripheral Angiography and Interventions including carotid stenting

  • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)

  • MitraClip or Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair or Replacement (TMVR)

  • Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion (Watchman)

  • Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) and Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Closure

  • Pulmonary embolism thrombectomy/ Pulmonary Hypertension

Publications:
1. Barvalia M, Thawabi M, Nawaz Y, Sethi N, Shao J, Amponsah M, Visveswaran G,
Cohen M, Wasty N. Jetstream atherectomy and balloon angioplasty with distal embolic

protection for Angio-Seal related vascular access complications. Cardiovasc Interv and
Ther. 2018;33:264. doi:10.1007/s12928-017- 0478-5

 

2. Barvalia M, Tayal R, Cohen M, Tcharnaia L, Achu E, Emporelli A, Wu G, Weinberg A,
Wasty N, Russo M, Haik B. Impact of Tricuspid Regurgitation on Early Outcomes after
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. J Heart Valve Dis 2017;26:380-385.

 

3. Nawaz Y, Barvalia M, Rana G, Khakwani MZ, Azim K, Patel R, Baker G, Isrees S,
Cohen M, Wasty N. Poorly Recognized Age Related Downward Deviation of the
Inguinal Ligament. SAGE Open Medicine. 2016;4:2050312116675565.
doi:10.1177/2050312116675565.

 

4. Tayal R, Barvalia M, Rana Z, LeSar B, Iftikhar H, Kotev S, Cohen M, Wasty N. Totally
Percutaneous Insertion and Removal of Impella Device using Axillary Artery in the
setting of Advanced Peripheral Artery Disease. J Invasive Cardiol 2016;28(9):374-380.

 

5. Tayal R, Barvalia M, Azim K, Seliem A, Weinberg A, Emporelli A, Iftikhar H, Cohen
M, Wasty N. Determinants of Type II and Type III Aortic Arch in Humans. J Cardiol
Curr Res 2016; 6(1): 00191. DOI: 10.15406/jccr.2016.06.00191

 

6. Barvalia M, Silber D, DiVita M, Joshi A, Wasty N, Cohen M. Utility of Carotid Duplex
Ultrasonography in a general inner-city hospital. Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2014; 12:48.
doi:10.1186/1476-7120-12-48.

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