Ganesh Raveendran, MD, MS, MBA
Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division

Contact Info
Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division
Chief of Clinical Cardiology, University of Minnesota Health
Director, Interventional Cardiology
Cardiologist
Medical School, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Residency, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Summary
A graduate of the University of Minnesota’s general- and interventional-cardiology fellowship programs, Dr. Ganesh Raveendran joined the faculty in 2005 after practicing at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. In addition to interventional cardiology, Dr. Raveendran is board-certified in critical care medicine. Raveendran’s clinical interests include diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization in critical-care and other high-risk patients, minimally-invasive closure of congenital heart defects in adults, prosthetic implantation for valvular heart disease, and balloon pulmonary angioplasty. Raveendran is currently Chief of Clinical Cardiology, Director of Interventional Cardiology and Director of the Interventional and Structural Heart Disease Fellowship programs.
Awards & Recognition
Professional Associations
Research
Publications
- Kosmopoulos, M., Bartos, J. A., Raveendran, G., Goslar, T., Kalra, R., Hoke, L., Tsangaris, A., Sebastian, P., Walser, E., & Yannopoulos, D. (2021). Coronary artery disease burden relation with the presentation of acute cardiac events and ventricular fibrillation. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions. PMID: 34236756 doi: 10.1002/ccd.29858
- Yannopoulos, D., Bartos, J., Raveendran, G., Walser, E., Connett, J., Murray, T. A., Collins, G., Zhang, L., Kalra, R., Kosmopoulos, M., John, R., Shaffer, A., Frascone, R. J., Wesley, K., Conterato, M., Biros, M., Tolar, J., & Aufderheide, T. P. (2020). Advanced reperfusion strategies for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and refractory ventricular fibrillation (ARREST): a phase 2, single centre, open-label, randomised controlled trial. Lancet (London, England), 396(10265), 1807-1816. PMID: 33197396 PMCID: PMC7856571 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32338-2
- Kalra, R., Duval, S., Thenappan, T., Raveendran, G., Pritzker, M., Prisco, S. Z., & Prins, K. W. (2020). Comparison of Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty and Pulmonary Vasodilators for Inoperable Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Scientific reports, 10(1), 8870. PMID: 32483219 PMCID: PMC7264327 doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65697-4
- Jagadeesan, B. D., Liao, K. K., & Raveendran, G. (2018). Embolization of a complex coronary to pulmonary artery fistula using balloon assisted liquid embolic injection: A novel technique. Catheterization and Cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, 92(7), E453-E455. PMID: 30019821 doi: 10.1002/ccd.27677
- Drexel, T., Helmer, G., Garcia, S., & Raveendran, G. (2018). Management of left main coronary artery obstruction after transcatheter aortic valve replacement utilizing a periscope approach. Catheterization and Cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, 92(7), 1444-1448. PMID: 28941149 doi: 10.1002/ccd.27317
Clinical
Specialties
- Interventional Cardiology
Clinics
University of Minnesota Physicians Heart at Fairview
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Critical Care Medicine
- Interventional Cardiology
Clinical Interests
Interventional cardiology; Invasive hemodynamics; Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale and atrial septal defect; Coronary physiology; Coronary artery disease; Vascular biology; Premature atherosclerosis
Hospital Privileges
M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center