Anita N. Krishnan, M.D. Pediatric cardiologist
Anita N. Krishnan, M.D., is a pediatric cardiologist and clinician scientist whose interests are focused on advanced cardiac imaging, including fetal and peri-operative imaging. Dr. Krishnan’s clinical work is in the echocardiography lab, as well as inpatient and outpatient cardiology. She is associate director of Echocardiography, with additional roles as a faculty affiliate in the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation and Children’s Health Advocacy Institute.
Dr. Krishnan’s research interests in fetal cardiology include fetal electrocardiogram (ECG), as well as reducing health disparities in fetal cardiovascular disease. She is the Principal Investigator (PI)
for a study to clinically translate a fetal ECG device funded by the National Institutes of Health, and she is PI on federal- and foundation-funded studies related to fetal ECG and fetal health disparities. During the pandemic, Dr. Krishnan was active in developing cardiac imaging protocols for pediatric COVID-19 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children.
Address: 111 Michigan Ave. NW; Washington, D.C., 20010
Email: [email protected]
Department: MRI Lab
Recent publications & presentations
2024 | April
Wahbah M, Zitouni MS, Al Sakaji R, Funamoto K, Widatalla N, Krishnan A, Kimura Y, Khandoker AH. A deep learning framework for noninvasive fetal ECG signal extraction. Front Physiol. 2024 Apr 22;15:1329313. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1329313. PMID: 38711954; PMCID: PMC11073781
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38711954/
Brown C, Klein J, Krishnan A, Gourishankar A. Geographic distribution of Congenital Heart Disease: five-year interval follow-up study. Children’s National Hospital 14th Annual Research, Education and Innovation Week. Washington, D.C. April 2024.
Hsu KT, Nguyen T, Krishnan A, Shekhar R. Maternal ECG-guided neural network for improved fetal electrocardiogram extraction. Children’s National Hospital 14th Annual Research, Education and Innovation Week. Washington, D.C. April 2024.
2024 | March
Howley LW, Eyerly-Webb SA, Killen SAS, Paul E, Krishnan A, Gropler MRF, Drewes B, Dion E, Lund A, Buyon JP, Cuneo BF. Variation in prenatal surveillance and management of anti-SSA/Ro autoantibody positive pregnancies. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2024 Dec;37(1):2323623. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2024.2323623. Epub 2024 Mar 5. PMID: 38443062; PMCID: PMC11005667
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38443062/
Buyon JP, Masson M, Izmirly CG, Phoon C, Acherman R, Sinkovskaya E, Abuhamad A, Makhoul M, Satou G, Hogan W, Pinto N, Moon-Grady A, Howley L, Donofrio M, Krishnan A, Ahmadzia H, Levasseur S, Paul E, Owens S, Cumbermack K, Matta J, Joffe G, Lindblade C, Haxel C, Kohari K, Copel J, Strainic J, Doan T, Bermudez-Wagner K, Holloman C, Sheth SS, Killen S, Tacy T, Kaplinski M, Hornberger L, Carlucci PM, Izmirly P, Fraser N, Clancy RM, Cuneo BF. Prospective evaluation of high titer autoantibodies and fetal home monitoring in the detection of atrioventricular block among Anti-SSA/Ro pregnancies. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2024 Mar;76(3):411-420. doi: 10.1002/art.42733. Epub 2023 Nov 10. PMID: 37947364
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37947364/
2024 | February
Atabaki SM, Shur NE, Munoz RA, Bhuvanendran S, Sable C, Rojas CR, Lopez-Magallon AJ, Clarke JC, Sabouriane CE, Krishnan A, Wessel DL. Direct-to-patient telemedicine: expanding access to regional pediatric specialty care. J Investig Med. 2024 Feb;72(2):248-255. doi: 10.1177/10815589231222197. Epub 2024 Jan 10. PMID: 38102744
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38102744/
2023 | October
Klein J, Ryan J, Dwivedi P, Leslie T, Vyas A, Krishnan A. Neighborhood location and nutritional resources as a risk factor for congenital heart disease in the fetus. Birth Defects Res. 2023 Oct 1;115(16):1556-1565. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.2231. Epub 2023 Aug 17. PMID: 37589320
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37589320/
Cuneo BF, Buyon JP, Sammaritano L, Jaeggi E, Arya B, Behrendt N, Carvalho J, Cohen J, Cumbermack K, DeVore G, Doan T, Donofrio MT, Freud L, Galan HL, Gropler MRF, Haxel C, Hornberger LK, Howley LW, Izmirly P, Killen SS, Kaplinski M, Krishnan A, Lavasseur S, Lindblade C, Matta J, Makhoul M, Miller J, Morris S, Paul E, Perrone E, Phoon C, Pinto N, Rychik J, Satou G, Saxena A, Sklansky M, Stranic J, Strasburger JF, Srivastava S, Srinivasan S, Tacy T, Tworetzky W, Uzun O, Yagel S, Zaretsky MV, Moon-Grady AJ. Knowledge is power: regarding SMFM Consult Series #64: Systemic lupus erythematosus in pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Oct;229(4):361-363. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2023.06.040. Epub 2023 Jul 1. PMID: 37394327
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37394327/
2023 | September
Moon-Grady AJ, Lee H, Lopez L, Fatusin O, Freud LR, Hogan W, Krishnan A, McFarland C, Minich LL, Morris SA, Pinto N, Presson AP, Tacy TA, Donofrio MT; Fetal Heart Society. Fetal echocardiographic Z Score pilot project: study design and impact of gestational age and variable type on reproducibility of measurements within and across investigators. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2023 Sep;36(9):978-997. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2023.05.010. Epub 2023 Jun 9. PMID: 37302438
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37302438/
2023 | July
Udine M, Loke YH, Goudar S, Donofrio MT, Truong U, Krishnan A. The current state and potential innovation of fetal cardiac MRI. Front Pediatr. 2023 Jul 14;11:1219091. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1219091. PMID: 37520049; PMCID: PMC10375913
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37520049/
Lopez KN, Morris SA, Krishnan A, Jacobs MB, Bhat AH, Chelliah A, Chiu JS, Cuneo BF, Freire G, Hornberger LK, Howley L, Husain N, Ikemba C, Kavanaugh-McHugh A, Kutty S, Lee C, McBrien A, Michelfelder EC, Pinto NM, Schwartz R, Stern KWD, Taylor C, Thakur V, Tworetzky W, Wittlieb-Weber C, Woldu K, Donofrio MT, Peyvandi S; Fetal Heart Society Research Collaborative. Associations between maternal sociodemographics and hospital mortality in newborns with prenatally diagnosed Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Circulation. 2023 Jul 18;148(3):283-285. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.064476. Epub 2023 Jul 17. PMID: 37459407; PMCID: PMC10361626
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37459407/
2023 | January
Elias MD, Truong DT, Oster ME, Trachtenberg FL, Mu X, Jone PN, Mitchell EC, Dummer KB, Sexson Tejtel SK, Osakwe O, Thacker D, Su JA, Bradford TT, Burns KM, Campbell MJ, Connors TJ, D'Addese L, Forsha D, Frosch OH, Giglia TM, Goodell LR, Handler SS, Hasbani K, Hebson C, Krishnan A, Lang SM, McCrindle BW, McHugh KE, Morgan LM, Payne RM, Sabati A, Sagiv E, Sanil Y, Serrano F, Newburger JW, Dionne A; Pediatric Heart Network MUSIC Study Investigators. Examination of adverse reactions after COVID-19 vaccination among patients with a history of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jan 3;6(1):e2248987. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.48987. PMID: 36595296; PMCID: PMC9857632
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36595296/