Mahesh Krishna Vidula, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)
Director, Inflammatory Heart Disease Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
11-132 South Pavilion
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
11-132 South Pavilion
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Publications
Education:
BS (Biological Engineering)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2011.
MD (Medicine)
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2015.
Permanent linkBS (Biological Engineering)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2011.
MD (Medicine)
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2015.
Description of Clinical Expertise
I am a cardiologist and cardiac imager with specialized training in multimodality imaging (echocardiography, cardiac MRI, nuclear cardiology, and cardiac CT). I have a special interest in caring for patients with inflammatory heart diseases, including cardiac sarcoidosis, pericarditis, myocarditis, and patients with systemic inflammatory diseases.Description of Research Expertise
I have a strong research interest in the role of multimodality imaging in the diagnosis, risk stratification, and management of patients with cardiac sarcoidosis and other inflammatory heart diseases. I am also involved in several projects focused on valvular heart diseases.Selected Publications
Vidula MK, Schurgers LJ, Zhao L, Dib M, Zhao M, Wang Z, Ebert C, Salman O, Azzo JD, Zamani P, van Empel V, Richards AM, Doughty R, Javaheri A, Mann DL, Rietzschell E, Kammerhoff K, Schafer P, Seiffert DA, Ramirez-Valle F, Cappola TP, Chirinos JA. : Dephospho-uncarboxylated matrix gla-protein is associated with adverse outcomes in heart failure. Circulation: Heart Failure 16(11): e010626, Nov 2026 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.123.010626.Ohley W, Ghonim M, Ghonim M, Alhamshari AS, Vidula MK, Goldberg LR, Nazarian S, Bravo PE: Comparing ventricular arrhythmia origin to inflammation and scar location in cardiac sarcoidosis patients receiving immunosuppression therapy. American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session Mar 2025 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Austin MA, Tertulien T, Mekonen B, Vidula MK, Reza N: Novel fibrosis pattern in an arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy caused by a titin-truncating variant. Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging 17(2): e016066, Feb 2025.
Frost CL, Vidula MK, Hu R, Herrmann HC, Chen T, Pouch A: Dynamic segmentation of 3D-transesophageal echocardiography using an automated neural network for transcatheter edge-to-edge repair. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 38(2): A1-A12, 57-140, Feb 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2024.10.012.
Ghonim M, Ghonim M, Ohley W, Alhamshari AS, Vidula MK, Hu J, Litt HI, Witschey WR, Bravo PE: T2 mapping has limited performance in predicting FDG-defined myocardial inflammation in patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis. Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Scientific Annual Sessions Jan-Feb 2025 Notes: Oral presentation.
Bhasin V, Litt H, Ziadi MC, Sanghavi M, Vidula M: Reversible left ventricular apical hypertrophy in a patient with stress cardiomyopathy. Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Scientific Annual Sessions Jan 2025 Notes: Oral Presentation.
Ghonim M, Ghonim M, Ohley W, Alhamshari AS, Vidula MK, Hu J, Litt HI, Witschey WR, Bravo PE: Phenotyping individuals with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis with CMR and PET: Focus on outcomes. Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Scientific Annual Sessions Jan-Feb 2025 Notes: Oral Presentation.
Rojulpote C, Bhattaru A, Patil S, Adams SL, Salas JA, Vidula MK, Perez RP, KC W, Patterson K, Clancy CB, Rossman M, Goldberg L, Bravo PE: Assessing the effect of repeat positron emission tomography imaging on treatment response and cardiovascular outcomes among a homogenously treated cohort of patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 43(1): 102082, Jan 2025.
Kendal Williams and Mahesh Vidula: Update in Cardiac Stress Testing and Imaging. Penn Primary Care Podcast 2025 Notes: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5urATOa1v7EdgcMI1ikSHi.
Bhattaru A, Rojulpote C, Vidula MK, Duda J, Walker Thompson E, Swago S, Gee J, Pieretti J, Drachman B, Dorbala S, Witschey WR, Bravo PE: AmyNet: A novel deep learning imaging approach to identify incidental myocardial uptake indicative of cardiac amyloidosis on whole body 99Tc-bone scintigraphy imaging. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Nov 2024 Notes: Oral Presentation.