Yoga for Cardiovascular Disease and Rehabilitation

Dr. Basu Ray is currently a staff Cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist at the Memphis Veterans Medical Center in Memphis, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Memphis. He is a former faculty member in Medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Basu Ray was appointed as an author of the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Statement on the role of meditation in cardiovascular risk reduction. He has delivered lectures on yoga at many premier institutes, including Harvard, MIT, Georgia Tech, Cleveland, and the Mayo Clinic. His research interests include use of AI data to predict emotional states like depression that can affect prognosis of cardiovascular disease, role of meditation, stress reduction and biofeedback on the mind-heart axis to prevent and treat cardiovascular pathology initiated in a stressed organism, and the study of Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) morphology to determine the factors that induce thrombus formation in patients with atrial fibrillation. His work has been published in leading journals, such as New England Journal of Medicine and Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine.

Introduction to Heart Disease
Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Diseases and Yoga as an Adjunctive Preventative and Therapeutic Entity
Mechanism of Yoga in Cardiovascular Diseases
Effect of Yoga on Genes
Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Need for Integrative Medicine to Fill the Gap
Neurobiology of Yoga
Yoga for Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease
Yoga for Secondary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease
The Role of Yoga in the Management of Hypertension
Yoga and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in African American and Hispanic Populations
Yoga in Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Yoga for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Yoga-Based Lifestyle as a Tool to Prevent Complications of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
The Role of Yoga in Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease
Effects of Yoga on Metabolic Syndrome
Yoga in the Treatment of Heart Failure
Yoga and Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System
Yoga and Atrial Fibrillation
Role of Yoga in Stroke: Prevention, Management, and Rehabilitation
Role of Yoga in Vascular Dementia and Other Dementic Conditions of the Elderly
Cardiovascular Risk in Chronic Inflammatory Arthritis: Evidence-Based Yoga
Yoga for Depression as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease
Yoga for Anxiety and Psychosomatic Stress as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease
Diet Therapy and Lifestyle Based on Yoga for Diabetes Mellitus
Diet Therapy for Dyslipidemia: A Review of Clinical Trials
Plant-Based Diet and Cardiovascular Health
Cardiac Rehabilitation and Yoga
Yoga for Post Cardiac Surgery Rehabilitation
The Role of Yoga in Palliative Care Settings
Yoga for Addiction Management
Role of Yoga in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in the Indian Population