Vikramjit S. Chhokar, MD Print Friendly Page
Dr. Vikram Chhokar joined the Department of Medicine in 2008 and has been has been a pivotal member of the cardiovascular medicine division's expansion in the Watertown region. He is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin and Medical Director of the Heart and Vascular Center at UW Health Partners Watertown Regional Medical Center, the first UW-affiliated hospital. Dr. Chhokar is an interventional cardiologist whose clinical and research interests include coronary as well as peripheral vascular medicine.
Specialties
UW Health Clinics
Other Locations
UW Health Partners Watertown Regional Medical Center - Heart and Vascular Center
(Watertown)
(920) 262-4449
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Hospital Affiliation(s)
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (primary)
Meriter Hospital, Veterans Hospital - Wm. S. Middleton Memorial (secondary)
Languages Spoken
| English |
| Medical interpreters are available to help patients communicate with hospital and clinic staff. For more information, please contact interpreter services at (608) 262-9000. |
Professional Certifications and Education
| Board Certification |
Cardiovascular Disease
Internal Medicine Interventional Cardiology |
Procedures
Our doctors provide a wide range of services. The following list represents some, but not all, of the procedures offered by this physician.
- Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery
- Arm Angioplasty
- Atherectomy
- Balloon Angioplasty
- Cardioversion
- Carotid Artery Surgery
- Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization
- Heart Pacemaker
- Hemodynamic Assessment
- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
Programs & Conditions
- Angioplasty
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aortic valuloplasty
- Artery Disease
- Atrial Septal Defect
- Atrioventricular Canal Defect
- Carotid Stenosis
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Heart Valve Clinic Cardiovascular Medicine
- Hole in the Heart
- Leg Stenting
- Mitral Valvuloplasty
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Peripheral Stenting
- Pulmonary Stenosis
- Pulmonary Valvuloplasty
- Renal Artery Disease
- Valvuloplasty
PubMed Articles
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Chan MR Chhokar VS Young HN Becker BN Yevzlin AS .
Retrograde occlusive arteriography of hemodialysis access: failure to detect inflow lesions? Semin Dial. 2011 Jul-Aug;24(4):452-5
[PubMed ID: 20723156]
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Dieter RS Darki A Nanjundappa A Chhokar VS Khadim G Morshedi-Meibodi A Freihage JH Steen L Lewis B Leya F .
Usefulness of wide pulse pressure as a predictor of poor outcome after renal artery angioplasty and stenting. Am J Cardiol. 2009 Sep 1;104(5):732-4
[PubMed ID: 19699353]
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Runyan AL Sun Y Bhattacharya SK Ahokas RA Chhokar VS Gerling IC Weber KT .
Responses in extracellular and intracellular calcium and magnesium in aldosteronism. J Lab Clin Med. 2005 Aug;146(2):76-84
[PubMed ID: 16099237]
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Law PH Sun Y Bhattacharya SK Chhokar VS Weber KT .
Diuretics and bone loss in rats with aldosteronism. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 Jul 5;46(1):142-6
[PubMed ID: 15992648]
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Runyan AL Chhokar VS Sun Y Bhattacharya SK Runyan JW Weber KT .
Bone loss in rats with aldosteronism. Am J Med Sci. 2005 Jul;330(1):1-7
[PubMed ID: 16020992]
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Chhokar VS Sun Y Bhattacharya SK Ahokas RA Myers LK Xing Z Smith RA Gerling IC Weber KT .
Hyperparathyroidism and the calcium paradox of aldosteronism. Circulation. 2005 Feb 22;111(7):871-8
[PubMed ID: 15710759]
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Chhokar VS Sun Y Bhattacharya SK Ahokas RA Myers LK Xing Z Smith RA Gerling IC Weber KT .
Loss of bone minerals and strength in rats with aldosteronism. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2004 Nov;287(5):H2023-6
[PubMed ID: 15475529]
