With more than a decade of experience as a physician assistant, Ashley Mueller, PA-C, has spent the majority of her career caring for patients with cardiovascular disease. Inspired by her own family history of heart disease, she is passionate about preventive cardiology and helping patients improve their long-term heart health through evidence-based, personalized care.
Ashley holds a bachelor's degree in Exercise Physiology, a Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA). She also holds the Certified Cardiovascular Knowledge (CCK) credential through the American College of Cardiology and is committed to staying current with the latest advancements in cardiovascular medicine to provide the highest quality care
Outside of work, Ashley enjoys spending time with her husband, their two children, and their rescue dog. In her free time, she also loves to exercise, read, and travel.
Areas of Interest & Expertise
- Preventive cardiology (stroke and heart attack prevention, cholesterol & high blood pressure management, tobacco cessation)
- Interventional cardiology (acute MI management, angioplasty, stenting)
- Peripheral Arterial Disease (angioplasty and stenting in the extremities)
- Carotid Disease (carotid stenting and stroke prevention)
- Aortic aneurysm repairs (endovascular repair of the aneurysms)
- Closure of the atrial septal defect and PFO
- Venous disorders-varicose veins, edema, deep vein thrombosis and ulcers
- Pulmonary embolism
- Congestive heart failure
- Valvular heart disease
- Nuclear stress testing
- Echocardiography
- Holter monitoring
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- Atrial fibrillation management and stroke prevention
- Cardiac CT angiography
- Obesity/weight loss, intermittent fasting, screening, and prevention of diabetes
- Screening for coronary artery disease
- Holistic approach, meditation, yoga, and mind/body effect
Education
- Fellowship interventional cardiology
- Drexel University/Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
- Fellowship cardiovascular disease
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Fellowship cardiac imaging
- VA Boston Health Care System/Harvard University. Boston, MA
- Internal medicine residency
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- Memphis, TN
- Internal medicine internship
- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/Chicago Medical School: Chicago; Illinois
- Master of public health
- University of Alabama, Birmingham
Medical school
Kakatiya medical college/Osmania university Telangana, India.
Languages Spoken
- English
- Hindi
- Telugu
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Interventional Cardiology.
Hospital Appointments
- Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Plano
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Plano
- Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Frisco/Centennial
Memberships
Fellow American college of cardiology
Publications
- A comparison of VerifyNowR with PlateletMappingR-detected aspirin resistance and correlation with urinary thromboxane.
- A completely fractured zotarolimus-eluting stent in an aortocoronary saphenous vein bypass graft.
- Aorto-right atrial fistula following transseptal catheterization and catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.
- Effect of combination lipid-modifying therapy on the triglyceride lowering effect of fish oil.
- Turner’s syndrome and coronary artery disease.
- Primary gluteal abscess due to Salmonella typhimurium: a case report and review of the literature.
- Homocysteine Levels Correlate with Left Atrial Size and Clinical Outcomes in Systolic Heart Failure
- Journal of Cardiac Failure., Volume 13, Issue 6
A comparison of VerifyNowR with PlateletMappingR-detected aspirin resistance and correlation with urinary thromboxane. Carroll RC, Craft RM, Snider CC, Aligeti VR, Wortham DC Anesth Analg. 2013 Feb;116(2):282-6. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318277de06. Epub 2013 Jan 9.
Venero CV, Aligeti VR, Wortham DC. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Jan 1;81(1):62-5. doi: 10.1002/ccd.24312. Epub 2012 May 2.
Aligeti VR, South HL, Hirsh JB, Wortham DCJ Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2012 Jun;23(6):659-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02253.x. Epub 2012 Jan 11.
Effect of combination lipid-modifying therapy on the triglyceride lowering effect of fish oil. Aligeti VR, Gandhi M, Braden R, Rezk A, Elam MB. Am J Med Sci. 2007 Mar;333(3):168-72.
Aligeti VR, Horn HR. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Mar 1;99(5):741-2. Epub 2007 Jan 12.
Aligeti VR, Horn HR. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Mar 1;99(5):741-2. Epub 2007 Jan 12.
David E. Solarz, Prasad Maddukuri, Venkata Aligeti, Jayashri Aragam, G.V.R.K. Sharma and Jacob Joseph
Supplement 2, August 2007, Pages S99-S100
