Department of Cardiology

1. Faculty members and their research interest:

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Dr. J. Balachander

Professor & Head
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Dr. Santosh Satheesh

Assistant Professor
3 Dr. Raja Jaisundar Selvaraj Assistant Professor
4 Dr. Ajith.A.Pillai Assistant Professor
5 Dr. P.Gopu Assistant Professor

2. Highlights of patient care:

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Coronary Angiography done on a routine basis (2-3 per day).

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Both routine and emergency PTCA and Stent Implantation are done (2-3 per day).

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Balloon valvoplasties: Balloon, Mitral, Aortic, Pulmonary and Tricuspid Valvaplasties are done (9-10 per week).

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Peripheral Angiographies and Peripheral Interventions like Angioplasties, Gel-Foam Embolisations etc. are done routinely.

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Sophisticated Electrophysiological studies are undertaken for the evaluation of Bradyarrhythmias and Tachy-arrhythmias.

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Pacemaker Implantation: This Department has emerged as the largest centre for permanent pacemaker implantations in the whole of South India. 720 permanent pacemaker implantations have been done and the only one to have the facilities to implant the most sophisticated dual chamber multisensor incorporated rate - Responsive Pacemakers. The Department has implanted 14 automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillaltor which is the largest number in India at the present time; There is a Collaborative Programme with STIMUBANQUE Nancy France in which the most sophisticated pacemakers are implanted absolutely free of cost to the deserving poor of this region. This is the only collaborative programme in the whole of India and is now in the 18th year.

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Colour Doppler Echo Cardiography & Biplane & Multiplane Transesophageal and Intro-operative Echocardiography: Performed 5000 Color Doppler Echocardiographic examinations and 250 Biplane & multiplane Transesophageal & Intra operative echocardiography.

3. Special equipments available:

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Sophisticated cardiac catheterization and angiography laboratory including digital substraction angiography-Latest State of the art equipment.

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Sophisticated colour doppler echocardiographic equipment with facilities for biplane & Multiplane Transesophageal & Intra-Operative Echocardiography and doppler tissue imaging.

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Pacemaker Electronic Surveillance equipment. For programming and testing implanted pacemakers.

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Portable sector echocardiography equipment for performing echocardiography at the bed-side or at school cardiac health check-up programmes.

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