Cardiology

Features

• Coronary angiogram and percutaneous coronary interventions like coronary angioplastiesand primary angioplasties for heart attack are regularly performed at the hospital.
• More than 18860 procedures have been performed so far in the hospital.
• The department is well staffed with cardiologists, physicians,experienced medical officers, technicians and qualified staff nurses to provide round the clock services to the patients.
• The hospital has two fully equipped modern intensive care and coronary care units, equipped with centralized monitoring facilities, central oxygen, suction, ventilators, invasive and non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring.
• Facilities for temporary and permanent pacemaker implantation are available and are regularly done at the hospital.
• The cardiology department performs colordoppler echocardiogram, treadmill testing, holter monitoring and pulmonary function tests in large numbers.
• Apart from routine pacemakers, advanced electrophysiology procedures like radio frequency ablation for tachyarrythmia, ICD implantation and CRT implantation are being performed here.
• In the last two years, a variety of paediatric interventions, catheter based procedures like atrial sceptal defect device closure, PDA device closure and valvotomy are being carried out in the department.