Cardiology

The mission of this department is to provide the best available care to cure those with cardiac illness without compromising the quality at least possible expense. We adhere to high professional standards , moral principles and provide compassionate care to all our patients. We continuously seek better ways to improve our quality by adhering to the guidelines and evidence based management. To achieve this objective we have acquired the best medical,nursing, paramedical and support staff in the department.

The whole department work as a team in cooperation with other departments when and where required to achieve this goal under the guidance of (Ex Prof and HOD  Dept of Cardiology,Medical College Hospital) Dr Abdul Khader MD, DM the HOD of our Department.  Dr JojyBoben MD, DM, FIC (who did his fellowship in Interventional cardiology at the prestigious Narayana  Hrudayalaya) is  the Chief Interventional Cardiologist. Dr Dinesh M MD, DM Interventional Cardiologist has also has joined the department.

Highlights

• Our department has the facilities to provide 24 x 7 ICCU care with specially trained staff.
•  ECG (3channel, 12 channel), Echocardiogram, TMT and 24 hours Holter monitoring are available
•  ICCU is equipped with latest multipara cardiac monitors, defibrillators with external pacing, CPAP/BI PAP Portable units, Two  ventilators etc. We have 12 beds in the CCU in addition to a step-down CCU.
•  Our Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory  is equipped with the State of Art Siemens Artis
• Pure Cathlab which is one of its kind, the first in south India and only second one to be installed in India. It has unique features like Stent boost, Live Stent Boost, Digital Subtraction Angiography etc.
•  The lab is also equipped with Intra aortic balloon pump and pressure injectors.
•  A 24×7 teams is available to manage patients requiring emergency procedures like Primary Angioplasty, TPI, Embolisation etc.
•  We perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, most commonly coronary and peripheral Angiography, Angioplasty with Stenting, device closures for congenital heart disease valvuloplasties etc. Other procedures performed are Permanent Pacemaker Insertion (single and dual chambers), Intra cardiac defibrillators, Cardiac Resynchronisation therapy  +/- defibrillator etc.