Cardiology
Our hi-tech cardiology department, comprising a sophisticated ICCU, cath lab and state-of-the-art Cardio thoracic and vascular surgical theatre provides diagnostic and treatment service.
The service comprises outpatient facilities, inpatient provision, and provides a full range of non-invasive and invasive cardiac investigations and treatments.
Facilities
Non-Invasive Investigational facilities
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Tread-mill Test (Cardiac Stress Testing)
- Echocardiogram (transthoracic and transesophageal)
- Fetal echocardiography
- Holter monitoring
- IABP
- ECMO
Interventional cardiology procedures
- Cardiac catheterisation and angiography
Milestones
- Vadamalayan Hospitals has successfully completed over 50,000 cardiac surgeries includes Bypass, Valve replacements, Pediatric cardiac procedures, Transplants and Minimally invasive procedures.
- Vadamalayan Hospitals has successfully performed Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement
- Vadamalayan Hospitals has successfully performed TAVR – Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Pioneered open heart surgeries and cardiac catheterization, in the early 90’s.
- Conducted over 2 Lakh Cardiac and cardiothoracic surgeries and angioplasties
- Achieved a 99.7% success rate in cardiac bypass surgeries; over 99.7% of which were beating heart surgeries.
- Introduced cutting edge procedures like off-pump and beating-heart surgery, either by thoracotomy (minimal invasive access) or classical sternotomy, trans-radial angioplasty and stenting, mitral valve replacement.
- Largest series of aortic valve replacements with stentless heart valve bioprosthesis.
- Vadamalayan Hospitals launched a state-of-the-art cardiac facility, with dedicated, highly qualified and experienced cardiology and cardiothoracic teams, skilled technologists and support staff ably backed by a modern multi-specialty medical facility. The Center is equipped with state of the art modern flat panel cardiac catheterization laboratory and has acquired latest technology including Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) and Optical Coherence Tomography(OCT) an non-invasive diagnostic technique that renders an in vivo cross-sectional view of the retina. OCT utilizes a concept known as interferometry to create a cross-sectional map of the retina that is accurate to within at least 10-15 microns.
- Endovascular Aneurysm repair for 2 large aneurysms simultaneously performed at Vadamalayan Hospitals.
- Vadamalayan Hospitals has the largest ECMO series for acute lung failure.
Our Doctors (Madurai)
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Dr. D. Ashok kumar M.D., D.M.
Consultant Cardiologist
Madurai
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Dr. B. R. J. Kannan M.D., D.M., DNB., MNAMS
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist and Pediatric Cardiologist
Madurai
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Dr. V. Amuthan M.D., D.M., FACC., FCSI, FIAE.
Consultant Cardiologist
Madurai
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Dr. S. Sathish Kumar M.D., D.M.
Consultant Cardiologist
Madurai
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Dr. R. R. Saravanan M.D., D.M., F.N.B
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Madurai
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Dr. R. Sasinthar M.D, D.M
Consultant Interventional cardiologist
Madurai
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Dr. Suresh Kumar Sukumaran MBBS., MD(General Medicine), DM (Cardiology), PDF( Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing)
Consultant Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Interventional Cardiologist
Madurai
Visiting Doctors
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Dr. S. Palanichamy M.D.,D.M.
Consultant Cardiologist
Madurai
Our Doctors (Dindigul)