The Department provides intensive cardiac care, diagnosis & treatment of cardiac ailments. It has latest technologies for cardiac catheterization and angiography, Angioplasty, Valvuloplasty, Pacemaker and Defibrillator implantation, 3 D Echo, Holter, Stress Testing, Electrophysiological Studies, etc. The hospital’s warm ambience, dedicated & well qualified doctors, cheerful & pleasing support staff, modern outpatient facility and dedicated inpatient care ensures that the patient is in the best hands at National Heart Institute.

Interventional Cardiology

Interventional cardiology is a branch of the medical speciality of cardiology that deals specifically with the catheter based treatment of structural heart diseases.

A large number of procedures can be performed on the heart by catheterization. This most commonly involves the insertion of a sheath into the femoral artery (in practice, any large peripheral artery or vein) and cannulating the heart under X-ray visualization (fluoroscopy, a real-time x-ray).

Procedures Performed by Specialists in Interventional Cardiology

• Angioplasty (PTCA, Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty) - for coronary atherosclerosis
• Valvuloplasty - dilation of narrowed cardiac valves (usually mitral, aortic or pulmonary)
• Procedures for congenital heart disease - insertion of occluders for ventricular or atrial septal defects, occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus, angioplasty of great vessels etc.
• Emergency angioplasty and stenting of occluded coronary vessels in the setting of acute heart attacks (Primary PTCA)
• Coronary Thrombectomy - a procedure performed to remove thrombus (blood clot) from blood vessels.
• Carotid angioplasty
• Insertion of temporary and permanent pacemaker including dual chamber pacing
• Insertion of AICD ( Internal Defibrillator)
• Radio frequency ablation for irregular rhythms of the heart.

Invasive procedures of the heart to treat arrhythmias are performed by specialists in clinical cardiac electrophysiology.

Non- Invasive Cardiology

• 3 D Echocardiography & Doppler Studies
• Foetal Echocardiography
• Transoesophageal Echocardiography
• Peripheral and Carotid Doppler Studies
• Stress Echocardiography
• 24 Hour Holter Monitoringg
• Treadmill Stress Test
• Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
• Nuclear Cardiology (in Collaboration)
• Cardiac CT & MRI (In Collaboration)