MRCP (UK), FRCP (Lon), CCT in Cardio (UK), FESC (Eur), FACC (USA), Fellowship in TAVI (Lon)
Advanced coronary intervention includes procedures that require skills that are beyond the scope of the standard Interventional cardiology training. These procedures require special skills and training which are only learnt in high volume, high quality centers of excellence with well equipped cardiac catheter laboratory. Here are few examples of these procedures and their details.
Chronic total occlusion angioplasty involves unblocking (or opening) the coronary artery that is completely occluded for more than a period of few months to many years. This is a challenging situation where there is...
Bifurcation stenting is done in patients where the narrowing (blockage) occurs at the level of division of two arteries. The idea of stenting is not to compromise the flow in the branch artery. There...
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a technique to visualize the inside of the coronary artery with a special catheter inserted into the artery. This uses high definition infra-red light to accurately assess the various...
Coronary angiography is a two dimensional visualization (anatomical assessment) of the coronary artery (blood vessels in the heart) by injecting dye inside the heart. The percentage of narrowing or blockage (stenosis) is estimated by...
IVUS is a technique to assess the coronary arteries with a special ultrasound device. Once inserted into the coronary artery, this can show the inside of the arteries clearly to identify the accuracy of...
Vein grafts are used during bypass surgery to bypass the blood flow through narrowed coronary arteries. These are mostly taken from leg and used in the heart. Over a period of time, the vein...
Rotablation (Rotational atherectomy) is a complex and the most challenging technique in coronary intervention used in patients with heavy calcification in coronary arteries (hardened arteries) to deliver stents in position to improve blood flow....
Left main coronary artery is the main artery in the left side that divides into two branches which supplies blood to most part of the heart. There are situations in which this is severely...
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