Cardiology
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Department of Cardiology
The Department of Cardiology at AIIMS was established under the leadership of Prof. Sujoy B. Roy. The department has developed excellent facilities for clinical care and has fully developed facilities for adult and pediatric interventions including coronary interventions, valvuloplasty, device closure of congenital shunts and electrophysiology services (including radiofrequency ablation, pacemaker, bi-ventricular pacemaker and cardioverter defibrillator implantation). Laboratory testing facilities include treadmill testing, holter recording, echocardiography (including transthoracic, transesophageal, 3-D and fetal echocardiography), Tilt testing for syncope and electrophysiology testing including CARTO system mapping. The department has done pioneering work in the field of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease including juvenile mitral stenosis, coronary artery disease including angioplasties, arrhythmias, cardiomyopathies and congenital heart diseases.
Following are the names of the Heads of the Department of Cardiology since its inception:
Prof. Sujoy B Roy
Prof. Madan Lal Bhatia
Prof. Rajan Tandon
Prof. Harbans Singh Wasir
Prof. Subhash Chand Manchanda
Prof. Kewal Krishan Talwar
Prof. K. Srinath Reddy
Prof. Vinay Kumar Bahl
Prof. Anita Saxena
Prof. Shyam Sunder Kothari
Prof. Balram Bhargava
Prof. Rajiv Narang (current Head of Department)
