Senior Consultant & Head - Interventional Cardiology
MD (Internal-Medicine), DM (Cardiology)
Years of Experience - 19
Area of Expertise - Coronary angioplasty (Transradial Angioplasty), IVUS (Intra- Vascular Ultrasound), FFR and IFR (Fractional Flow Reserve), Rotablation, Chronic Total Occlusion Angioplasty (CTO angioplasty), Vein Graft Angioplasty, Permanent Pacemaker Implantation, Implantable defibrillator Placement (AICD), Heart Failure Device Implantation (CRT-P and CRT-D), Balloon Valvuloplasty, Device closure of ASD, VSD, PDA,. Peripheral Angioplasty (upper and lower limb vessels), Carotid Angioplasty, Renal Angioplasty, Aortic Interventions (Stent Grafting of Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection – TEVAR, EVAR),
Senior Consultant - Interventional Cardiology
MBBS, MD (Internal Medicine), DNB Cardiology
Years of Experience - 12
Area of Expertise - He is an expert in Primary Angioplasty and stenting for acute Myocardial infarction and elective Coronary angioplasty including complex procedures. He also performs balloon material, Aortic and Pulmonary valve dilatations, peripheral angioplasties and permanent pacemaker implantations regularly. He strongly believes in and practice evidence-based management of Hypertension, Heart failure and Acute coronary syndromes. Cardiac Interventions: Angioplasty and Stenting (PTCA), Emergency Angioplasty (Primary PCI), Coronary Angiogram, Cardiac Cath Study, Pacemaker implantation, AICD Implantation, Balloon Valvuloplasty, Device closure of ASD/VSD/PDA, Peripheral Angioplasty, Renal and Carotid Angioplasty, IVC Filter placement and Retrieval, Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy, (PTSMA), Paediatric Cardiac Cath study and Intervention.
Dr. Bharatraj Banavalikar - Cardiologists
At Sakra World Hospital, the Department of Cardiac Sciences has an integrated health care approach with a dedicated panel of cardiac surgeons and cardiologists. The cardiac surgeons are very keen on providing comprehensive, multidisciplinary care to the heart patients. The cardiac surgeons are heart experts who ensure unparalleled excellence in patient care, surgical procedures, and aftercare. With the help of State-of-the-heart-technology, equipment and monitoring devices, our cardiologists are providing excellent heart care to all the patients. Our department has the best cardiologists and heart specialists in Bangalore, who are highly specialized an has years of experience and expertise in cardiac sciences.
Our cardiologists use Hybrid Operating Suite - first of its kind in this region of the world. This system consists of all the equipment and monitoring devices necessary to perform percutaneous valve surgeries, complex, hybrid aortic aneurysm interventions and minimally invasive cardiac operations. We have well-experienced interventional cardiologists including Dr. Sreekanth B Shetty, and renowned cardiac surgeons including Dr. Adil Sadiq. With the help of their extensive knowledge and supreme clinical practices, we are well efficient to treat the significant surgeries like minimally invasive cardiac surgery, VATS - Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, Keyhole lung surgery, keyhole heart surgery, etc with best heart specialists in Bangalore and best heart surgeon in India, Sakra World Hospital is holding the pride of being the best heart specialist hospital in Bangalore.
Sakra is one of the advanced centres, comprises of the expert team of cardiologists in marathahalli who are dedicated to providing comprehensive heart care. We have a team of the best cardiologist in bellandur, heart specialist near marathahalli who are highly-qualified and experienced to treat various heart disorders and conditions
FAQ
When you should see a heart specialist?
Who is the best cardiologist in Bangalore?
Sakra World Hospital has the best cardiologists in Bangalore providing specialized inpatient and outpatient heart care and long term management of the conditions. We offer the latest techniques and cardiac care to patients of all ages. We treat patients with common heart problems such as angina to rare heart conditions such as bypass surgery.
Who is a cardiologist?
A cardiologist is a doctor specialized in diagnosing and treating conditions of the heart and blood vessels. The cardiologist evaluates your symptoms and decides if the condition can be managed using medicines or any other treatment method.
What are the different conditions treated by a cardiologist?
Following conditions are treated by cardiologists such as atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, arrhythmias, congenital heart disease, congestive heart failure, high blood cholesterol, hypertension, pericarditis, ventricular tachycardia, etc.
What is the difference between a cardiac surgeon and cardiologist?
Cardiologists diagnose the heart condition and treat it using non-surgical procedures such as heart catheterizations, angioplasty, and placing stents, pacemaker implantations, treatment of congenital heart diseases with devices to close holes, while cardiothoracic surgeons will handle bypass surgery and surgical valve replacement procedures. They both work together to manage and determine what is best for the patient.
What surgeries does a cardiac surgeon perform?
Cardiac surgeons perform various types of surgeries and procedures such as heart valve repair and replacement, heart defect repair, coronary artery bypass, aneurysm repair, trans-myocardial laser revascularization, and heart transplantation.
What diagnostic tests are performed by cardiologists to diagnose heart problems?
There are several tests used to diagnose the heart diseases and conditions which includes an electrocardiogram, stress test, Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE), Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE), Positron emission tomography (PET) scans, Thallium scans or myocardial perfusion scan, Holter monitor, Event recorder.
What is a Hybrid Operating Room?
A hybrid operating room is an aseptic environment that combines surgical equipment, instruments, surgical tables, OR lights, surgical booms along with fixed advanced imaging systems that provide the capability to perform combined image-guided procedures with minimally invasive procedures.
What are the benefits of Hybrid OR?
What is Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)?
VATS is a minimally invasive surgical technique which is used to diagnose and treat problems in the chest. During the procedure, a tiny camera called thoracoscope is inserted into the chest through one or more small incisions in the chest wall. The thoracoscope helps in transmitting the image of the inside of the chest to a video monitor which guides the surgeon in performing the procedure.
