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MD (General Medicine), DNB (Cardiology)
Department - Institute of Cardiac Sciences
Senior Consultant - Interventional Cardiology
MD (General Medicine), DNB (Cardiology)
Dr. Deepak Krishnamurthy is a Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Sakra World Hospital, Bangalore. He has been associated with Sakra World Hospital from its inception days and has been one of the people instrumental in setting up the Department of Cardiology.
Dr. Deepak has been an exceptional, outstanding student and an achiever since his graduation in MBBS at JSS Medical College, University of Mysore, where he bagged several university gold medals in almost every subject right from 1st year to final year. After completing his internship and securing a high rank in the All India MD/MS entrance examinations, he completed his MD (General Medicine) from SMS Medical College, Jaipur.
Following his post-graduation in Medicine, Dr. Deepak went on to pursue super-specialisation in Cardiology at the esteemed Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Whitefield, Bangalore. Here he had priceless exposure and training in Non-invasive and Interventional Cardiology which led to his achieving the extremely prestigious Wasir Gold Medal in Cardiology at the all India level.
His core work constitutes emergency primary angioplasty and complex angioplasties with over 4000 angioplasties performed successfully till date. Dr. Deepak also has immense experience in diagnostic cardiac cath studies, and several peripheral angioplasties and paediatric cardiac interventions. He is adept in device closure procedures for Atrial and Ventricular septal defects (ASD/VSD) and PDA. He has also implanted more than 500 Pacemakers, ICD and CRT devices.
Dr. Deepak has expertise in interventional cardiology and he also has a deep passion for preventive cardiology and evidence based management of hypertension, heart failure and lifestyle related cardiac diseases.
Dr. Deepak Krishnamurthy completed his MD in General Medicine and for his DNB Cardiology training, he joined the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Whitefield, Bangalore, which is a high volume interventional cardiology centre. During his tenure he had extensive training in non-invasive and interventional cardiology under the able guidance of Dr. P.K. Dash who is a renowned cardiologist and teacher par excellence.
Dr. Deepak Krishnamurthy is an expert in primary angioplasty and stenting for acute myocardial infarction and elective coronary angioplasty including complex procedures. He also performs balloon mitral, aortic and pulmonary valvuloplasty, peripheral angioplasties and permanent pacemaker implantations regularly.
Dr. Deepak strongly believes in practicing evidence based management of hypertension, heart failure and acute coronary syndromes.
His expertise in cardiac interventions include:
The Wasir National Gold Medal in Cardiology for his outstanding performance in the DNB Cardiology Examinations at the all India level, 2007.
He was the University topper in final MBBS (1998) and was awarded seven gold medals and three awards from the University of Mysore and the Pfizer medallion of merit.
Awards:
# For Securing The First Rank In Final MBBS Examination Of January 1998 For The University Of Mysore (80th Convocation)
Publications
Senior Consultant & Head - Interventional Cardiology
Department - Institute of Cardiac Sciences
Senior Consultant - Interventional Cardiology
Department - Institute of Cardiac Sciences
Associate Interventional Cardiologist
Department - Interventional Cardiology
Visiting Consultant - Cardiology (Electrophysiology)
Department - Institute of Cardiac Sciences
Associate consultant- Interventional Cardiology
Department - Cardiology
Associate Consultant- Interventional Cardiology
Department - Cardiology
Senior Consultant & Head - Interventional Cardiology
Senior Consultant - Interventional Cardiology
Associate Interventional Cardiologist
Visiting Consultant - Cardiology (Electrophysiology)
Associate consultant- Interventional Cardiology
Associate Consultant- Interventional Cardiology
We had a complete,
My experience with Dr.Deepak Krishnamurthy was excellent
Thank you
Shama Reddy
I am happy with this Sakra hospital.Dr Deepak is very helping to my family.He had saved my father
Dr Deepak sir and Jamaika madam is
1. My mother was in a critical condition when i brought her to the hospital
2. Dr. Deepak who diagnosed her at OPD immediately analyzed
We had a good experience with doctors, nursing and non-nursing staff for the services provided to us. Doctors are professional & they provided adequate details
For my mother, Sakra World Hospital is her second home and Dr. Deepak, her elder son. We are very pleased with all the services,
My experience with Sakra has been extremely satisfying. The nursing staff and services are excellent. Dr. Deepak Krishnamurthy has been very helpful and cooperative.
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FAQ
1. What happens during a heart attack?
Heart attack, also called Myocardial Infarction is a catastrophic application in patients having blockages in the blood vessel of the heart.
Sedentary lifestyle, smoking and lack of physical activity are common causes of a heart attack.
2. What are the symptoms of a heart attack?
The symptoms of heart attack are tightness or pain in the chest, neck, back or arms, fatigue, lightheadedness, abnormal heartbeat and anxiety.
3. What are the risk factors of a heart attack?
The risk factors of heart attack are tobacco use, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, lack of exercise and family history.
4. What is the treatment for heart attack or myocardial Infarction?
An emergency angiogram, which is a diagnostic test is performed through a wrist or groin to identify the underlying blockage that leads to the heart attack. Then treated with emergency angioplasty which is a stenting procedure to restore the blood flow and save a persons' life.
Other treatments include Thrombolytic agent or clot-dissolving injection given intravenously which will go to blocked areas and dissolve the clot.
5. Can a heart attack happen again?
Yes, a person who had a heart attack can again go through another heart attack subsequently. It can be prevented with appropriate medication like blood thinners, quit smoking and lifestyle changes.
6. What are the lifestyle modifications after a heart attack?
The lifestyle modifications after a heart attack are to adopt a physically active lifestyle, healthy diet management and follow medications as prescribed by the doctor.
7. How long should the medication be continued?
Medication should be continued for a lifetime for a person who had a heart attack and angioplasty.
Aspirant, which is a blood thinner is more or less lifelong unless there are specific problems with the medicine, in which case the alternative is advised.
Cholesterol reducing medication is advised for a lifetime and some medication to prevent subsequent heart attacks is a must and they are lifelong.
8. How frequent is the doctor follow-up advised and what tests are to be performed?
In any patient who had a heart attack, regular followup advised one week after discharge, another followup after a month of discharge and subsequently every three months up to one year after one year if the patient is fit enough.
9. What is cardiac rehabilitation?
It is a type of physical therapy focused on optimizing physical function in patients with cardiac disease or recent cardiac surgeries. Cardiac rehabilitation aims to rehabilitate the patient into a normal life.
10. What are the necessary precautions to be taken after an angioplasty?
Medications such as blood thinners to prevent clotting within the stent and medication to reduce cholesterol deposits which are the main cause of the blockage. So it is important to continue the lifelong medication for diabetes and blood pressure, to prevent heart attack.
If there are any symptoms like just pain, severe breathing difficulty, inability to walk, effort and tolerance, etc. Consult the Best Cardiologist in Bangalore at Sakra world hospital.
11. How long will the stent remain open? Does it have a lifespan?
Stents will last life lifelong as they are the latest generation medicated stents. Only in five to 10% of patients who have had a stent, there is a small chance of getting, narrowing, developing within the stent called restenosis.
12. When can a patient get back to work after angioplasty?
After a week of discharge. But in cases where there are complications where there has been a more slower recovery, we may advise them around three to four weeks
13. When can the patient drive after a heart attack on angioplasty?
If the patient can manage day-to-day activities at the end of one week after the heart attack, then the patient can drive.
If the patient is not able to perform daily activities without symptoms, then it is better to avoid driving for six weeks or eight weeks.
14. When can the patient have a sexual activity after heart attacks?
After a week or 2 weeks, people can get back to normal sexual activity.
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