Apollo Hospitals - Heart and Kidney Centre, Visakhapatnam


Our Specialities


INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

The Cineless Cardiac Catheterisation Lab at Apollo Hospitals, Visakhapatnam helps the highly qualified Interventional Cardiologists to perform complex cardiac procedures effectively with least amount of radiation and pinpoint accuracy. Interventional Cardiologists at Apollo, Visakhapatnam are in the forefront in performing many latest Interventional Cardiac procedures. The hospital also has an active Paediatric Cardiac intervention facility.


The various Interventional Cardiac procedures performed are:
  • Coronary Angiogram
  • PTCA for single and multi vessel lessions
  • Coronary Stenting
  • Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasties
  • Peripheral Angioplasties & Peripheral Stenting
  • Pulmonary & Aortic Balloon Valvuloplasties
  • Peripheral Angioplasties & Peripheral Stenting
  • Pulmonary & Aortic Balloon Valvuloplasties
  • Rotablators & Atherectomies
  • Balloon Septostomy for Neonates
  • Permanent Pacemaker Implantation
  • Renal Angiography
CARDIOTHORACIC & VASCULAR SURGERY

The department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular surgery has been functional since 1999 the year of inception of the hospital.

Our team of specialist cardiac surgeons and cardiac anesthesiologists are delivering exceptionally high quality of tertiary care in the sub specialty of Cardiothoracic surgery.

We are pioneers in setting up the first professionally run Cardiothoracic surgical center in North coastal Andhra Pradesh. The first coronary bypass procedure was performed at Apollo Heart Institute, Visakhapatnam in 1999. In addition to routine valve replacement procedures several complex congenital repairs such as arterial switch procedure, ALCAPA repair were performed successfully. To date over above 3,100 procedures were performed with a success rate of nearing 99%.

The team is currently led by Chief Cardiothoracic Surgeon Dr.P.V.Naresh Kumar,MS.MCh. He is ably assisted by Dr. C.Sai Krishna, MCh., Junior Consultant CTVS. Anaesthetic support and intensive care backup are provided by Dr. V.Ramesh Babu, MD. Chief Cardiac Anesthesiologist and Dr. K. Ram Mohan, Cardiac Anesthesiologist. Mr. S.K.Satpathy is our Chief perfusionist.

The team has performed procedures since October 2004with a success rate of over 99%. The main impetus is on off pump coronary revascularization and 90% of all CABGs performed at this center are done on beating heart. In addition single and double valve replacement procedures and valve repairs complete the spectrum of adult cardiac surgical procedures.

Peripheral vascular surgical procedures performed include aorto-bifemoral bypass, ilio-femoral and femoro-popliteal bypass procedures, aneurysm repairs.

Our team has carried out both complete corrections and palliative procedures  for various congenital cardiac malformations in the recent time. ASD closure, VSD closure, PDA ligation, intracardiac repair for Tetralogy of Fallot, Bidirectional Glenn procedure, Fontan operation and BT shunts are being performed with enviable success rate.

General Thoracic surgical procedures such as Lobectomy & Pneumonectomy are also performed.

The procedure wise details for various operations performed since October 2004  are as follows.

ADULT CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES

CABG

:

237

Off pump CABG

:

182
Valve Replacement

Mitral

:

26

Aortic

:

09

Double valve replacement

:

09
 
PAEDIATRIC CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES

ASD

:

65
VSD

:

38
ICR for TOF : 32
PDA ligation : 27
UNIVENTRICULAR REPAIRS
Bidirectional Glenn

:

01
Fontan operation

:

01
BT shunts

:

10

NEPHROLOGY
The department of Nephrology in association with the department of Urology has given a new hope to the patients suffering from renal failure. Apart from the regular haemodialysis and peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) is also offered to the patients.

The Department of Nephrology extends following services :

  • Acetate & Bicarbonate Haemodialysis

  • Continuous Arteriovenous Haemodialysis (CAVHD) (for critically ill patients)

  • Live related kidney transplants

  • PCNL (stone removal)

  • Ureteroscope-Lithotripsy (Stone removal)

  • Kidney Biopsy procedures

  • Angioplasties for Renal Arterial Disease (PTRA - Percutaneous Transluminal Renal Angioplasty and Stenting)
OTHER SPECIALITIES

  • General Medicine

  • Chest Medicine

  • Paediatrics

  • Neurology

  • Orthopeadics

  • E.N.T.

  • General Surgery