Dr. Viveka Kumar
Professional Membership:-
Member of Cardiology Society of India.
Member of Cardiology Society of Kerala and U.P.
Medical Council of India Registration No. 34601.
General Medical Council, UK Registration no . 6049182.
Relevant experiences:-
1. Currently working at Max Devaki Devi Hospital New Delhi as a senior consultant interventional Cardiologist and electro physiologist.
2. Fellowship in interventional electro-physiology and devise therapy (nov 2003 to till date) at Southampton university Hospital, Southampton, UK. It is a 1600 bed hospital in uk with high volume cardiology procedure. Good experience in electro physiology procedures, RF ablation, cryo-ablation, cool tip ablation. Good experience in non contact mapping like ESI, NAVEX and CARTO. Good experience in ICD, CRTs and pacemakers implantations and follow-up. Good experience in device/lead extraction using laser/EDS kits.
3. Visiting Electro-physiology fellow (SPR grade) at st. George hospital London, and st. Helier hospital , London (july 2003- nov 2003)
4. Specialist interventional cardiologist at Amrita Institute of Medical science and Research centre, kerala, india from june 1999 to Apr. 2003.. AIMS is an 800 bed tertiary care multi-speciality hospital. It has a busy adult and paediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery program. There are 5000 interventional procedures including 1250 PTCAs and 150 EPS done annually. More than 1000 adult and paediatric cardiac surgeries done yearly.
5. Senior resident at Batra Hospital, new delhi , dept. of cardiology from sept. 1995 to jan. 1997.
Clinical and professional Experiences:-
1. Good experience in performing coronary and peripheral angioplasty and angiogram, renal and carotid angioplasty, rotablation, primary PTCAs, IABP use.
2. Alcohol septal ablation in HOCM.
3. Radial artery route antiograms and PTCAs.
4. Balloon valvotomies- BMVs, BAVs and BPVs and coarctation of aorta.
5. Implantation and follow-up of AICD, biventricular pacing, and dual/single chamber PPMs.
Experience in comlex extraction procedure of ICDs and PPMs.
6. Paediatric intervention- Coil closure of PDAs, devise closure of ASDs, and VSDs and cardiac catheterization.
7. Electro physiology- good experience if diagnostic EPS and ablation of arrhythmias. Experienced in RF ablation.
8. Echorardiogram – good experience in performing trans-thoracic and transeosophageal echocardiograms, stress echocardiograms.
9. Clinical cardiology – Experienced in managing seriously ill CCU patients on ventilators and advanced life support, managing outdoor and indoor patients.
10. Trans-septal puncture and interventions through it.
Teaching experience:-
1. 1999-2003 Teaching postgraduate DNB cardiology students and supervising clinical research. Teaching medical students and nurses.
2. 1997-1999 Teaching postgraduate (MD medicine) and undergraduate (MBBS) students during training for DM cardiology.
3. 1991-1994 Teaching undergraduates while pursuing MD Medicine.
Courses and conferences Attended:-
1. PCR (may 2000) – Paris course on percutaneous revascularization.
2. CSI (1998 to 2002)- Attended CMEs and lectures and presented scientific papers.
3. Electrophsiological an RF ablation course (By BARD India) – Module 1&2 (2002).
4. Advanced heart failure and CRT course (nov. 2004, Brussels by Guidant).
5. European society of cardiology meeting Munich 2004.
Research and publication:-
1. Thesis for degree of MD medicine- “ Role of ditiazam in digitalized patients with chronic and atrial fibrillation.
2. “percutaneous transluminal Angioplasty with cutting balloon and stenting for isolated bilateral Aorto-coronary ostial stenosis in a young female.”
Indian Heart J 2001;53:490-492
3. “ruptured Idiopathic Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm: Unusual case of Hemothorax Treated by selective Embolization” (Indian Heart j 2000;52:769-772)
4. “ fracture of cutting balloon microsurgical blade inside coronary artery during angioplasty of tough resented lesion: A case report “ Cath cardiovasc intervene 2003; 58:199-201.
5. “Trans catheter management of ventricular septal rupture after myocardial infarction with the Amplatzer septal occlude.” (Abstract) Indian Heart J 2000;52:720.
6. Procedural results and intermediate clinical outcome after single stage multivessel coronary angioplasty- stenting.” (Abstract) Indian Heart j 2000;52:793.
7. “PTCA and stenting of Ostial left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis: Acute and intermediate term results.”
8. “ One year outcome of patients with LV dysfunction and pre- vascularisation demonstration of viable myocardium.” (Abstract) Indian heart j 2001;53:582.
9. “Trans-catheter management of ventricular septal rupture after myocardial infarction with Amplatzer occlude” (Abstract) Indian heart j 2001;53:582.
10. Review of pre and post PTMC Echocardiogrms of patients with post PTMC significant MR.” (Abstract Indian Heart j 2001;53:606.
11. Endovascular stent-graft repair of coarctation of aorta with post-coarct aneurysm.” (Abstract) Indian heart j2001;53:630.
12. In hospital free wall rupture in patients undergoing acquired ventricular septal defect closure with amplatzer devise following acute myocardial infarction.” (Abstract) Indian heart j 2002;54:520.
13. Amrita institute of medical sciences multivessel (Angioplasty) registry.” (Abstract) Indian heart j 2002;54:563.
14. Involved in multicenter international trials as patient recruitment centre : OASIS-1, OASIS-2, and CREAT Registry, at AIMS cochin.
15. Involved as co-ordinator for PLATO trial (Pearcutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion in AF) at St. George Hospital London 2003.
