CARDIOLOGY

The Department of Cardiology at Apple Saraswati, is the first privately run Interventional Cardiology Centre from South-West Maharashtra. It also is the first Centre to introduce the first DIGITAL FLAT PANEL CATHLAB of the region. The department offers comprehensive range of Invasive & non-invasive Cardiology treatments. It has 20 Bed state-of-the-art Intensive Coronary Care Unit equipped with advanced equipments. It is the only Centre from the region to have 02 advanced Cathlabs under one roof.

The Technology

The Department is equipped with 02 advanced Cathlabs – 

1. Azurion 7C 12, Philips 

2. Axiom Artis DFC plus, Siemens

The important gadgets in the Department includes – Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Intravascular Ultrasound(IVUS), Fractional Flow Reserve(FFR) & Rotablation. The ICCU is equipped with Intra-aortic Balloon Pumps, ACT Machine, Arterial Blood Gas Analyser & each bed is equipped with Invasive & Non Invasive Multipara monitors(Philips), Advanced Invasive Ventilators, Syringe Pumps, Defibrillators & other life saving gadgets. Non-invasive cardiology section has ultramodern Dopplers, Holter monitoring system.

The Team

Team at Cardiology department Includes, 03 fulltime highly skilled & experienced Cardiologists, highly trained technical staff & trained Medical Officers. Round the clock availability of Interventional Cardiologists & technical & nursing staff facilitates emergency coronary interventions like Primary & Rescue Coronary Angioplasties.

Procedures

The procedures available in Cardiology department are as follows.

Non-Invasive Cardiology

  1. 2D Echocardiography
  2. Trans-oesophagial Echocardiography
  3. Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography, 
  4. 24 hrs Holter Monitoring, 
  5. Electrocardiogram & Stress Test
  6. Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
  7. Cardiac MRI (Structural & Viability)
  8. CT Calcium Scoring & CT Coronary Angiography 
  9.  CT Pulmonary Angiogram. 

Interventional Cardiology

  1. Coronary Angiography
  2. Coronary Angioplasty
  3. Balloon Volvotomies
  4. Device Closures (ASD/PDA/VSD)
  5. Pacemaker Implantation
  6. EP Studies & RF Ablation 
  7. Cerebral & Peripheral Angiographies
  8. Localised Intravascular thrombolyis
  9. IVC filter implantation  

Apart from all these elective procedures, emergency interventions like Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (PAMI) & Rescue Angioplasty are routinely performed.

Academics

Our Institute is the only private Institution from South-West Maharashtra which imparts Post Graduate Training DNB Cardiology .The registrars & residents seeking training programme at our Institute are actively involved in regular CMEs, Case Discussion, Clinico-Radiological Meetings conducted under the able guidance of experienced consultants & teaching faculties.