Top Interventional Cardiologist in Hyderabad

Brief Profile

Dr. V. Vinoth Kumar is a Senior Interventional Cardiologist at CARE Hospitals, HITEC City. He is the Top Interventional Cardiologist in Hyderabad with over 25 years of experience in the field of medicine & 12 years of experience as a specialist in the field of cardiology. He completed his DM cardiology training at the prestigious Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology and Research centre, Bangalore, which is one of the largest centre for heart care in Southeast Asia.

Graduating from a centre where 3000 open heart surgeries and 30000 cathlab procedures including angiograms, angioplasties, pacemakers and device closure procedures aredone annually definitely made him a competent interventional cardiologist. But his competency in interventional cardiology never prevented him concentrating on clinical and preventive cardiology. 

He has expertise in Angiography-Coronary, Carotid, Peripheral and Renal, CRT-P / RCT-D / ICD Implantation, and Medical Management. He provides specialized care for Heart Failure patients -Treatment of Uncontrolled Blood Pressure (Resistant Hypertension) -Management of Heart problems in patients with kidney failure.
 
Additionally, he is an Associate Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (AFESC) and a member of the Cardiology Society of India (CSI). 

Field(s) of Expertise

• Angiogram-Coronary, Carotid, Peripheral and Renal
• Angioplasty and Stenting (for major heart attack) both emergency and elective
• Complex Angioplasty procedures: Bifurcation stenting, Left main stenting, Chronic total occlusion (CTO), Rotablation with stenting, IVUS and OCT guided stenting
• Peripheral arterial stenting , renal and carotid artery stenting
• Catheter based stenting for failed dialysis fistula
• Pacemakers: temporary pacemaker implantation, single and dual chamber permanent pace maker implantation
• CRT-P / RCT-D / ICD Implantation
• ASD, PDA and VSD Device closures
• PTMC / PBV
• Percutaneous Trans Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
• Medical Management: -Specialized care for Heart Failure patients -Treatment of uncontrolled BP (Resistant Hypertension) -Management of Heart problems in kidney failure patients

Research and Presentations

• Case Presentation on “ADO II device closure of Traumatic aneurysm in 12 years old boy at “National Intervention council midterm meet in Kolkata 2013” Three case presentations in Challenging case session in INIDIA Live national conference held at Delhi in 2014 1. Obscured by clouds- The lost Artery (Tortous Aneurysmal LAD, BVS Failure)
• catastrophe and the Cure- the Complications Symposium (Catheter thrombosis during PCI)
• Anatomy Do mine-The Left Main Symposium (DI pinching after LM LAD Stenting) 2. Presented Several cases at the local Bangalore CSI meet Two case presentation in EuroPCR 2014 held at Paris in May 2014
• Coil embolization of RIMA perforation following CPR(First case in the literature)
• Stent in Tortuous LAD

Publications

• Original Article: A randomized placebo-controlled trial with amiodarone for persistent atrial fibrillation in rheumatic mitral stenosis after successful ballon mitral valvuloplasty ( Cholenahally Nanjappa, Bharathi Pandian,Vithal)
• Gemella Morbillorum endocarditis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A rare organism causing a large vegetation and abscess in an uncommon setting - BMJ Case Reports - May 2014
• A real world experience of Guidewire-Induced perforations during percutaneous Intervention and their successful management  - International Journal of clinical medicine, 2014, 5, 475 - 481
• Usefulness of guidelines catheter during percutaneous coronary Intervention in Difficult to cross complex lesions due to calcification and tortuosity  - Journal of cardiology and Therapeutics, 2014, 2, 96 - 104
• OCT Guided unprotected LMCA stenting (Journal of cardiovascular Medicine and surgery Volume 1 Number 1, January - June 2015)
• Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds for LMCA with double vessel disease under IVUS guidance Indian Heart Journal - Jan 2016
• Percutaneous coronary intervention in a rare variety of single coronary artery - Indian Heart Journal - Jan 2016

Education

• MBBS, MD, DM (Cardiology)

Languages Known

Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and English

Fellowship/Membership

• Member of Cardiology society of India (CSI)
• Associate Fellow of European society of Cardiology (AFESC)

Past Positions

• Consultant Cardiologist at Sunshine Hospital, Secunderabad