Dr. A. B. Gopalamurugan
Dr. A. B. Gopalamurugan |
QualificationM.B.B.S., M.D., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.P., C.C.D.S., F.A.C.C. |
SpecialityCardiology |
LocationChennai |
About the Doctor
Designation:
Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist
Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist
Chief of Department for Transcatheter valve & Endovascular Therapies
Brief Profile:
An expert in Multivessel and left main stem angioplasty, Electrophysiology and device therapy, Cardiac structural Intervention like TAVI, Mitral and Tricuspid valve Therapy & Aortic Endovascular Therapies
Pioneer in India with the maximum number of India's first heart valve replacement without open-heart surgery (TAVI/TAVR) Starts Transcatheter valve service at Kauvery Hospital
A renowned expert in Aortic Endovascular Interventions for Aortic dissections and Aneurysms has started a 24 hrs Aortic service at Kauvery Hospital.
Dr A B Gopalamurugan is well known internationally and nationally as the pioneer for cutting edge interventional cardiology and transcatheter valve replacement therapy. He is the founder and course director of the country's largest course for transcatheter valve therapies - India Valves. To date, he has introduced the maximum number of transcatheter valve therapies to India. He has performed 3 of world's first transcatheter valve therapies too.
Professional Registrations:
- Indian Medical Council
- Maharashtra Medical Council, Mumbai
- General Medical Council, UK
- British Cardiovascular Interventional Society
- European Heart Rhythm Association
Pioneering Surgeries:
- First in man/First in the world case of transvenous mitral valve implantation
- First in man/First in the world percutaneous treatment with TAVI after heterotopic heart transplantation
- First in the world TAVI for Aortic Regurgitation with a highly mobile mass attached to the aortic valve
- First in man/First in the world case of PCI, TAVR and TEVAR of Aortic Arch with a hybrid approach through a Trans-caval (Cavo-aortic) access in the same procedure
- First in India Dedicated Percutaneous Valve ProgramFirst TAVI in India with Medtronic Evolut R system and the First TAVI in India for Aortic Regurgitation
- First in India live case recording of epicardial Ventricular Tachycardia ablationFirst in India 17 vector pacing system for Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT)
- First Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) for Aortic Stenosis in South India
- First Aortic Arch Hybrid repair as an alternative for Frozen Elephant Trunk operation
- First in India use of short term ECMO to retrieve a heart failure patient from the community
- First in Asia dedicated Aortic Arch Endovascular Graft treatment for aortic Arch Disease
- First national forum for patients and physicians in India to spread awareness of Transcatheter Heart Valve Therapy
- First in India Transcatheter Mitral valve ImplantationFirst in India Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Implantation
- First in Asia Transjugular Trans-septal Mitral Valve Implantation
- First in India Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation
- First in India Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Implantation
- First in Asia Transjugular Trans-septal Mitral Valve Implantation
- First in India Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation (TMVR) for Mitral Annular Calcification (MAC)
- Maharashtra's first Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement
- Maharashtra's first First Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement
- Maharashtra's first and First in India Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation through a subclavian route fully percutaneously
