Dr. Arul Gnana Shanmugam

Senior Consultant- Interventional Cardiology
Qualification
MBBS., DNB (General Medicine)., DM (Cardiology), FSCAI
Speciality
Cardiology
Location
Hosur
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Dr. Arul Gnana Shanmugam has over 22 years of practise in the field of Medicine. He is one of the best Interventional Cardiologists with over 8 years of experience in Interventional Cardiology and 14 years in Internal Medicine / Critical Care. He has performed more than 10,000 Interventional cardiovascular procedures including complex and high-risk Coronary angioplasty. He is also an expert in Cardiac device Implantations- Permanent Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter defibrillator, Cardiac Resynchronization therapy, Peripheral angioplasty and Structural Heart Interventions. He is charismatic, analytical and his empathetic approach towards the patients makes him an eminent cardiologist.

Education Qualification

  • MBBS – PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore
  • DNB General Medicine – Southern Railway Head Quarters Hospital, Chennai
  • DM Cardiology – Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi

Experience

  • Consultant Cardiologist- APOLLO Hospitals, Hyderabad
  • Consultant Cardiologist- CARE hospitals, Hyderabad
  • Specialist in Internal Medicine- Al Hayat International Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate Of Oman
  • Critical care Intensivist/ Physician – Southern Railway Head Quarters Hospital, Chennai
  • Divisional Medical Officer – Southern Railway Head Quarters Hospital, Chennai
  • (after UPSC- Combined Medical Services 2006)

Awards & Recognitions

  • Special Trainings:
  • CRT & CSP Implant hands on Training Workshop @ AIG, Hyderabad
  • IVUS workshops organized by Boston Scientific
  • Trans esophageal Echocardiography @ IMMAST, Mumbai

Presentations & Publications

  • COMPARISON OF RADIATION EXPOSURE IN RADIAL AND FEMORAL VASCULAR APPROACH OF PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY: SECTIONAL ANALYTICAL STUDY FROM A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE, KERALA
  • Bortezomib based versus melphalan based regimen as induction chemotherapy for primary AL amyloidosis with cardiac involvement and factors predicting early mortality
  • Independent predictors of one year mortality in patients with primary systemic immunoglobulin light chain cardiac amyloidosis
  • Complex Coronary Interventions – Left main, Bifurcation angioplasty and CTO
  • Calcium debulking advanced techniques- Rotablation atherectomy, Orbital Atherectomy, Intra vascular Lithotripsy (IVL)
  • Intra vascular Imaging IVUS / OCT
  • Mechanical Circulatory support- Intra Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) and ECMO (initiated for two patients at Kauvery, Hosur)
  • Percutaneous Pulmonary thrombectomy, Balloon Valvuloplasty, Catheter directed thrombolysis, Peripheral angioplasty
  • Cardiac device therapy- Permanent Pacemaker, ICD, CRT-D
  • Trans Thoracic Echocardiography, Trans Esophageal echocardiography, Dobutamine stress Echocardiography, Strain and 3 D advanced Echocardiography
  • Cardiac MRI and CT Coronary angiography
  • Second operator for TAVI, EVAR and Endomyocardial Biopsy (post heart transplant)
  • Participated in Heart transplant Program at Amrita Institute of medical Sciences, Kochi
  • Expert in managing Acute and Chronic heart failure, Preventive Cardiology and Cardiac rehabilitation
  • Management of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Amyloidosis
  • Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (FSCAI)
  • Cardiology Society Of India (CSI)
  • Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
  • Associations of Physicians of India (API)
  • Tamil Nadu Medical Council (Reg.No.76966)
  • Telangana State Medical Council (TSMC/FMR/09454)

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