SKIMS cardiology deptt soon to be recognized as “Centre of excellence” for device therapies in India

Srinagar/Match,22: The department of cardiology SKIMS is soon to be recognized as a “Centre of excellence” for device therapies in India. The department is one of the highest volume centers of intracardiac device implantation and has performed more than 10,000 procedures including pacemakkers, intracardiac defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapies.
HOD, Cardiology Dr. Nisar Tamboo while giving details said that the department has performed more than 15000 diagnostic and therapeutic coronary procedures and is among the few high volume coronary centres in the country. Complex and high risk procedures including left main coronary interventions, bifurcation stenting and recanalization of chronic total occlusions are performed on regular basis in the catheterization lab with excellent results. Cutting edge technologies including Intravascular ultrasound imaging (IVUS), fractional flow reserve (FFR) assessment and rotational atherectomy are being utilized wherever necessary to optimize the results of various procedures done. The department has also witnessed a spectacular growth of paediatric interventions over a period of time, with over 100 procedures being performed annually with high success rate which include percutaneous device closures of artrial septal defects and patent ductus arteriosus, transcatheter interventions of valve stenosis and coarctation of aorta, he elaborated.
Director SKIMS Dr. Omar Javed Shah said that the department of Cardiology SKIMS is the largest cardiac facility in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, catering to nearly half of the cardiac disease burden in the entire state. It provides the state of art diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac care to the patients and is comparable to the reputed cardiac centres in the world. He appreciated