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Cardiology Doctors in Lucknow

Cardiac disease in Uttar Pradesh presents late and at high volume like acute MI patients arriving six to twelve hours after symptom onset, rheumatic valvular disease at advanced stages, and heart failure misattributed to pulmonary causes for months. Managing this load requires a cardiology unit with diagnostic depth, interventional capability around the clock, and the clinical bandwidth to handle both emergency presentations and complex elective workup without diverting cases to Delhi.

Medanta Lucknow's Department of Cardiology covers the full clinical and interventional spectrum: non-invasive diagnostics, complex coronary intervention, electrophysiology and device therapy, structural heart disease including TAVI, and preventive cardiology. 

What the Department Covers

Interventional Cardiology and Complex PCI

Primary angioplasty for heart attacks is delivered within the 90-minute door-to-balloon benchmark that defines emergency cardiac care. Beyond routine angioplasty, the department handles the full range of complex coronary interventions including chronic total occlusions, bifurcation and left main disease, and heavily calcified arteries. Intracoronary imaging with OCT and IVUS guides stent placement in anatomy where angiography alone cannot provide sufficient detail. Peripheral angioplasty covering renal, carotid, and lower limb vessels is performed within the same department.

Cardiac Electrophysiology and Device Therapy

Abnormal heart rhythms are diagnosed and treated through catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, ventricular tachycardia, and supraventricular tachycardias, all performed under 3D electroanatomical mapping. Conduction system pacing offers a more physiological alternative to conventional right ventricular pacing for selected patients. Device implantation covers single and dual-chamber pacemakers, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronisation therapy devices for heart failure patients with bundle branch block.

Structural Heart Disease and TAVI

Patients with severe aortic stenosis who are at high or intermediate surgical risk are treated through transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), avoiding open heart surgery entirely. Rheumatic mitral stenosis is treated with balloon mitral valvuloplasty. Intracardiac defects including atrial septal defects, ventricular septal defects, patent ductus arteriosus, and paediatric defects are closed percutaneously. Every TAVI decision is reviewed by a multidisciplinary Heart Team assessing anatomy, surgical risk, and the patient's preferences.

Heart Failure, Prevention, and Non-Invasive Cardiology

Heart failure management covers both reduced and preserved ejection fraction, with evidence-based quadruple therapy titration, device therapy (for patients with significantly reduced heart function), and rhythm management (where arrhythmias are contributing to symptoms). Pulmonary embolism and coagulopathy management, hypertension, valvular heart disease, and cardiomyopathy are managed across the clinical cardiology scope. Non-invasive assessment covers echocardiography, stress testing, cardiac CT, and intravascular imaging with IVUS and OCT.

The Team

Dr. Gauranga Majumdar - Director

Expert in valvular heart disease surgery, minimally invasive aortic valve replacement, paediatric thoracic and vascular surgery, and anaortic total-arterial CABG.

Dr. Mahim Saran - Director

Specialised in adult interventional cardiology, heart failure, electrophysiology, structural heart intervention, hypertension, valvular heart disease, device therapy, and paediatric intervention.

Dr. Pravin K Goel - Director

Specialised in CTO intervention, complex coronary intervention including left main, bifurcation, rotablation for calcific lesions, IVL, and multi-vessel PCI; transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI); non-invasive and ICU management.

Dr. Ram Kirti Saran - Director

Expert in acute and chronic coronary heart disease, hypertension, cardiomyopathy, prevention of heart disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease, and pericardial disease.

Dr. S K Dwivedi - Director

Specialised in invasive interventional procedures including coronary angioplasty and stenting, closure of intracardiac defects and structural interventions, device implantations, balloon valvotomies, and arrhythmias and electrophysiology.

Dr. Ankit Singh - Associate Director

Expert in cardiac electrophysiology studies and radiofrequency ablation, atrial fibrillation and flutter ablation, pacemaker, AICD and CRT-D implantation, conduction system pacing, and coronary angiography and angioplasty.

Dr. Avinash Kumar Singh - Associate Director

Specialised in complex coronary and peripheral intervention, balloon valvotomy, arrhythmia management, pacemaker and device implantation, and heart failure management.

Dr. Ganesh Seth - Associate Director

Expert in transradial cardiac catheterisation, structural heart interventions, device therapy, complex coronary intervention including bifurcation, left main, calcified and total occlusion lesions, IVL and rotablation-guided PCI, medical management of coronary artery disease, arrhythmias and pacing therapy, heart failure management, adult interventional cardiology, heart valve therapy including valvotomy and TAVI, intravascular imaging (IVUS and OCT), and pulmonary embolism and coagulopathy management.

Dr. Himanshu Gupta - Associate Director

Expert in coronary angioplasties and complex peripheral angioplasties, paediatric device closures, adult interventional cardiology, balloon mitral valvotomy, hypertension, valvular heart disease, heart failure, TAVI, pacemaker and device implantation, EPS/RFA, arrhythmia management, and balloon mitral valvotomy.

FAQs

1. What is the difference between a cardiologist and an interventional cardiologist?

A cardiologist manages cardiac disease medically including diagnosis, risk stratification, pharmacological therapy, and monitoring. An interventional cardiologist performs catheter-based procedures inside the coronary arteries and cardiac chambers like angioplasty, stenting, valvuloplasty, and device closure. Most patients require both clinical management of the underlying disease and procedural treatment when anatomy and physiology warrant it.

2. My angiogram shows a blocked artery. Does it always need a stent?

Not necessarily. Physiological significance (whether the lesion is causing measurable ischaemia) is assessed by FFR or iFR before stenting intermediate lesions. A lesion with 60–70% visual narrowing may be haemodynamically non-significant and better managed medically. Stenting without physiological confirmation in intermediate lesions carries procedural risk without demonstrated mortality benefit. For lesions causing symptoms and confirmed ischaemia, intervention is appropriate.

3. What is TAVI and who is it suitable for?

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation replaces a diseased aortic valve via catheter through the femoral artery, without open-heart surgery. It is indicated for patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis who carry high or intermediate surgical risk. The decision between TAVI and surgical valve replacement is made by a multidisciplinary Heart Team reviewing CT-based valve anatomy, aortic root dimensions, vascular access, and patient frailty and preference. Dr. Pravin K Goel, Dr. S K Dwivedi, and Dr. Himanshu Gupta manage TAVI at Medanta Lucknow.

4. When is a pacemaker necessary, and what does implantation involve?

Pacemakers are indicated for symptomatic bradycardia from sick sinus syndrome or high-degree AV block. Implantation is under local anaesthesia with sedation: a subclavian incision, leads threaded under fluoroscopy into the right heart chambers, and the device placed subcutaneously below the collarbone. Most patients are discharged the following day. Device type (single chamber, dual chamber, or CRT) depends on the rhythm disorder and ventricular function.