Department of Adult and Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Vascular Surgery - Primus Super Speciality Hospital New Delhi

About the Department of Adult and Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Vascular Surgery at Primus Super Speciality Hospital New Delhi

The Department of Adult and Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Vascular Surgery at the Primus Super Speciality Hospital New Delhi offers high-quality services for the diagnostics and treatment of the full range of cardiovascular diseases. In addition to qualified medical personnel, the department has modern diagnostic equipment, operating rooms for interventional procedures and intensive care units equipped with the necessary advanced technologies. All this forms a solid basis for the provision of excellent medical services. The department is headed by Prof. Dr. med. Harsh Wardhan.

The key to successful treatment is a comprehensive diagnostics, and therefore, the department offers patients all the modern diagnostic examinations for the detection of the slightest deviations in the heart work. These include all types of electrocardiography, echocardiography, chest radiography, Holter monitoring, etc.

Whenever possible, the department's cardiologists use optimal non-invasive treatment methods. In addition to the intake of medications, a patient should have a lifestyle modification. He is recommended to eat properly, perform moderate physical exercises, as well as give up bad habits, for example, smoking.

However, it is not always possible to restore normal heart function using conservative therapy methods. In this case, the patient is indicated sparing interventional treatment or surgery. The department's specialists have extensive experience in modern invasive cardiac procedures. The most common are cardiac catheterization, angioplasty, stent implantation, balloon valvuloplasty, coronary angiography, peripheral angiography, atherectomy, temporary pacemaker, implantation of permanent cardiac pacemaker (PCP) and placement of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD).

In addition, the department employs top-class cardiothoracic and vascular surgeons who have a perfect command of all techniques for performing operations on the heart and other thoracic organs. The surgical treatment of cardiovascular diseases in children is performed by a specially trained team of pediatric surgeons. The surgical interventions are carried out in ultramodern operating rooms with innovative equipment and monitoring systems.

The department's range of medical services includes:

• Non-invasive cardiology
  • Clinical examination
  • Electrocardiography
  • Chest X-ray
  • Biochemical examinations
  • 2D and 3D echocardiography
  • Contrast-enhanced echocardiography
  • Transesophageal echocardiography
  • Stress electrocardiography
  • Stress echocardiography
  • Dobutamine stress echocardiography
  • Dopplerography of the carotid and peripheral arteries, veins, radial and renal arteries, internal thoracic artery
• Invasive cardiology
  • Coronary angiography
  • Angiography of the peripheral blood vessels
  • Angioplasty and stent implantation
  • Implantation of pacemakers
  • Implantation of defibrillators
  • Cardiac radiofrequency catheter ablation
  • Closure of atrial septal defects, ventricular septal defects and patent ductus arteriosus
  • Cardiac resynchronization therapy
  • Placement of ventricular assist device
• Cardiothoracic and vascular surgery
  • Coronary artery bypass grafting with and without a heart-lung machine
  • Heart valve interventions (replacement and reconstruction), including transcatheter aortic valve implantation
  • Maze procedure
  • Bentall procedure
  • Aortic surgery, including interventions in aortic dissection
  • Hybrid surgery
  • Thoracic interventions
    • Lobectomy
    • Pneumonectomy
    • Segmental lung resection 
    • Biopsy
    • Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
  • Vascular interventions
    • Surgical treatment of aortic aneurysms
    • Interventions in aortic dissection
    • Bypass surgery in occlusive peripheral arterial disease of the lower limbs
    • Endovascular interventions
• Pediatric cardiology
  • Percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty
  • Closure of defects of atrial septal defects, ventricular septal defects and patent ductus arteriosus
  • Cardiac catheterization
• Pediatric cardiac surgery
  • Non-invasive heart surgery, such as closure of the patent ductus arteriosus, Glenn procedure, pulmonary artery stenosis, pacemaker implantation
  • Simple open heart surgeries (for example, closure of atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect)
  • Complex open heart surgeries (for example, intracardiac interventions, arterial switch operation, double switch operation)
  • Aortic valve replacement and reconstruction, Ross procedure
• Other medical services