Dr. K. Narayana Raju

OP Timings :

Qualifications:

• M.B.B.S, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka - 2004
• M.D. (General Medicine), Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore - 2010
• DNB Cardiology, Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore - 2015

Professional Experience:

• Presently working as a Consultant interventional Cardiologist at KIMS ICON Hospital, Visakhapatnam, since May 2018.
• Worked as a Consultant interventional Cardiologist at BGS Global Hospital, Bangalore, from February 2017 to April 2018.
• Worked as Associate Consultant in cardiology at Sakra World Hospital from November 2015 to January 2017
  

Clinical Experience:

• House Surgency: 1 Year rotation in all clinical branches of Medicine including Medicine, Surgery, OBG, Ophthalmology, ENT, etc. Includes various procedures like vene puncture and emergency procedures like Endotrachel intubation. 
• M.D. Medicine: Intensive 3 Years course, training was given in Mechanical ventilation, ICU management, 3 months rotations in Cardiology, Nephrology, Neurology, Medical Oncology, apart from bedside clinical medicine. 
• DNB Cardiology: 3 Years course in a high volume centre (Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore) with a 50 bed CCU and around 12,000 cardiac procedures / Year. Training included 6 months posting in CCU, 2 Years posting in Cathlab. Independently handled various procedures like IABP, TPI, Central venous cannulation, various paediatric Caths, coronary angios. Has been 1st assistant in PTCA and PBMV procedures. 
• Echo experience: Emergency and OP, IP echo along with intra-op echo and TEE, including Paediatric echo.

Publications:

• Renal sympathetic denervation using an externally irrigated radiofrequency ablation catheter for treatment of resistant hypertension - Acute safety and short term efficacy. Indian Heart J. 2015 May-Jun;67(3):207-13.
• Renal denervation in a patient with Alport syndrome and rejected renal allograft. Indian Heart J. 2015 Dec; 67(Suppl 3): S71–S73

Paper Presentation:

• Study of association between HbA1C and acute coronary syndrome in patients with type II diabetes mellitus.

Clinical Trial Experience: 

• A descriptive study to correlate left ventricular functions and etiology in left bundle branch block patients 
• Successful or unsuccessful thrombolysis with streptokinase in acute 
• Myocardial infarction: A descriptive study
• A prospective study to correlate angiographic profile and clinical outcome of acute coronary syndrome patients with atrial fibrillation
• Study of diastolic dysfunction in young (< 40 years) newly detected diabetes and its correlation with obesity, glycaemic levels and dyslipidemia
• Cardiac manifestation involvement in dengue infection