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29 Years of experience
Speaks: English
Dr. Gopalakrishna Bhat is working as a consultant interventional cardiologist for more than 29 years now. He went onto complete his Bachelors in Medicine and Surgery from the Bombay University and is also a Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Bombay University, India. After this, he went onto complete his MD in General Medicine and DM in Cardiology from the Bombay University. In addition to all these, Dr. Bhat is also a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) and a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC).
Dr. Bhat is highly expertise in non invasive and invasive cardiology, outpatient and inpatient care, management of the CCU (Critical Care Unit), non invasive cardiology: echocardiography including pediatric echo, treadmill testing, Holter study, ambulatory BP monitoring, dobutamine stress echo, invasive cardiology: adult cardiac catheterization, right heart catheterization, temporary pacing, coronary angiography, primary and elective coronary angioplasty, permanent pacemaker implantation with AICD implant and peripheral angioplasty including renal angioplasty. At present, he is serving as a consultant in interventional cardiology in the NMC Hospital, UAE. He also worked as the Chief Interventional Cardiologist at the Medical Trust Hospital, Ernakulam.
Please find listed below the many conditions that Dr. Gopalakrishna Bhat treats:
A healthy and long life for a person with structural heart conditions can not happen without interventional procedures. Patients with these heart conditions can be provided with best treatment with the assistance of modern technology and world class equipments. A patient focused approach has driven doctors to find solutions such as these which must be followed with quality post procedural care.
We bring to you the various symptoms and signs in patients having structural or non-coronary cardiovascular conditions:
Few commonly experienced symptoms are chest pain and fatigue in patients with these heart conditions. If someone is suffering from high blood pressure for long time periods then it could be a sign of a structural issue of the heart. Kidneys start getting affected because of structural heart issues and kidney dysfunction could also happen.
Six days a week, 10 am to 7 pm are the operating hours of the doctor. It speaks to the efficiency and skill of the interventional cardiologist that less time is taken to complete procedures.
We bring to you the many popular interventional cardiology procedures done by Dr. Gopalakrishna Bhat::
To open blocked arteries, interventional cardiologists commonly perform procedures such as stent placement, angioplasty and atherectomy. Cardiac arrhythmia or when electrical impulses are functioning improperly can be treated with a procedure that inserts defibrillators and pacemakers in the heart.
Share Your Experience about Dr. Gopalakrishna Bhat
When you visit an interventional cardiologist, the doctor can prescribe or perform diagnostic and screening tests to get to the bottom of the issue. In addition to this the interventional cardiologists performs a wide variety of procedures to treat your cardiovascular and structural heart conditions. Even in case of emergency heart situations such as a heart attack, you can go to this doctor. You must consult the doctor at once if you are faced with a heart condition otherwise situation may deteriorate further.
Here is the list of tests required before and during consultation for an Interventional Cardiologist:
The tests tie in with the treatment plan which can be decided upon basis your discussion with the doctor. The blood vessel and heart health become apparent after the test results come in.
When you exercise regularly, eat healthy, do not smoke or drink and keep a balanced lifestyle it leads to a healthy heart. Interventional cardiology techniques can help resolve the structural defects in your heart or cardiovascular issues if any. When heart issues are treated with catheter based procedures which do not involve surgery, then such procedures are done by Interventional cardiologists. If on your visit to the cardiologist you realise that the dietary and lifestyle changes are not enough they may refer you to this doctor.