Dr. Pratap Chandra Rath

Organized The First National Interventional Council Meeting Of Cardiology Society Of India At Hyderabad - 1999. Organized The Indo-french Interventional Cardiology Conference At Hyderabad - 2000. Trained Nine Young Cardiology Fellows In Interventional Cardiology At Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad And Thirty Physicians On Echo, Tmt And Ccu Management. Started Interventional Cardiology Programme At Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad, Institute Of Cardiovascular Disease, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh And Scb Medical College, Cuttack, Orissa. Trained Doctors And Started Coronary Stenting Programme At Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital, Cdr Hospital, Hyderabad And Institute Of Cardiovascular Disease, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Institute Of Cardiovascular Disease, Dhaka. Founding Trustee & Scientific Director – Indo French Institute Of Carotid And Peripheral Vascular And Diseases. Implanted Drug Eluting (Cypher) Stent 1st Time In Asia Pacific Countries Organized First Asia Pacific Transradial Interventional Workshop At Apollo Hospital. Organized Five National Meetings & Live Demonstration Courses At Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad On Interventional Cardiology. Participated As A Faculty In 25 National & International Meeting In India, Bangladesh, China, Singapore, Europe & USA. Zonal Coordinator, Ptca Registry, India - 1997. Selected By The Cardiological Society Of India And Delivered Dr K.k.datey Memorial Oration In The Annual Conference Of Cardiological Society Of India At Kolkata - 2003. First Time Performed Drug Eluting Stent In Asia Pacific Region. First Time Performed Carotid Stenting By Using Protection Device In India. (Published In Indian Heart Journal). Performed One Of The Highest Number Of Percutaneous Transluminal Myocardial Laser Revascularization (Ptmr) In India (Published In Indian Heart Journal). First Time Performed Venous Graft Intervention Using Protection Device In India (Published In Indian Heart Journal). First Time Performed Trans Radial Coronary Angioplasty And Stenting In Asia Pacific Region In ’94 ( Published In Indian Heart Journal Also Reported In The Limca Book Of World Records). Largest Series Of Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty In The World Using Bifoil Balloon Catheter (Published In Journal Of Cardiovascular Diagnosis). PS Rao, Rath PC, Tripti Deb, S Reddy, V Dixit: Initial experience with buttoned umbrella device for closure of ASD and PDA. IHJ (Abstract. Issue Sept/Oct) - 1993. PS Rao, Rath PC, Tripti Deb, C Dixit: Immediate Results Of Low Pressure Prolonged Dilation Vs High Pressure Short Dilation. IHJ, Sept Oct, Vol 455, No. 5, P. 406 - 1993.