Where does Dr. Girishchandra Varma practice?

Dr. Girishchandra Varma practices at NMC Speciality Hospital, Al Nadah

What is the specialty of Dr. Girishchandra Varma?

Dr. Girishchandra Varma specialty is Cardiac Surgeon

What is the experience of Dr. Girishchandra Varma?

Dr. Girishchandra Varma is Cardiac Surgeon with 21 years of experience.

What does a cardiac surgeon do?

A cardiac surgeon is a specialist who operates on the heart, lungs and other thoracic (chest) organs and they also diagnose and treat diseases of these organs.

What are the typical symptoms of heart diseases?

The typicals symptoms include Chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure, chest discomfort Shortness of breath associated with Pain, numbness, weakness or coldness in the legs or arms.

Which tests/ investigations are generally required by Cardiac surgeons?

Investigations like blood reports, Chest x ray, Electrocardiogram, Pulmonary function test, Carotid Dopping, Vein mapping, Trans-esphogeal echocardiogram, Heart Catheterization, and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging would be required.

What is the difference between a Cardiac Surgeon and a Cardiologist?

Cardiologist perform procedures in cath lab like Balloon angioplasty, Coronary and left ventricular digital angiography, Right and left heart catheterization, Rotational artherectomy, Stent implantation etc whereas a Cardiac surgeon perform surgery of the heart and chest.

How long is the stay in hospital for a heart surgery?

Stay in the hospital is usually for 7 – 10 days

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About Dr. Girishchandra Varma

With 21+ years of experience, Dr. Girishchandra Varma is the most notable Cardiac Surgeon in UAE.

He has performed over 5000 coronary artery bypass operations and helped in over 4500 more. Over 100 redo-open heart operations have also been conducted by him.

Dr. Girishchandra Varma has performed UAE’s first Total Arterial Revascularization – Triple Bypass Surgery using LIMA – Radial ‘Y’, Composite Conduit Procedure.

He is the first surgeon to perform Awake Coronary Bypass Surgery on Beating Heart in the U.A.E, and the only Cardiac Surgeon to do an Awake Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery in the Middle East.

Dr. Girishchandra specializes in Cardiac Sciences, Chest Pain Clinic, Cardiothoracic surgeries, Beating heart (off-pump) coronary artery bypass graft surgery and Open Heart Surgery.

He is a member of the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons and several International Cardiovascular Societies.

Dr. Girishchandra has several international publications, essays, and presentations to his name.

He has done MS (General Surgery) from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India.

He has completed MCh (Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery) from Bombay University, India.

He has attained a clinical fellowship (Cardiovascular Surgery) from the University of Alabama Birmingham, the USA in 1996.

He has also attained a postgraduate diploma (Cardiovascular Surgery) from University Piere & Marie Curie, Paris in 1999.

Dr. Girishchandra is well-versed in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and English.

Hospital

NMC Speciality Hospital, Al Nadah

Location

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Special Interest

Harvesting skeletonized LIMA, RIMA Radial artery Saphenous vein Redo-sternotomy and thoracotomy Haemostasis and closure of chest at regular intervals

List Of Treatments

Coronary Artery Surgery
Vascular Lesion Surgery
Femoro-Femoral Bypass
Femoral-Popliteal Bypass
surgery
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Treatment
Aortic Dissection Repair Surgery
Aortofemoral Bypass Surgery
PTE - Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Single Ventricle Defects Surgery
Peripheral Angioplasty
IVC Filter Insertion
Pulmonary Endarterectomy
Peripheral Bypass Surgery
Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Treatment
Arterial Aneurysms
Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Treatment
Balloon Angioplasty
Renal Artery Aneurysm
Renal Vein Thrombosis Treatment
Carotid Artery Stenosis
Spider Veins
Varicose Veins Treatment
Varicose Vein Surgery India
Varicose Vein Laser Surgery India
Trivex Varicose Vein Treatment India
Sclerotherapy-varicsose-veins-surgery
Single Bypass and Valve Replacement

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