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Dr. Refai Showkathali

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Interventional Cardiologist

Senior Consultant

FRCP, MRCP, MBBS,

Chennai, India

Works at Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai

18 years of experience

Appointment Schedule Of Dr. Refai Showkathali

DayTime
MONDAY09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
TUESDAY09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
WEDNESDAY09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
THURSDAY09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
FRIDAY09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
SATURDAY09:00 AM - 05:00 PM

About Dr. Refai Showkathali

  • Dr. Refai Showkathali is an interventional cardiologist with 18+ years of experience.
  • He has won an award for Academic Poster of the Year- East of England Deanery and Research Proposal of the Year (Runner-Up) - East of England Deanery.
  • He is a member of British Cardiovascular Society and Tamil Nadu Medical Council.
  • He has completed MBBS and fellowship in Royal College of Physicians, The American College of Cardiology and European Society of Cardiology (FESC).
  • Dr. Showkathali undertook a Fellowship in structural heart disease intervention such as Balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV), Transcatheter Aortic Valve implantation (TAVI), PFO and ASD Closure at King’s College Hospital, London - one of the important TAVI centre in UK performing around 100 TAVIs per annum since Aug 2007.
  • He regularly presents research papers in conferences in Europe, UK and USA. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed publications in prestigious International Journals.

Location Location

Chennai, India

Special Interest

CHIP-PCI, Valvular heart disease, Heart failure, PCI, Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) angioplasty, Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) Left Main Stem (LMS) Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Fractional Flow reserve (FFR)

List Of Treatments

  • Cardiac OPD Procedures
  • ECG-Treadmill Test TMT
  • 24 Hour Holter Monitoring
  • Ambulatory BP Monitoring (ABPM)
  • Echocardiography with Color Doppler
  • Transesophageal Echocardiography - TEE
  • Stress Echocardiographyn
  • Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) Test
  • Thallium Test - Nuclear Stress Test
  • 64 Slice CT Angiography
  • PET Scan
  • CARDIAC SURGERY - ADULTS
  • Off Pump beating CABG LV restoration
  • surgery
  • Valve Repair Replacement
  • Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
  • Ross Procedure
  • Cardiac Tumour Treatment
  • Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Treatment
  • Aortic Dissection Repair Surgery
  • Minimal access surgeries for valves
  • ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Closure
  • Aortofemoral Bypass Surgery
  • PTE - Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
  • Neonatal and Infant cardiac surgeries
  • Closure of defects like ASD VSD
  • Complex congenital heart surgeriesg
  • TAPVC - Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair Arterial Switch
  • Single Ventricle Defects Surgery
  • ECMO Support
  • Cardiac Catherisation for congenital
  • heart disease
  • Device Closure- ASD VSD
  • Balloon Septostomy
  • Balloon Valvuloplasty - Aortic
  • Pulmonary and Mitral
  • Closure of Fistulas
  • Fetal Echocardiogram
  • Coronary Angiogram
  • Renal Angiogram
  • Cerebral Angiogram
  • Peripheral Angiogram
  • PTCA-Percutaneous Transluminal
  • Coronary Angioplasty
  • Peripheral Angioplasty
  • Aortic Stent Grafting
  • EPS-Electrophysiological
  • Radiofrequency Ablation
  • PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant - Single Chamber
  • IVC Filter Insertion
  • Biventricular Pacing
  • AICD
  • Trigger Point Injection (TPI)
  • PTMC - Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy
  • Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG)
  • Angiography
  • Aortic Valve Replacement
  • Mitral Valve Replacement
  • VSD Closure (Adult) Surgery
  • Heart Double Valve Replacement
  • PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant - Double Chamber
  • CRT- D Implant (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)
  • PDA Device Closure
  • Single Bypass and Valve Replacement
  • Pediatric interventional cardiology
  • Valve Replacement
  • Congenital Heart Disorder CHD
  • Heart Bypass - Minimally Invasive CABG
  • Heart Implants
  • Heart Surgery

Work Experience of Dr. Refai Showkathali

Senior Consultant, Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai

Senior Consultant, MIOT International Hospital, Chennai

Registrar, King's College Hospital, London

Registrar, King's College Hospital, London

Dr. Refai Showkathali's

  • FRCP, 2017, Royal College Of Physician, London
  • MRCP, 2004, Royal Colleges of Physicians, London, UK
  • MBBS, 1999, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University (TNMGRMU)

1. Academic Poster of The Year- East of England Deanery, 2011 2. Research Proposal of The Year (Runner-Up)- East of England Deanery, 2011

  • Incidental findings during TAVI work-up: More than just an inconvenience. Eurointervention. 2015 Aug;11(4):465-9
  • Multi-disciplinary clinic: Next step in “Heart team” approach for TAVI. Int J Cardiol. 2014;174(2):453-5
  • Should primary percutaneous coronary intervention be the routine reperfusion strategy in octogenarians presenting with ST elevation myocardial infarction? J Cardiovasc Med. 2014; 15(1):53-9
  • Typical Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in ST elevation myocardial infarction patients admitted for primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Eur J Intern Med. 2014 Feb;25(2):132-6.
  • Comparison of Bivalirudin with Heparin versus Abciximab with Heparin for primary percutaneous coronary intervention in “real-world” practice. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2013 14(5):289-93
  • The advantages of a consultant led primary percutaneous coronary intervention service on patient outcome. QJM. 2013 Nov;106(11):989-94

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Dr. Refai Showkathali practices at Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai

Dr. Refai Showkathali specialty is Interventional Cardiologist

Dr. Refai Showkathali is Interventional Cardiologist with 18 years of experience.

More About Interventional Cardiologist

A interventional cardiologist deals with the catheter based treatment of heart diseases which includes the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease, vascular disease and acquired structural heart disease.

The patient may experience extreme fatigue, Constant dizziness, fast heart rate, irregular heartbeat, Chest pain or difficulty in breathing during regular activities.

Investigations like Electrocardiogram, Chest X-rays, Echocardiogram, Cardiac Catheterization, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), CT (Computerized Tomography), and Transesophageal Echocardiogram

An interventional cardiologists perform procedures in cath lab like Balloon angioplasty, Coronary and left ventricular digital angiography, Right and left heart catheterization, Rotational artherectomy etc and evaluate arterial blockages whereas the non-interventional cardiologists do not perform the same procedures.

Interventional cardiology treats cardiovascular disease using multiple non-surgical procedures, mostly are done in the cardiovascular (veins, heart and arteries) system.

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