Where does Dr. Y Vijayachandra Reddy practice?

Dr. Y Vijayachandra Reddy practices at Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai

What is the specialty of Dr. Y Vijayachandra Reddy?

Dr. Y Vijayachandra Reddy specialty is Interventional Cardiologist

What is the experience of Dr. Y Vijayachandra Reddy?

Dr. Y Vijayachandra Reddy is Interventional Cardiologist with 23 years of experience.

What does a Interventional Cardiologist do?

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.

What are the typical symptoms of Cardiovascular diseases?

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

Which tests/ investigations are generally required by Interventional Cardiologists?

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

What is the difference between interventional and non interventional cardiology?

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.

Can Interventional Cardiologist perform surgery?

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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About Dr. Y Vijayachandra Reddy

Dr. Y Vijayachandra Reddy is an interventional cardiologist with 23+ years of experience.
He has received Best Doctor Award & Outstanding Researcher Award Versatile; Outstanding Researcher Award; Best Doctor Award for Cardiology in 2011; LIMRA Professional Excellence award for Cardiology and 17 Gold medals during MBBS.
Dr. Reddy’s work experience includes more than 7000 PCIs, 30000 invasive procedures, 550 PCIs in cardiogenic shock, 700 Cardiac devices, 400 PTMCs and several EVAR and TEVAR procedures.
He has published a plethora of studies and research papers over the years.
He is a member of FACC (Fellow of American College of Cardiology); FICC (Fellow of Indian College of Cardiology); FCSI (Fellow of Cardiological Society of India); FISC (Fellow of Indian Society of Cardiology) and British Commonwealth Scholar.
His expertise lies in pacemaker implantations, pediatric interventions, ICDs, CRTs, endovascular repairs and more.

Hospital

Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai

Location

Chennai, India

Special Interest

Transradial interventions, Complex high-risk interventions (CHIP), MI interventions, Coronary imaging, Implantable cardiac device therapies, IVC filters, Carotid interventions

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

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