Dr. G Vijayaraghavan |

About Dr. G Vijayaraghavan

Dr. G Vijayaraghavan

Specialist: Cardiology
Experience: 52+ years of experience
Hospital: KIMS Global, Trivandrum

Brief About Doctor:

Dr. G Vijayaraghavan is a renowned Cardiologist of India with the experience of 52+years.
Dr Vijayaraghavan, Padmashree award from The President of India, is the Vice Chairman & Founder Director of the Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences and the President of the Society for Continuing Medical Education and Research, Trivandrum, Kerala.
Dr. G Vijayaraghavan is one of the senior most medical teachers of this country and is widely known in India for establishing the first 2dimensional echocardiography laboratory in India way back in 1980.

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His research publications in this field in internationally reputed journals have been path-breaking.
His research on Cerebra Odollum poisoning (a suicidal plant poison used by poor people of S.lndia) during the 1970s, introduced innovative treatment modalities, which still saves numerous suicide victims.
In 1983 he was invited to work at the University of California, Los Angeles, and became one of the pioneer research workers in Doppler echocardiography and co-authored the first book on this subject from the USA (1985).
As Professor and Head of cardiology, Dr Vijayaraghavan established one of the most modern cardiology departments in this country at the Trivandrum Medical College.
With help from the World Health Organization & the Government of India, he demonstrated that heart attacks and their risk factors are very highly prevalent among the poor people of Kerala.
Dr Vijayaraghavan is the author of many books and contributes chapters to cardiology textbooks.
Dr. G Vijayaraghavan is a member of the editorial board of the Indian Edition of the American Heart Association journals, ‘Circulation’ & ‘Hypertension’ and is the Chairman of the Echocardiology Council of the Cardiological Society of India.
Dr Vijayaraghavan is the recipient of numerous awards & honors.
Dr. G Vijayaraghavan received honorary fellowships from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCP Edin), from the Royal College of Physicians of London (FRCP Lond), from the American College of Cardiology (FACe), and the Premier Golden Heart Fellowship from the American Heart Association (FAHA).
Lifetime achievement awards were given to him by the Indian Academy of Echocardiography, Indian College of cardiology and the Cardiological Society of India.
Dr. G Vijayaraghavan is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of Clinical Cardiology (IJCC).

SPECIALIZATION:

Echo and Doppler
echocardiography
Cardiac Catheterization
Clinical Cardiology
Experimental Cardiology

List of Treatments:

Arrhythmia Treatment with Ablation and Pacemakers
Coronary Artery Surgery
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Treatment
Cardiac OPD Procedures
ECG-Treadmill Test TMT

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24 Hour Holter Monitoring
Ambulatory BP Monitoring (ABPM)
Echocardiography with Color Doppler
Stress Echocardiographyn
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) Test
Thallium Test – Nuclear Stress Test
64 Slice CT Angiography
PET Scan
Off Pump beating CABG LV restoration
surgery
Valve Repair Replacement
Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
Ross Procedure
Cardiac Tumour Treatment
Aortic Dissection Repair Surgery
Minimal access surgeries for valves
ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Closure
Neonatal and Infant cardiac surgeries
Complex congenital heart surgeriesg
TAPVC – Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair Arterial Switch
Single Ventricle Defects Surgery
ECMO Support
heart disease
Device Closure- ASD VSD
Balloon Septostomy
Balloon Valvuloplasty – Aortic
Pulmonary and Mitral
Fetal Echocardiogram
Coronary Angiogram
Peripheral Angiogram
PTCA-Percutaneous Transluminal
Coronary Angioplasty
Aortic Stent Grafting
EPS-Electrophysiological
Radiofrequency Ablation
PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Single Chamber
Biventricular Pacing
AICD
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
Valve Replacement
Congenital Heart Disorder CHD
Heart Bypass – Minimally Invasive CABG
Heart Implants
Heart Surgery
Rotational Atherectomy
Redo CABG
Angioplasty – 1 Stent
Angioplasty – 2 Stent
Aortic Valve replacement – Mechanical Valve
Aortic Valve replacement – Tissue Valve
Mitral Valve replacement – Mechanical Valve
Mitral Valve replacement – Tissue Valve
Aortic Valve Repair
Mitral Valve Repair
VP Shunting – Programmable Device
AV Canal repair
Bentall procedure
PDA Ligation
CRT – D (MRI Compatible)
CRT – D (MRI Non-Compatible)
CRT – P
Transarterial Radioembolization – TARE
ICD Implantation
Cardiac catheterization
Balloon mitral valvotomy
Truncus Arterious Repair
Cardiac ablation
TAVI
LVAD

EDUCATION:

MBBS, Kerala University
MD, Kerala University
DM, Madras University
FRCP, Royal college of Physicans, London, U.K
FRCP, American Heart Association

AWARDS:

Padmashri by Government of India
Lifetime Achievement Award by Indian Academy of Echocardiography
Lifetime Achievement Award by Indian College of Cardiology
Lifetime Achievement Award by Cardiological Society of India
Lifetime achievement awards were given to him by the Indian Academy of Echocardiography, the Indian College of cardiology and the Cardiological Society of India.

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OPD Schedule Of Dr. G Vijayaraghavan

Book Appointment

Monday

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Tuesday

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Wednesday

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Thursday

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Friday

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Saturday

10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Location

Patient's Review

Challamuthu

Australia

Sinikiwe

I went to India & consulted Dr. Naresh Trehan for my heart disease. He and his team took great care of me & assured me that everything would be alright. Thank you!

Zimbabwe