Dr. Nishith Chandra
Principal Consultant
Interventional Cardiology
37+ years of experience
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi
Opening Hours
Monday – Friday 8.00 – 7:00 pm
Saturday 9.00 – 8.00 pm
Sunday 10.00 – 9.00 pm
About Doctor
- Dr. Nishith Chandra is a renowned interventional cardiologist with more than 37 years of experience.
- As an accomplished interventional cardiologist, he is very experienced in treating patients with complex coronary interventions including Rotablation, Carotid Interventions, Balloon Valvotomy and Peripheral Vascular Interventions.
- He also has deep interest in Coronary OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography).
- He has been instrumental in setting up the highly acclaimed Air Ambulance Unit of Escorts Heart Institute which has enabled the transportation of more than 300 critically sick patients from all over India and neighbouring countries, for that he trained in Critical Care Air Transport from UK
- Besides this, Dr. Chandra has been the in-charge of the Emergency and Heart Command Centre of Escorts Heart Institute, for more than two decades.
- Dr. Chandra also has a keen interest in medical informatics and electronic medical records and is involved in digitising the cath lab processes.
- Dr. Chandra has authored many publications in peer-reviewed national and international journals and has written chapters in many books.
Qualification & Training
- M.B.B.S. -Coimbatore Medical College
- M.D. (Ophthalmology) – A.I.I.M.S, New Delhi
- F.I.C.O.-California, U.S.A.
- DNB (Ophthalmology) – National Board of Examination, India
- Fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus -Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Areas of Clinical interests
- Coronary OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography)
- Balloon Valvotomy
- Peripheral Vascular Interventions
- Carotid Interventions
Awards:
- Best Case Award at TCT Asia Pacific Seoul- 2008
Memberships:
- Cardiological Society of India
- Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Indian Medical Association
- Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
- Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
- Fellow of Asia Pacific Society for Cardiology
- Fellow of the Society for Cardiology Angiography & Interventions
List of Treatments
- Coronary Angiogram
- Carotid Angioplasty And Stenting
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators (Icds)
- Pacemaker Implantation
- Peripheral Angioplasty
- Acute Aortic Dissection
- Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty
- Non-Invasive Cardiology
- Chest Pain Treatment
- Peripheral Interventions
- Cardiac Ablation
- Cardioversion
- Coronary Angioplasty / Bypass Surgery
- Mitral/Heart Valve Replacement
- CT Angiogram
- Heart Transplant
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Vascular Surgery
- Heart Conditions
- Hypertension Treatment
- Electrocardiography (ECG)
- Holter Monitoring
- TAVI (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation)
- PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Interventions)
- Carotid Artery Disease
- Hypertriglyceridemia
- Treatment of arrhythmia
- Ultrasound/Ultrasonography
- Rheumatic Heart Disease Treatment
- Foetal Echocardiography
- Peripheral Angiography
- Stress Echocardiography
- Revascularization
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
- Angiogram
- Open Heart Surgery
- Aortic Valve Surgery
- Echocardiography
- Congenital Heart Surgery
- Ventricular Assist Device
- Paediatric Cardiac Surgery
- Ventricular Septal Defect Surgery
- Pulmonary Function Test (PFT)
- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
- Peripheral Vascular Surgery
- Repair of Adult Coarctation
- Dextro-Transposition of the Great Arteries (DTGA)
- Robotic Heart Surgery
- Valvuloplasty
- Aortic Aneurysm Surgery / Endovascular Repair
- 2D – Echocardiography (2D-Echo)
- Dyslipidemia
- Ergometric test
- Hipercolesterolemia Treatment