MBBS, MD’Clinical Ordinatura (Cardiology)
FACC, FICC, Fellowship in Intervention Cardiology
Adult and Paediatric Intervention Cardiologist
MBBS, MD’Clinical Ordinatura (Cardiology)
FACC, FICC, Fellowship in Intervention Cardiology (Tel Aviv University)
Adult and Paediatric Intervention Cardiologist
Dr Kishore K S is a intervention cardiologist with over 25 years of experience. His field of expertise is adult cardiology, paediatric cardiology and peripheral Vascular interventions. He currently heads the department of cardiology at Sagar hospital, Banashankari, Bangalore.
He has earlier worked as consultant cardiologist at Narayana Hrudayalaya, BGS Global hospital and Sri Jayadeva institute of cardiology.
Coronary artery disease is the narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, usually caused by atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis (sometimes called “hardening” or “clogging” of the arteries) is the buildup of cholesterol and fatty deposits (called plaques) on the inner walls of the arteries. These plaques can restrict blood flow to the heart muscle by physically clogging the artery or by causing abnormal artery tone and function.
For the doctor, every patient brings a unique case and is treated different from the other. In some cases a doctor rules out angioplasty and recommends an open heart surgery while the opposite may happen other cases. A patient needs to ask his/her doctor the reason behind his decision to opt for one treatment over the other. A patient should keep in mind the following factors that contribute to the doctor’s final decision on the treatment-
A) How bad is the heart problem, emergency nature of condition.
B) Are other diseases like diabetes making the patient’s case worse?
The patient needs to make sure that his doctor knows the complete medical history.