Dr. K. E. Sivavignesh
Cardiology & Interventional Cardiology
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Dr. K. E. Sivavignesh is an accomplished interventional cardiologist and an alumnus of JIPMER, Puducherry, where he trained through both his MD (Internal Medicine) and DM (Cardiology). He has performed over 500 coronary angiograms and more than 250 coronary angioplasties as a primary operator, including primary PCI in haemodynamically unstable patients, and has extensive experience in cardiac critical care, structural heart procedures and advanced echocardiography.
What K. E. Sivavignesh treats
Coronary angiography and angioplasty (PCI), including primary PCI in unstable patients
Cardiac critical care
acute coronary syndrome, cardiogenic shock, prosthetic valve and stent thrombosis, complete heart block, pulmonary embolism
Critical-care cardio-obstetrics (high-risk PAH pregnancy, valvular heart disease in pregnancy)
Preventive and general cardiology (hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidaemia, rheumatic and valvular heart disease)
Permanent pacemaker implantation and structural heart procedures
Advanced echocardiography (transthoracic, transoesophageal, contrast)
Procedures performed
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Right and left heart catheterisation; coronary angiography
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Coronary angioplasty (elective, multivessel, left-main and primary PCI)
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ASD and PDA device closures (primary operator)
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Permanent pacemaker implantation; temporary pacing; pericardiocentesis
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Assisted structural procedures VSD closure, coarctation stenting, balloon mitral/aortic/pulmonary valvotomy
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Endomyocardial biopsy (assisted)
Credentials & residency
MBBS
Govt. Coimbatore Medical College & Hospital
MD (Internal Medicine)
JIPMER, Puducherry
DM (Cardiology)
JIPMER, Puducherry
Junior Resident (MD Internal Medicine) and Senior Resident (DM Cardiology), JIPMER
three years each
