India’s most renowned cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty performed over 15,000 heart operations including 5000 surgeries for kids in his 34+ years of virtuous experience. He was awarded India’s fourth-highest civilian award ‘Padma Shri’ in the year 2004 and the third-highest civilian award ‘Padma Bhushan’ in 2012 by the Govt. of India and several more prestigious awards have been awarded for his noble service in the healthcare sector.
He completed his MBBS and MS from the Kasturba Medical College, followed by attaining FRCS from the West Midlands Cardio-Thoracic Rotation Program between Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, and East Birmingham Hospital. He is chairman and founder of Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Bangalore, and Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS) in Kolkata. He has been associated with several best heart surgery hospitals in India.
Dr. Shetty’s specialization lies in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, and Cardiovascular Surgery. He has conducted Asia’s first dynamic cardioplasty surgery by utilizing chest wall muscle to strengthen the heart muscle. He was the first surgeon in the world to employ a microchip camera to conduct a keyhole heart surgery.
Dr. Shetty has contributed by introducing new and effective technologies in the field of cardiology. He was the first one to use a left ventricle assist device to temporarily support a failing heart in India. He is also among the few most skilled and experienced cardiothoracic surgeons in the world to carry out bypass-grafting operations on a beating heart. In 1990, Dr. Shetty achieved the tag of the first surgeon in India to venture into Neonatal open heart surgery by conducting the open-heart surgery on a nine-day-old infant.
When Do You Need a Cardiothoracic Surgeon?
Cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons are a crucial and intense field of medical science. They are considered to be the most skilled and occupied important status in this field. They have the responsibility to treat diseases and defects of organs inside the thoracic cavity like the heart, lungs, and mediastinal structures. The heart is the most delicate and critical organ of the human body. So, it requires highly efficient, skilled, and best cardiac surgeons in India to carry out such surgeries. The general treatments include medical treatment or nonsurgical procedures like balloon angioplasty, coronary stents, ablation procedures or devices like pacemakers or defibrillators, bypass surgery, TAVR or percutaneous valve replacement, and surgical valve replacement.
Role of Cardiothoracic Surgeons
- Diagnosis and evaluation of heart problems, initially to treat heart problems with medication without surgery.
- Determining the surgical methods to carry out treatment (as per requirement).
- Conducting medical management.
- Evaluation of patient history to determine treatment.
- Charting in compliance with the law and regulations.
- Post-Surgery Medications
Keep Your Heart Healthy
- Diet: Adopt the mantra of eating healthy and staying healthy. Add essential micronutrients and vitamins to your diet and avoid fatty acids, high carbs, and sugar indulged food. Keep your eating cycle regular as skipping meals has a negative impact on your health.
- Physical Activity: Plan your routine workout and exercise schedule, and follow it at least 5 days a week. The active body stays away from heart diseases.
- Maintain Weight: Obesity increases the risk of heart problems, it germinates slowly and steadily heart diseases in your body. It is really important to maintain your body weight.
- No Smoking: Yes, smoking kills, quit your smoking habits and stay away from secondhand smoke to reduce the risk of heart diseases.
- Maintain Blood Pressure Level: High blood pressure is one of the main causes of heart diseases. It is crucial to control blood pressure levels. If you have a history of blood pressure, it is mandatory to consult your doctor and maintain your BP level.
- Maintain Cholesterol Level: High Cholesterol level increases the risk of heart diseases like stroke and heart attack.
- Alcohol: Limit your alcohol consumption, in the long run, high consumption of alcohol might have an adverse impact on your heart health.
- Healthy lifestyle: Healthy body leads to a healthy environment. Stress control and a healthy working space reduce the risk of heart diseases. It is important to keep a healthy mind.
India is fortunate to have Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty leading cardiothoracic surgeon in Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Banglore. He is awarded the Karnataka Ratna Award (2001), Rajyotsava Award (2002), Sir M. Visvesvaraya Memorial Award (2003), and Ernst & Young-Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003, Dr. B.C. Roy Award (2003), Schwab Foundation's award (2005). Consult him to ensure a healthy heart to lead a long and wholesome life
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