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Dr N Harsha Vardhan

Cardio Thoracic Surgeon

MBBS, M.S. (Gen. Surgery), M.Ch. (CTVS) AIIMS (New Delhi) D.N.B. (CTVS)

6 years experience overall

13-1-3, Main Road Kakinada, Kakinada

Specialities
  • Bypass Surgery
  • ECMO
  • Cardioversion
  • Aortic Valve Surgery
  • Aorta Surgery
  • Aldosterone inhibitors
  • Blood vessel dilators
  • Left ventricular assist device LVAD
  • Heart valve surgery
  • Infarct exclusion surgery
  • Coronary artery bypass graft CABG surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Surgery
  • Thoracic Surgery
  • Keyhole Angioplasty
  • Coronary Artery bypass Surgery
  • Valve Repair Surgery
  • Valve replacement Surgery
  • Aortic and Endovascular Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
  • Arrhythmia Surgery
  • All Varieties of Thoracic Surgeries including VATS
  • Heart Failure Surgery
Experience
  • Worked as casualty medical officer (CMO) at Aditya Hospital, Boggulakunta, Hyderabad, Telangana state, India, for 3 months from April 2013 till June 2013 after MBBS.
  • Has performed hernia repairs, several gastric & intestinal perforations, bowel resection & anastomosis, right hemicolectomy, laproscopic appendicectomies & cholecystectomies during M.S under guidance of my consultants.
  • Did Observership from October 2016 till December 2016 in the Department of Cardio Thoracic Surgery at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana state, India, under Professor R.V kumar.
  • Worked as Non-Academic Senior Resident in the Department of Cardio Thoracic Surgery at Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad, Telangana State, India from January 2017 till June 2017 where I assisted in various adult Cardiac and Thoracic surgical procedures and was also involved in the perioperative management.
  • Has performed several adult & pediatric sternotomies, performed several Cardio Pulmonary Bypass cannulations in adult & pediatric patients, Atrial septal Defect closures, PDA ligation, Ventricular septal defect closures, Mitral valve & Aortic valve replacement surgeries under the guidance of senior residents and consultants and also assisted in procedures like CABG by harvesting arterial and venous grafts, aortic dissections, congenital cardiac surgical procedures like Tetralogy of Fallot, Coarctation of Aorta repair, Arterial Switch operation, Hemi Truncus repairs, Ebstein anamoly repairs, Truncus Arteriosus repair, TAPVC & PAPVC repairs, UniVentricular pathway surgeries like various shunt procedures, BD Glenn, &  Fontan operation as part of my Mch training curriculum.
  • Worked as Junior Consultant in the Department of Cardio Thoracic Surgery at Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Whitefield, Bangalore, India from November 2020 till August 2021.
  • Currently working as Consultant in the Department of Cardio Thoracic Surgery at Care Hospital Banjara Hills, Hyderabad since August 2021.
  • Mch THESIS: “Comparison of Plasmalyte-A based del Nido cardioplegia solution with Plain Ringer based del Nido cardioplegia solution in pediatric patients undergoing open heart surgeries: a prospective double blind randomized control trial.” Under guidance of Professor Dr. Sachin Talwar.
  • M.S THESIS: “Procalcitonin ratio of postoperative day 1 and day 2 procalcitonin values to predict the surgical outcome in severe necrotizing soft tissue infections.” Under guidance of associate Professor Dr. K. Vijay kumar.
Members ship
  • Association of Surgeons of India (ASI) ID no: 23270
  • Indian Association of Cardio Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS), ID no: L20202079
  • Pediatric Cardiac Society of India (PCSI), ID no: L-831
  • Society of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgeons (SPCHS), IDno: SPCHSMN000052.

 

Certifications
  • Presented E-Poster titled “A RARE CASE OF RECURRENT SACRO COCCYGEAL TERATOMA” at ASICON 2015, National conference Gurgaon, New Delhi, India, secured 3rd prize.
  • Presented poster titled“ACUTE MESENTERIC ISCHEMIA, THROMBUS IN COMMON SMA/HEPATICO SPLENIC TRUNK” at APASICON 2014, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh state, India, secured 2nd prize.
  • Presented poster titled “CAROTID BODY TUMOR (CHEMODECTOMA)” at APASICON 2015, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh state, India, secured 1st prize. 
  • Presented poster titled “A CASE OF MULTINODULAR GOITRE WITH CONCURRENT THYROTOXICOSIS & THYROID MALIGNANCY” at TSASICON 2015, Hyderabad, Telangana state, India, secured 3rd prize.
  • Presented E-Poster titled “CONCOMITANT BILATERAL CAROTID, SUBCLAVIAN, INNOMINATE ARTERY and CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE” at IACTSCON 2021.
  • Presented free paper titled “OUTCOMES OF RUPTURED SINUS OF VALSALVA ANEURYSM- A 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE” at IACTSCON 2021.
  • Was an active member of the organizing committee of the 67Th annual scientific symposium of The Indian Association of Cardio Thoracic Surgeons IATSCON 2021.  
  • Was a member of the organizing committee of IACTS SCORE 2021 which is an all India resident exam oriented teaching program for the exit exam in MCh and DNB in CTVS.
  • Was actively involved in drafting the format of the IACTS database website by providing cardiac surgical inputs to the technical team .
  • Sahu, M.K., Niraghatam, H.V., Bansal, N., Singh, S.P., Rajashekar, P., and Choudhary, S.K. (2019) Ivabradine—The Final Crusader for Post-operative Juncttional Ectopic Tachycardia,a Case Report with Literature Review.World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery,9, 73-82.
  • Talwar, s., Niraghatam, H.V., LVAD- should Indians borrow to afford them? Cardiology Update 2018, Jaypee; p852-860.
  • Provide secretarial assistance Dr. Sachin Talwar, for writing the chapter “Pediatric Myocardial protection”, and my work has been acknowledged by him which will be published in the 5th edition of the text book “Pediatric cardiac surgery” by Dr. Constantine Mavroudis, Dr. Carl L. Backer & Robert H. Lurie.
  • Sahu MK, Bipin C, Niraghatam HV, Karanjkar A, Singh SP, Rajashekar P, Ramakrishnan L, Devagourou V, Upadhyay AD, Choudhary SK. Vitamin D Deficiency and Its Response to Supplementation as “Stoss Therapy” in Children with Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Open Heart Surgery. Journal of Cardiac Critical Care TSS. 2019 Aug;3(01):17-23.
  • Surgical repair of coarctation of aorta harbinger of newer complications?? A letter to the Editor accepted for publication DOI: 10.1007/s12055-020-01058-0, IJTC-D-20-00288R0.
  • Harshavardhan, N. and Satsangi, A. (2020) Right Ventricular Failure Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. World Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 10, 243-253. doi: 10.4236/wjcs.2020.1012026
  • Harshavardhan N, Vijaya Kumar K, Imaduddin M. Procalcitonin Ratio of Post-Operative Day 1 and Day 2 Procalcitonin Values to Predict the Surgical Outcome in Severe Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections. World J Surg Surgical Res. 2020; 3.;1267.
  • “Comparison of Plasmalyte-A based del Nido cardioplegia solution with Plain Ringer based del Nido cardioplegia solution in pediatric patients undergoing open heart surgeries: a prospective double blind randomized control trial.” Under guidance of Professor Dr. Sachin Talwar. This article is under review as it has been sent for publication in World journal of pediatric & congenital heart surgery.
  • “OUTCOMES OF RUPTURED SINUS OF VALSALVA ANEURYSM- A 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE” under the guidance of Dr. C. S Hiremath has been submitted for publication in Journal of Cardiac Surgery.
Services
  • Bypass Surgery
  • ECMO
  • Cardioversion
  • Aortic Valve Surgery
  • Aorta Surgery
  • Aldosterone inhibitors
  • Blood vessel dilators
  • Left ventricular assist device LVAD
Languages spoken

English

Gender

male

Apollo Hospitals Kakinada

13-1-3, Main Road Kakinada, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh - 533001