CARDIOLOGY
DD Hospital's Cardiology Unit Care
The Legacy: Durgabhai Deshmukh Hospital was the pioneer in modern cardiac services. It has the credit of performing first open heart surgery in the combined state of Andhra Pradesh.
Medical Ethics-driven, experienced Professional Teams: Comprehensive Cardiac services have been fully recommissioned from 1st January 2018 by a team lead by Dr.N.Krishna Reddy, Senior Cardiologist and Co-founder of Care group of Hospitals. The Cardiology &Critical Care team consists of 4 PGDCC registrars, 4 critical care registrars, 2 full-time cardiologists, 6 visiting cardiologists, including Pacing & Electrophysiology specialists for rhythm disorder management, Pediatric specialists, and Heart Failure specialists. The Cardiac surgery team consists of one full-time cardiac surgeon and 3 visiting cardiac surgeons with expertise in pediatric, coronary, valvular, and aortic disorders.

Services
Unique Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Management Programs : Special programs are being offered for patients with acute heart stroke (ACS Care program), acute and chronic heart failure (HF CareProgram), cardiac rehabilitation services (post-MI and post-cardiac surgery)(CardiacRehab Care), and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (CVD Preventive Care). The programs are run by specially trained teams of medical, nursing, and allied (diet, exercise, behavior therapy, homecare etc) professionals. The teams offer services in pre-hospital, hospital, out-patient, and home settings on the concept of Care Continuum. The programs are professionally designed with protocols for guideline-based therapies to give best outcomes at least cost.
Remote Intensive Care Management through e-ICCU technology platform to provide wider access: Patients with many acute illnesses reach nearest facilities, where concerned expertise may not be immediately available. Correct treatment during first one hour of an emergency illness saves many lives. A unique program of providing expert cardiac and critical care services round the clock using e-ICCU technology platform, is being offered to clinicians, ambulance networks, small & big hospitals.
Affordable services: Tariffs are designed keeping in mind the trust hospital objectives to make the services affordable to many people. They are significantly lower compared to many hospitals providing similar quality services. The motto is not to refuse essential care for those who can not afford.
Infrastructure
Infrastructure to handle advanced cardiac care: The facility consists of 13 Intensive care, 7 intermediate care, 6 post-cath care, 6-CT surgical intensive care beds along with floor beds and rooms. The centre offers non-invasive laboratory (ECG, Echo, Treadmill Stress Testing, Dobutamine Stress Echo, Holter, Ambulatory Blood Pressure monitoring, Table Tilt Test, Ankle Brachial Index, Foot exam system etc) services, 24/7 Cath lab services, and Point of care diagnostic services for rapid patient turnaround time. Cardiac Surgical complex is designed for both adult and pediatric cases.
Doctor’s Directory

DR. N. KRISHNA REDDY
MD(GEN.MEDICINE) DM(CARDIOLOGY)
Specialty / Category:
SENIOR CONSULTANT
Timings : MON,WED & FRI 9AM TO 1PM

DR. SANJIB SAHU
MD(GEN.MEDICINE) DNB(CARDIOLOGY) FACC(USA), FESC
Speciality / Category: CONSULTANT & INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST Timings :MON TO SAT 9AM TO 5PM

DR. VEMPATI VISHWAKANTH KUMAR
Speciality / Category:CONSULTANT Timings :MON TO SAT 2PM TO 5PM