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CORONARY REVASCULARIZATION

Angina pectoris is attributed to a circulatory mismatch of the heart muscles and results in contractile dysfunction affecting the blood...

Apr 1312 min read

CORONARY VESSELS & RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS Part - II

Initially nonspecific treatment was advised for relieving symptoms due to exertional angina. Physicians believed that a direct...

Apr 1315 min read

CORONARY VESSELS, ANATOMICAL CONSIRATIONS, RELEVANT INVESTIGATIONS & HYPOTHESES Part - I

A detailed knowledge of the coronary vasculature is needed before planning circulatory resumption for effective myocardial perfusion in...

Apr 1212 min read

HEART FAILURE - A SURGEON'S PERSPECTIVE

The heart is located in the chest and is the only circulatory pump that distributes oxygenated blood to the tissue. It is a hollow...

Nov 17, 202410 min read

AN ALTERNATIVE MAMMALIAN CIRCULATORY PATHWAY -- THE FONTAN CIRCULATION

The circulatory system and the spontaneity of the contractile tissue, especially the myocytes continue to intrigue us. The evolution of...

Oct 31, 20249 min read

INTRAUTERINE FETAL SURGERY -- WHERE DO WE STAND

These pictures became viral in the net world in the '90s. Though these had a fair share of criticism, modern medicine saw the spread and...

Oct 5, 20246 min read

CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION

The year 1994 is important for transplant surgeons in India as the first human heart transplant was done in Delhi and India claimed a...

Sep 24, 20244 min read

I retired as a Professor and Head of the Department of the Cardiothoracic and Vascular unit in SSKM & IPGME&R Hospitals, Kolkata, West Bengal. Currently, I am a honorary Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgeon at the Centenary Hospitals of KOPT, Kolkata and an independent consultant in Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgery. In my career, apart from standardizing coronary artery bypass surgery, I have experience in complex Cardiothoracic and Vascular cases as well as trauma, including tracheal repairs and reconstructions. Furthermore, as a senior consultant in the department, I initiated minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) using the general instruments and infrastructure that was available within the department. Another achievement during my tenure as HOD was initiating video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) as a sub-unit. I have been able to maintain more than one open heart case a day and, immediately before the COVID-19 situation, was doing more than 5 cardiothoracic cases every day in 4 operation theatres with a limited number of instruments and staff in a government set-up. To top it all, I have completed five heart transplants as a team leader with the same facilities without any early in-hospital mortalities (30 days).

At present, I am interested in starting a new unit of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery with a different setup and continue teaching new students.

In addition to attachment with IACTS, I am presently the secretary of the West Bengal Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons (ACTVSWB). I have been an Examiner for the post-doctoral MCh & DNB candidates and have been appointed as an expert for the appointment of post-doctoral Teachers and inspection of new units in other states of India.