Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: Department of Cardiology, Government Medical College, Jammu today initiated a day long workshop in complex PCI in association with Dr Wataru Nagamatsu from Japan. This is a fourth of its kind workshop being conducted in the Department. The workshop is an initiation of activities to keep abreast with the latest international trends in Cardiology.
The Department of Cardiology at GMC Jammu is now already doing good number of complex procedures in coronary interventions with desired outcomes thereby helping a large number of cardiac patients reporting to GMC Jammu.
“Interaction with International faculty in field of difficult interventions especially Coronary CTO’s is very important in improving the patient outcome in this subset of cardiac patients,” Dr.Sushil K Sharma, head of Department of Cardiology and organizer of this workshop, said.
He said the department was already abreast with the latest happening around the world in field of cardiac interventions and giving the latest facility whether in coronary interventions, cardiac pacing and latest echocardiography and heart command at the doorstep of the patients of this region.
Dr. Wataru Nagamatsu, Director, Cardio Vascular intervention, Hokusetsu Hospital Japan, is one of the large volume operator in Japan and is expert in Chronic Total Occlusion.
He choose GMC’s Cardiology Department in India to do a daylong workshop that itself a heart-warming for patients of complex coronary artery disease in this region.
Dr. Sushil Sharma has a long term vision to develop Advanced Interventional Cardiology at Jammu including the electrophysiology and Hybrid vascular intervention lab.
“My Attempt is to see that most patients are benefitted in this region by such techniques,” he added.
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