Patients mostly belong to economically weaker sections of the society, who could not have afforded the cost of the treatment elsewhere.
Facilities and Services
The Department comprises non-invasive and invasive set up. The non-invasive laboratory is equipped with ECG, Stress ECG, Holter monitoring, Ambulatory BP monitoring, late potential vector analysis Echo cardiography and Stress Echo Cardiography. The department has a new addition in the form of three-dimensional Echo Cardiography.
The invasive set up has two catheterisation laboratories with attached Critical Care Unit (CCU). In the CCU, post -catheterisation and emergency cases are monitored.
The Cardiology OPD complex houses:
- Six consultation rooms
- One emergency treatment room with three beds, monitor with defibrillator and factices for assisted ventilation.
- One room for ECG with Marquette 3 lead ECG machine.
- One TMT-GE medical system, fully computerised.
- Two echocardiogram rooms equipped with once each of Philips Sonos 5500 and
- Phillips IE 33 Echocardiogram machines.
- Four adult omniplane TEE probes and two biplane pediatric probes.
- Holter monitoring with two seer MC recorders.
The Cardiology and Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS) Department have the following bed capacity:
CTVS and Cardiology ward:68 beds+ 2 Isolation rooms
CCU : 16 beds
ICU : 18 beds
Other infrastructure includes a departmental library with books on various aspects of cardiology. An angiography film library and a lecture hall cum conference room, with slide projector, overhead projector and computer with power point presentation facilities. There is facility of broadband internet connection at various locations for staff and students.
Diagnostic Procedures:
- Diagnostic angiogram to rule out coronary artery disease
- Diagnostic angiogram for Rheumatic Heart Diseases for patients above 40 years.
- Diagnostic angiography for ascertaining Congenital Heart Diseases.
Interventions:
- PTCA (angioplasty) for treatment of Coronary Arterial Diseases.
- PBMV: Percutaneous Baloon Mitral Valvetomy for the treatment of Rheumatic Heart Diseases.
- PBPV: Percutaneous Balloon Pulmonary Valvetomy for the treatment of congenital anomalies of the heart.
- PBAV: Percutaneous Balloon Aortic Valvetomy for the treatment of congenital anomalies of the heart.
- Other interventions include Pericardioscentesis, implantation of a Temporary Pacemaker, implantation of Permanent Pacemaker and Intra cardiac defibrillator device.
Instructions for registration of cardiac patients:
Like all patients seeking to visit the Department of Cardiology of SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram, are first required to visit the Screening and Registration Block (SRB), located on the campus for registration.
Patients visiting the Department of Cardiology of SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram for the first time could be broadly divided into two categories:
- Patients visiting SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram without an appointment and,
- Patients visiting the SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram with an appointment obtained during the earlier visit or through correspondence with the hospital through letter or email.
Patients coming to the hospital with a prior appointment are registered straight away at the SRB and then sent to the Cardiology Out Patient Department (OPD).
A different procedure is followed for patients who seek to visit Department of Cardiology of the hospital, without an appointment.
- Patients visiting the hospital without an appointment should bring along their latest medical records when they visit the hospital.
- The doctor at the SRB would go through the medical records of the patient. If it is established that the patient has a cardiac ailment, then depending on the patients' condition, they are either given an appointment for the same day or asked to come at a later date. Some of the identified patients are also counselled.
- It is necessary that patients bring along their medical records, as it helps in better diagnosis of the patient. However, if patients have not undergone any check up anywhere else, then in such cases they are screened by the SRB doctor and depending on their current condition they are either given an appointment for a future visit or they are subjected to an ECG assessment before any further decision is taken.
- Patients who have already undergone Coronary Angiography at an outside facility and have come with a CD copy of the same, such patients are registered in the SRB on the of their arrival and are sent to get the opinion of a senior cardiologist. In such cases, depending on the findings of the angiography, a further decision is taken.
- Patients referred from Sri Satya Sai General Hospitals of Puttaparthi and Bangalore, Eshwaramba Mother and Child Welfare Society and Sri Satya Sai Mobile Clinic are also given appropriate medical advice.
Important instructions to patients
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Patients are advised to come with their first degree relatives to facilitate in the process of treatment. For patients who are married, first degree relative would be his/her spouse, and children who have attained majority. Patient’s parents and brothers and sisters also fall under this category. In the case of a unmarried patient, his/her parents, brothers and sisters qualify as first degree relatives.
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Patients who are already evaluated outside and need to undergo definite surgery for Mitral Valve Replacement (MVR), Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR) or Tetrology of Fallot (TOF), Ventricular Septal Defect with Pulmonary Stnosis (VSD, PS) and Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) are requested to contact the following number before visiting the SSSIHMS. : 2875551, 52, ext 523, 508 to get a adequate guidance from the department.
Instructions for Re-visit patients:
- Patients who have been asked to return to Department of Cardiology for a review are advised to contact the following number before visiting the hospital: 08555-287388 and ask the operator to connect you to the department or the patient correspondence cell ext 508.
- Patients seeking an appointment to visit the SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram, may mail to enquirypg@sssihms.org.in and cardiacpg@sssihms.org.in with the request letter and and scanned copies of the patient’s latest medical reports.
They can also send their request for appointment with photocopies of their medical reports to the following address:
Patient Correspondence Cell,
Room no. 132,
Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences,
Prasanthigram,
Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh. – 515134.
Due to large number of patients visiting the hospital, the patients will be treated based on availability of appointment.
Faculty
Dr. Voleti Choudary :Chairman, Cardiac Sciences, SSSIHMS.
Dr. Bhuvaneshwaran Panicker :Head of Department
Dr. V.R. Iyer :Additional Senior Consultant
Mr. R. Vaithilingam :Senior Manager
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