Dr. Paul Ravindran Ponraj
Specialist: Cardiac Surgeon
Experience: 40+ years of experience
Hospital: Apollo Speciality Hospitals Vanagaram
Brief About Doctor:
Dr. Paul Ravindran Ponraj is a highly-respected and senior Cardiothoracic Surgeon with a vast experience of 40+ years.
Dr. Paul Ravindran is a professional member of the Indian Medical Association.
Dr. Paul Ravindran is an expert cardiothoracic surgeon, with an established practice of performing procedures of the heart and the lungs.
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During his career, he worked in leading healthcare centres in the UK.
Dr. Paul Ravindran did his MBBS from Madras University, Chennai, then did his MS and then fellowship from the Royal College Of Surgeons Of Edinburgh, UK.
Dr. Paul Ravindran is a leading surgeon of CABG, open-heart surgeries, pacemaker implants, heart transplants, heart-lung transplantation, congenital heart surgery, lung cancer minimally-invasive endoscopic CABG, valve repair and replacement, transmyocardial laser revascularization, radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation among several other procedures.
SPECIALISATION:
open-heart surgeries
pacemaker implants
heart transplants
heart-lung transplantation
congenital heart surgery
CABG
minimally-invasive endoscopic CABG
valve repair and replacement
transmyocardial laser revascularization
radiofrequency ablation
cryoablation
List of Treatments:
CARDIAC SURGERY – ADULTS
Aortic Valve Replacement
Mitral Valve Replacement
VSD Closure (Adult) Surgery
Heart Bypass – Minimally Invasive CABG
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Heart Implants
Aortic Dissection Repair Surgery
Minimal access surgeries for valves
ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Closure
Aortofemoral Bypass Surgery
Valve Repair Replacement
Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
Cardiac OPD Procedures
ECG-Treadmill Test TMT
Ambulatory BP Monitoring (ABPM)
Echocardiography with Color Doppler
Transesophageal Echocardiography – TEE
Stress Echocardiography
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) Test
Thallium Test – Nuclear Stress Test
64 Slice CT Angiography
PET Scan
Off Pump beating CABG LV restoration
surgery
Ross Procedure
Cardiac Tumor
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
PTE – Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Neonatal and Infant cardiac surgeries
Closure of defects like ASD VSD
Complex congenital heart surgeries
TAPVC – Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair Arterial Switch
Single Ventricle Defects Surgery
ECMO Support
Cardiac Catheterization for congenital
heart disease
Device Closure- ASD VSD
Balloon Septostomy
Balloon Valvuloplasty – Aortic
Pulmonary and Mitral
Closure of Fistulas
Fetal Echocardiogram
Coronary Angiogram
Renal Angiogram
Cerebral Angiogram
Peripheral Angiogram
PTCA-Percutaneous Transluminal
Coronary Angioplasty
Peripheral Angioplasty
Aortic Stent Grafting
EPS-Electrophysiological
Radiofrequency Ablation
PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Single Chamber
IVC Filter Insertion
Biventricular Pacing
AICD
Trigger Point Injection (TPI)
PTMC – Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy
Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG)
Angiography
Heart Double Valve Replacement
PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Double Chamber
CRT- D Implant (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)
PDA Device Closure
Congenital Heart Disorder CHD
Single Bypass and Valve Replacement
Paediatric interventional cardiology
Valve Replacement
EDUCATION:
MBBS, Madras University, Chennai
MS, Madras University, Chennai
Fellowship, Royal College Of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK.