Dr. Aditi Singhvi

Dr. Aditi Singhvi is a Consultant and Clinical Lead for Adult Heart Failure and Transplant at Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bangalore, with 15 years of clinical experience across India and the United States.

She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and one of a very small number of cardiologists in India with dedicated US subspecialty training in advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, and cardiac transplantation.

She trained in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology at Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, one of the largest transplant centres in the USA.

She also served as an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, where she was recognised by the Heart Failure Division for her dedication to patient care.

At Narayana Health, she has helped build the NH Heart Failure, LVAD, and Heart Transplant Care Centre. She consults in Hindi and English.

Conditions Treated and Procedures

Advanced Heart Failure Management in Bangalore

Patients with breathlessness, fluid retention, reduced exercise capacity, or declining heart function, particularly those not responding adequately to standard medications may require evaluation by an advanced heart failure specialist:

• Acute and Chronic Heart Failure management
• Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
• Advanced and End-Stage Heart Failure evaluation and management
• Cardiogenic Shock management
• Remote Monitoring for Heart Failure Patients and Telehealth
• CardioMEMS Implantation and Management (remote pulmonary arterial pressure monitoring)
• Advanced Heart Failure Therapy Evaluation

Cardiomyopathy Specialist in Bangalore

Cardiomyopathy refers to diseases of the heart muscle that impair its ability to pump blood effectively. Dr Aditi Singhvi has expertise across both common and rare forms, including several that are frequently under-diagnosed:

• Dilated and Non-Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy
• Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
• Genetic and Familial Cardiomyopathy
• Cardiac Amyloidosis
• Cardiac Sarcoidosis

Heart Transplant Evaluation and Management in Bangalore

As Clinical Lead for Adult Heart Failure and Transplant at Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Dr Singhvi provides comprehensive pre- and post-transplant medical care:

• Heart Transplant Candidacy Evaluation
• Management of Heart Transplant Wait-Listed Patients
• Post-Heart Transplant Care including monitoring, preventive healthcare, and immunosuppression
• Transplant Rejection Recognition and Treatment
• Endomyocardial Biopsy

LVAD and Mechanical Circulatory Support

Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) are implantable mechanical pumps used in end-stage heart failure patients awaiting transplant or requiring long-term cardiac support.

• Durable LVAD Management (long-term mechanical heart support)
• Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support and ECMO Management
• Advanced Heart Failure Device Therapy Evaluation

Invasive Cardiac Procedures

Dr Aditi Singhvi independently performs invasive haemodynamic assessments central to advanced heart failure diagnosis and management:

• Right Heart Catheterisation
• Invasive Haemodynamic Monitoring
• Complex Haemodynamics Assessment
• Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing

General and Specialist Cardiology

Beyond advanced heart failure, Dr Singhvi manages a broad range of cardiovascular conditions:

• Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) management
• Valvular Heart Diseases
• Pericardial Diseases
• Myocarditis
• Pulmonary Hypertension due to heart disease
• Cardio-Oncology (cardiac complications in cancer patients)

Current Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Aditi Singhvi consults at:

• Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bommasandra, Bangalore (Mon to Sat: 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM)
• Narayana Clinic, HSR Layout, Bangalore

She previously served as Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.

Qualifications and Training

• MBBS, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal (2011)
• MD Internal Medicine (Residency), Wayne State University and Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, USA (2015)
• Fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Connecticut and Hartford Hospital, Hartford, USA (2018)
• Fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, USA (2019)
• Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC)

Registered with the New York State Board for Medicine (Reg No 301419) and the National Provider Identifier (NPI No 1104182377).

Dr Singhvi is a member of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), and the American Society of Transplantation (AST).

Her recognition includes the Top 10 Publications of 2020 award from the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation and being ranked in the Top 10% nationally in the Internal Medicine In-Training Examination (2014).

She was also awarded Senior Resident of the Month at Henry Ford Hospital (July 2014) and ICU Resident of the Month (October 2013), along with Certificates of Merit for Academic Excellence from Kasturba Medical College (2006 and 2011).

Research and Publications

Dr. Aditi Singhvi is an active researcher with publications in leading peer-reviewed international journals. Her work spans heart failure outcomes, mechanical circulatory support, transplant management, pulmonary hypertension, and nuclear cardiology:

• Temporary and Durable Ventricular Assist Devices: Current Status, CSI Cardiology Update 2024, Chapter 207
• Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support for Cardiogenic Shock in India, Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2023)
• Challenges in Heart Transplantation during COVID-19: A Single Centre Experience, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (2020), Top 10 Publications of 2020
• Left Ventricular Assist Devices 101: Shared Care for General Cardiologists and Primary Care, Journal of Clinical Medicine (2019)
• Selexipag, an Oral Prostacyclin-Receptor Agonist for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Annals of Pharmacotherapy (2017)
• Do ICD Diagnostics Predict Failure of Ventricular Tachycardia Response to Antitachycardia Pacing and Need for a Shock?, Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
• Impact of Gd-153 Scanning Line Source Attenuation Correction on Downstream Invasive Testing, Journal of Nuclear Cardiology (2021)
• SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Liver Transplantation Candidates, Journal of Nuclear Cardiology (2020)

Her international conference presentations include an oral presentation on heart transplantation challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic at the Annual Meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America, Denver, USA (September 2021).

She also presented a poster on long-term outcomes of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) following pulmonary thromboendarterectomy based on data from Narayana Health, Bangalore at the ISHLT Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic (April 2024).

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