Dr. Vikas Thakran

Dr Vikas Thakran is an interventional cardiologist in Delhi with 19 years of experience specialising in complex coronary interventions, structural heart procedures, cardiac electrophysiology, device implantation, and peripheral vascular interventions, currently practising at Manipal Hospital, Dwarka, Delhi.

He completed his MD and DM in Cardiology from AIIMS, New Delhi, was awarded the Dr Jagdish Lal Kapila Gold Medal as Best Outgoing DM Student at AIIMS (2014), secured Rank 1 in the DM Cardiology examination, and has received the IMA Dhirendra Nath Dutta Award and IAMICON Academic Excellence Award.

He consults in English and Hindi.

Area of Expertise

Complex Coronary Intervention

Patients with advanced coronary artery disease including left main disease, chronic total occlusions, and bifurcation lesions are managed by Dr Vikas Thakran with imaging guided and device assisted coronary interventional techniques:

• Left main coronary stenting
• Chronic total occlusion intervention
• Bifurcation lesion angioplasty
• Rotablation and orbital atherectomy
• IVUS, FFR, and OCT guided intervention

Haemodynamic Support Devices

Patients with cardiogenic shock and high risk coronary interventions are managed with advanced haemodynamic circulatory support devices:

• ECMO support management
• IABP implantation
• Impella device for cardiogenic shock
• Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL)
• High risk PCI with mechanical support

Structural Heart Intervention

Patients with structural cardiac conditions requiring transcatheter repair or replacement are managed with advanced structural heart procedures:

• Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
• Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR)
• MitraClip for mitral regurgitation
• Tricuspid valve intervention
• PTMC and balloon mitral valvuloplasty

Cardiac Device Implantation

Patients requiring pacing, defibrillation, and resynchronisation devices are managed with implantation of advanced cardiac electronic devices:

• Left bundle branch pacing
• Leadless pacemaker implantation (MICRA and AVEIR)
• Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT-D and CRT-P)
• LOT-CRT procedures
• Subcutaneous AICD and ICD implantation

Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Management

Patients with cardiac arrhythmias are evaluated with electrophysiological studies and managed with catheter based ablation including advanced mapping:

• Electrophysiology study (EPS)
• Radiofrequency ablation with 2D and 3D mapping
• Atrial fibrillation management
• SVT and VT ablation
• Arrhythmia risk stratification

Structural and Congenital Heart Intervention

Patients with congenital heart defects and structural cardiac anomalies are managed with device based catheter interventions:

• ASD device closure
• VSD device closure
• PDA device closure and stenting
• PFO closure
• LAA occlusion and RSOV closure

Peripheral and Vascular Intervention

Patients with peripheral vascular disease and aortic conditions are managed with minimally invasive endovascular techniques:

• Carotid artery angioplasty and stenting
• Renal artery angioplasty
• Lower limb revascularisation
• EVAR and TEVAR
• Catheter lysis in deep venous thrombosis

Specialised Cardiac Therapies

Patients with resistant hypertension and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are managed with advanced transcatheter therapeutic techniques:

• Renal denervation therapy for hypertension
• Alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
• LAA occlusion for stroke prevention
• Advanced heart failure device therapy
• Complex structural cardiac planning

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi (2007)
• MD Internal Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi (2010)
• DM Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi (2014), Rank 1 in DM Cardiology Examination
• Member, Cardiological Society of India (CSI)
• Delhi Medical Council Registration No. 04646 (2008)

Awards and Academic Recognition

• Dr Jagdish Lal Kapila Gold Medal, Best Outgoing DM Student, AIIMS, New Delhi (2014)
• IMA Dhirendra Nath Dutta Award in Cardiology (2015)
• IAMICON Award, Indravadan Ambalal Modi Academic Excellence (2015)
• Rank 1, DM Cardiology Examination, AIIMS
• Rank 4, AIIMS PG Entrance Examination

Professional Experience

Current Hospital Affiliation

Dr Vikas Thakran currently practises at:

• Manipal Hospital, Dwarka, Delhi, Consultant Interventional Cardiology

Previous Associations

• BLK Max Super Speciality Hospital, Delhi, Senior Consultant and Unit Head
• Kalra Hospital, Delhi, Senior Consultant
• ESIC Hospital, Delhi, Consultant

Professional Memberships

• Cardiological Society of India (CSI)

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