Dr. Padmanabh Kamath

Dr Padmanabh Kamath is a Consultant Cardiologist in Mangaluru with 30 years of experience, currently practising at Manipal Hospital, Attavar.

He specialises in coronary interventions, coronary angiography and angioplasty, pulmonary hypertension management, and diabetes related cardiac disease, and is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) with multiple national and international award winning research contributions.

He consults in English, Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, and Tulu.

Area of Expertise

Coronary Interventions

Dr Padmanabh Kamath manages patients with coronary artery disease requiring diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac procedures:

• Coronary angiography and angioplasty
• Renal artery stenting
• Complex coronary intervention planning
• Coronary artery disease risk stratification
• Insulin resistance and CAD correlation management

Pulmonary Hypertension and Vascular Cardiology

Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and vascular cardiac disorders are managed by Dr Kamath with advanced interventional techniques:

• Pulmonary arterial hypertension management
• Transcatheter embolisation of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations
• Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension care
• Coronary pulmonary arterial fistula management
• Prostaglandin therapy evaluation

Hypertension and Cardiac Risk

Dr Padmanabh Kamath evaluates and manages patients with hypertension and related organ involvement:

• Home monitored night blood pressure assessment
• Left ventricular hypertrophy correlation
• Dipper and non dipper antihypertensive management
• Pulse wave analysis
• Vascular risk management

Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease

Patients with diabetes and cardiovascular complications are assessed and managed with evidence based cardiology protocols:

• CAD severity in type 2 diabetes
• Insulin resistance and coronary disease correlation
• Long term diabetic cardiac risk assessment
• Gensini score based CAD severity analysis
• Metabolic parameter correlation with ischemic heart disease

Structural and Congenital Cardiology

Dr Kamath manages patients with rare structural and congenital cardiac conditions:

• Brugada syndrome management
• Anomalous coronary artery assessment
• Right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis
• Coarctation of aorta evaluation
• Bicuspid aortic valve management

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal (1996)
• MD General Medicine, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (1999)
• DM Cardiology, ACS Medical College and Hospital, Chennai (2004)
• FESC, European Society of Cardiology (2014)
• Registration: Karnataka Medical Council, Registration No. 43587 (1996)

Awards and Recognition

• Fellowship of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC), Mumbai, January 2014
• Third Prize, NCCP Young Scientists Award for pulse wave analysis in obstructive disease, NAPCON, Kolkata, 2005
• Third Prize, Oral Presentation, International Conference on Research Ethics and Methodology, Chennai, 2013

Academic and Research Contributions

• Former Professor, KMC Hospital, Mangaluru
• Co-Investigator in multiple national clinical trials on lipid management and pulmonary hypertension
• Co-Investigator, TRUST Trial on IV Prostaglandin therapy in primary pulmonary hypertension

Research and Publications

Dr Padmanabh Kamath has contributed to multiple peer reviewed publications in national and international cardiology journals. Selected publications include:

• Brugada syndrome, Indian Heart Journal, 2003
• Exclusive carbon dioxide guided renal artery stenting in Takayasu's arteritis, Indian Heart Journal, 2003
• Transcatheter embolisation of bilateral pulmonary arteriovenous malformations, International Journal of Cardiology, 2004
• Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, Indian Journal of Chest Diseases, 2009
• Home monitored night blood pressure and correlation with left ventricular hypertrophy, Singapore Medical Journal, 2012
• Antihypertensive therapy in nocturnal dippers and non dippers, Vascular Health and Risk Management, 2013
• Correlation of CAD severity with insulin resistance, North American Journal of Medical Sciences, 2013

Professional Experience

Current Hospital Affiliations

Dr Padmanabh Kamath currently consults at:

• Manipal Hospital, Attavar, Mangaluru

Previous Association

• Professor, KMC Hospital, Mangaluru

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