ABOUT DOCTOR
DR. VISWANATHA KARTIK SAMBATURU
MBBS, MD (General Medicine),
DM (Cardiology)
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Anu Institute of Neuro & Cardiac sciences
Dr. Viswanatha Kartik Sambaturuis a renowned Cardiac Interventional Radiologist based in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. With an impressive academic background, he completed his MBBS from Rangaraya Medical College under Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences (NTRUHS). He further pursued an MD in General Medicine from Osmania Medical College, also under NTRUHS, and subsequently specialized in Cardiology by earning a DM from the prestigious Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology.
Dr. Viswanatha Kartik is highly skilled in performing advanced cardiac interventional procedures, offering state-of-the-art care to his patients. Dr. Viswanatha Kartik’s expertise and compassionate approach ensure that his patients receive the highest quality of care tailored to their individual needs.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Managing Coronary Care units and wards.
Adult & Pediatric Echocardiography.
Coronary diagnostic and interventional procedures.
Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization [CATH & Oximetry studies]
Simple and complex angioplasties including CTO interventions.
Functional assessment of coronary lesions using FFR, RFR and iFR.
Experienced in using Intravascular Ultrasound [IVUS], Optical Coherence Tomography [OCT], and Rotablation.
Organizing and managing Academic programs in Cardiology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dept. of cardiology, SCTIMST, Trivandrum
Assistant professor
From May 2019 till date
Ananthapuri Hospitals and Research Institute, Trivandrum
Consultant in Cardiology
From Jan 2019 to April 2019
AIIMS, New Delhi
Senior Resident in Cardiology
August 2015 to December 2015.
OZONE Hospitals , Hyderabad
Medical Registrar
From June 2014 to June 2015
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
MBBS
Rangaraya medical college , Dr. NTRUHS
2003-2009
MD General Medicine
Osmania Medical college Dr. NTRUHS
2011-2014
DM CARDIOLOGY
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology
2016-2018
SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS
AT MBBS LEVEL
Gold medal in the physiology and 2 Gold medals in the pediatrics.
AT POSTGRADUATE LEVEL
Achieved First rank in the Andhra Pradesh Post Graduate Medical Entrance Exam – 2011,
3rd Prize in Poster presentation at the APICON National conference, Ludhiana, 2014.
First Prize in Radiology quiz on Chest Xrays Held by Dr.Kakarla Subbarao in the State Conference, 2014.
AT SUPER SPECIALITY LEVEL
Did project on A Comparative Study of Saline Contrast Transesophageal Echocardiography , Pulmonary Angiography &Pulmonary Vein Oximetry In Detection And Quantification Of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula After Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Anastomosis during the DM training period.
Second prize in paper presentation (Topic : A Comparative Study of Saline Contrast Transesophageal Echocardiography , Pulmonary Angiography &Pulmonary Vein Oximetry In Detection And Quantification Of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula After Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Anastomosis) in the Science Fete 2017
Ranked First at the National level and won the “AV GANDHI- SCAI AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CARDIOLOGY” for the best thesis presentation.
Won First prize for best case “ My most challenging case ever – a case of Cardiac Sarcoidosis” in Indian College of Cardiology- annual conference – Kochi 2019.
Presented Case on “A Rare case of LV Myxoma causing LV outflow tract Obstruction” in the World congress of cardiac Echocardiography
Presented Free paper on Assessment of the pulmonary Arteriovenous fistula in the PCSI – 2017
Presented a case of “Valve in Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)” at INDIA LIVE 2018
Published a case report on “Left ventricular myxoma with dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction” in the Post Graduate Medical Journal.
Co-author for a published case report “an interesting case of narrow QRS tachycardia with right axis” in Journal Acta Cardiologica.
Co-author for Textbook Chapter on “Drugs for Instent Restenosis” in Cardiological Society of India (CSI) – Cardiology update 2019
PUBLICATIONS
A Rare Case Report of Glucocorticoid Remediable Aldosteronism in a young female presenting as Areflexic Quadriparesis „ – Dr. S Manohar, Dr. R Siddeswari, Dr. Kartik INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS , VOLUME 5 , ISSUE 1, January 2015
“Left ventricular myxoma with dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction” Kartik SV, Gopalakrishnan A, Deepti AN, et al. Postgrad Med J 2018; 0:1–2. doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2018-135877
Krishna Kumar Mohanan Nair, Narayanan Namboodiri, Kartik Sambaturu & Ajitkumar Valaparambil (2018): An interesting case of narrow QRS tachycardia with rightward axis, Acta Cardiologica, DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2018.1485226