Dr. Krishna S Iyer

Dr. Krishna S Iyer is is Executive Director in Paediatric Cardiac Surgery and is one of India’s most experienced pediatric cardiac surgeons, recognised for his clinical expertise and involvement with cardiac care for children in India and other developing nations.

After his medical training he joined the faculty of cardiac surgery department of AIIMS, New Delhi. He then trained in infant cardiac surgery in Australia and then established neonatal cardiac surgery at AIIMS.

Dr. Iyer began the first dedicated pediatric cardiac care program in North India at EHIRC ( now FEHI ) in 1995. Under his guidance, this pediatric cardiac program has become the benchmark for cardiac care for children in India and its South East Asian neighbours. Dr. Iyer has operated on more than 14,000 patients with congenital heart diseases from all parts of India and International patients from over 15 countries. He has performed the first successful rapid two stage arterial switch and double-switch operation in India.

He has more than hundred research publications in national and international journals and travels extensively to cities across India and abroad to deliver lectures.

He has been the Founder President of Asia-Pacific Pediatric Cardiac Society, Society of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgeons and President of Pediatric Cardiac Society of India.

List Of Treatments

Arrhythmia Treatment with Ablation and Pacemakers

Coronary Artery Surgery

Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Treatment

Cardiac OPD Procedures

ECG-Treadmill Test TMT

24 Hour Holter Monitoring

Ambulatory BP Monitoring (ABPM)

Echocardiography with Color Doppler

Stress Echocardiographyn

Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) Test

Thallium Test – Nuclear Stress Test

64 Slice CT Angiography

PET Scan

Off Pump beating CABG LV restoration

surgery

Valve Repair Replacement

Atrial Fibrillation Surgery

Ross Procedure

Cardiac Tumour Treatment

Aortic Dissection Repair Surgery

Minimal access surgeries for valves

ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Closure

Neonatal and Infant cardiac surgeries

Complex congenital heart surgeriesg

TAPVC – Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair Arterial Switch

Single Ventricle Defects Surgery

ECMO Support

heart disease

Device Closure- ASD VSD

Balloon Septostomy

Balloon Valvuloplasty – Aortic

Pulmonary and Mitral

Fetal Echocardiogram

Coronary Angiogram

Peripheral Angiogram

PTCA-Percutaneous Transluminal

Coronary Angioplasty

Aortic Stent Grafting

EPS-Electrophysiological

Radiofrequency Ablation

PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Single Chamber

Biventricular Pacing

AICD

PTMC – Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy

Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG)

Angiography

Aortic Valve Replacement

Mitral Valve Replacement

VSD Closure (Adult) Surgery

Heart Double Valve Replacement

PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Double Chamber

CRT- D Implant (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)

PDA Device Closure

Single Bypass and Valve Replacement

Valve Replacement

Congenital Heart Disorder CHD

Heart Bypass – Minimally Invasive CABG

Heart Implants

Heart Surgery

Rotational Atherectomy

Redo CABG

Angioplasty – 1 Stent

Angioplasty – 2 Stent

Aortic Valve replacement – Mechanical Valve

Aortic Valve replacement – Tissue Valve

Mitral Valve replacement – Mechanical Valve

Mitral Valve replacement – Tissue Valve

Aortic Valve Repair

Mitral Valve Repair

VP Shunting – Programmable Device

AV Canal repair

Bentall procedure

PDA Ligation

CRT – D (MRI Compatible)

CRT – D (MRI Non-Compatible)

CRT – P

Transarterial Radioembolization – TARE

Special areas of interest:

Paediatric Cardiologist

Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Complex neonatal cardiac surgery

Cardiac surgery in malnourished infants and children

Congenital heart disease

Cost effective cardiac care