Dr. Atul Mathur

Dr.-Atul-Mathur

Dr. Atul Mathur

Cardiology

About

Dr. Atul Mathur is a Leader Chief and Head of Cath Lab Interventional Cardiology Right now, he works at the Fortis Escort Heart Foundation in New Delhi as the Overseer of Interventional Cardiology. Trailblazer in the space of coronary and vascular systems in the Asia Pacific locale.

Training & Credentials

Education & Training

  • MBBS from Armed Forces Medical College, University of Pune, 1983
  • MD (General Medicine) from Armed Forces Medical College, University of Pune, 1991
  • Diplomate National Board (General Medicine) from National Board of Exams, New Delhi, 1993
  • DM Cardiology from PGIMER Chandigarh, 1998
  • Trained in Interventional Electrophysiology at Nanjing, China, 2002-03

Expertise

  • Coronary Angiogram
  • Renal Angiogram
  • Cerebral Angiogram
  • Peripheral Angiogram
  • PTCA-Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
  • Coronary Angioplasty
  • Peripheral Angioplasty
  • Aortic Stent Grafting
  • EPS-Electrophysiological Study
  • Radiofrequency Ablation
  • PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Single Chamber
  • IVC Filter Insertion
  • Biventricular Pacing
  • AICD (Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator)
  • Trigger Point Injection (TPI)
  • PTMC – Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy
  • Balloon Valvotomies
  • Carotid Stenting
  • Complex Coronary Procedures
  • Adult VSD Closure
  • Peripheral Vascular Stenting
  • Venous Interventions
  • Aortic Stent Grafting
  • Carotid Stenting
  • IVC Filter Placement

Research & Fellowships

  • In 1999, Escorts Heart Institute New Delhi was the first place in India to undertake a carotid stenting treatment, a surgery done to prevent brain strokes.
  • In 2002, Escorts Heart Institute New Delhi was also the first place in India to use a cerebral protection device.
  • Interventional Cardiology Fellow working under the tutelage of Professor Alain Cribier at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen in France.
  • Attendance at the advanced angioplasty course held at the Shri Jai Deva Institute of Cardiology in Bangalore in 1996, in which he took an active role.

Awards & Recognitions

  • He performed the first Carotid Stenting procedure in India in 1999.
  • In 2002, the Escorts Heart Institute in New Delhi was his first location in India to use a cerebral protection device.