Dr. Ashwin Mehta is one of the best Cardiologist in Mumbai, with more than 38-year's experience behind him and is Director of Cardiology at Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai. During his academic career and medical practice, he has received innumerable awards and honors. Dr. Mehta is a recipient of the prestigious Padmashree National Award, presented to him in 2004. He has also been very active on the academic front throughout his career. Dr. Mehta has taught hundreds of undergraduate, postgraduate and super specialty medical students. Currently at the DNB Board, and earlier for over 25 years as Honorable Professor of Cardiology at the University of Mumbai and then at Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Sion, Mumbai, Dr. A.B. Mehta has been an invited faculty at events in France, China, Japan, Italy, USA, Sri Lanka, and Singapore, for demonstrating techniques of Angioplasty. Dr. A.B. Mehta has served as Examiner for the DM Cardiology examination at Pune, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, and other cities in India. Ashwin Mehta is recognized for his pioneering work in India in Angiography and Cardiac Catheterisation in newborn babies and was also the first to introduce His Bundle Electrography in India and Primary Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction with the first systemic trial. Dr. Mehta has performed/supervised more than 10,000 Angioplasties and over 50,000 Angiographies. Dr. Ashwin Mehta is much-published, and he has organized numerous teaching seminars, symposia, conferences, and meetings, where he has also actively participated in the presentations and deliberations.
Jaslok Hospital And Research Centre
Dr. Ashwin Mehta is one of the top cardiologist in Mumbai with an experience of more than 38 years. Dr. Ashwin Mehta is a Pioneer in starting Cardiac catheterization and Angiography in newborn babies in India in 1973. Dr. Ashwin Mehta is the first one to start His Bundle Electrography in India in 1973. Dr Ashwin Mehta performed or supervised more than 10,000 Angioplasties. Dr. A.B. Mehta performed or supervised more than 50,000 Angiographies. Dr A.B. Mehta has done pioneering work in Primary Angioplasty in acute myocardial Infarction with first systemic trial in India.
Dr. Ashwin Mehta is a cardiologist and has numerous awards to his credit: 1) The CTO – Man of The Year Award (2008), the First of its type, for the Indian Chapter of 2nd Indo European Course on Revascularization (IECR/IEIC), presented at New Delhi on 20th December 2008. 2) Life Time Achievement Award at the 1st IJCTO meet, at Mumbai on 8th June 2013. 3) Golden Contribution Award received at AICT 2012 at New Delhi, on 6th Oct. 2012. 4) Padmashree Award from the Goverment of India in 2004 5) Maharashtra Gaurav Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution in Cardiology, by the Government of Maharashtra in 2004 6) Distinguished Doctor Award Presented by the Indian Medical Association, Mumbai Branch on "Doctor's Day", 1st July 2008. 7) Mahavir Mahatma Award for Oneness and Towards Social Upliftment (Times Foundation, 2006). 2006.
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A cardiologist is a trained medical professional with special training and skill in finding, treating and preventing diseases of the heart and blood vessels, which is the cardiovascular system.
Cardiology is a complex field, so cardiologists specialize in different areas. All cardiologists are clinical cardiologists as they focus on the diagnosis, medical management, and prevention of cardiovascular disease. Some clinical cardiologists specialize in pediatric cardiology, so they also diagnose and treat heart problems in children. An adult cardiologist is the clinical cardiologists who treat only adult patients. Other clinical cardiologists who specialize in interventional procedures like angiography, angioplasty, stenting, and TAVI are called the interventional cardiologist.
With statistics like heart disease being among the number one killers, there is no reason for anyone to not to be worried. General cardiologists are practitioners that focus on the heart, so If you are at risk for heart disease, a routine check-up with a cardiologist can help you to be on top of your heart health.
And in case you are wondering how to be sure that you are at risk for heart disease, then you can look at the certain common symptoms shown by your body that usually point to heart disease. Whenever you feel chest pain that is radiating towards the left side or to the back of your body, you should immediately consult an experienced cardiologist. You should also consult a heart doctor when you experience severe pressure in the chest, shortness of breath while walking and continues while you are at rest, Irregular heartbeats leading to palpitations, sudden clenching pain in jaws, or when you undergo excessive sweating continuously for a long period of time without any exercise.
Cardiologists perform the following tests:
You should get your heart checked as often as possible, and this is especially true when your family has a risk for heart disease. You should get your blood pressure checked every year, and according to the American Heart Association, the screening tests for coronary artery disease should begin at age 20, cholesterol test at age of 25, and blood glucose screening should begin at age 45.
Cardiologists are doctors who specialize in cardiovascular disease and are able to treat conditions ranging from severe hypertension to elevated cholesterol to heart rhythm problems. Cardiologists also are able to perform procedures that both help diagnose and treat many cardiac conditions, for example, cardiologists can perform stress tests to uncover coronary disease, conduct echocardiograms to diagnose holes in the heart or other issues with heart valves; they may even order monitoring of the heart to uncover rhythm issues like atrial fibrillation. In addition, to treat these specific problems, specialized cardiologists like Interventional cardiologists can close small holes in the heart, place stents in clogged arteries, and place specialized devices in the heart. Cardiac surgeons come from a very different background and are usually the general surgeons who chose to further specialize as cardiac surgeons and limit their practice to the heart arteries and heart valves.
If you test on the high side for blood pressure and yet your regular doctor says you're blood pressure is controllable, you could still benefit from seeing a preventive cardiologist. Preventive cardiologists are a special type of clinical cardiologists whose goal is to prevent cardiovascular diseases and to reduce the burden of them in populations and improve the quality of life and life expectancy in individuals with such diseases.
In your first cardiologist appointment, you are usually greeted by a member of the nursing staff who measures your weight and height in order to calculate your body mass
(BMI). At this stage, you are normally asked to go for one of the following tests: