About
About Dr. Rakesh Rai Sapra Dr. Rakesh Rai Sapra is a well-known Cardiologist practicing for more than 18 years. He holds expertise in implanting various pacing devices including implantable defibrillators and biventricular pacemakers (cardiac resynchronization devices). He is known to have performed over 1,000 independent vascular interventions including coronary angioplasties, balloon valvotomy, peripheral angioplasties including renal and carotid angioplasties, and congenital interventions including PDA and ASD closures. After completing his MBBS in 1989, he pursued MD in Internal Medicine from PGIMER Chandigarh in 1993 followed by DM in Cardiology from AIIMS, New Delhi in 1996. In 2001, he achieved training certification in Cardiac Electrophysiology from Mount Sinai Medical School, New York, USA, and Brigham and Womenâs Hospital, Boston, USA. In 2006, he was awarded the Best Case award at the AICT conference in New Delhi. He is an active member of the Cardiological Society of India. He has authored numerous articles, publications, research papers, etc.
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
- ICD Implantation
- Cardiac catheterization
- Balloon mitral valvotomy
- Truncus Arterious Repair
- Cardiac ablation
- TAVI
- LVAD
Work Experience
Consultant, Artemis Hospital, Gurgaon
Consultant, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi
Special Interest
coronary angioplasties
balloon valvotomies
peripheral angioplasties including renal and carotid angioplasties
congenital interventions including PDA and ASD closures.