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Dr Raja Sekhar Varma
Senior ConsultantDr. Raja Sekhar Varma has completed his MBBS, MD (General Medicine), and DM (Cardiology) from the prestigious JIPMER, Pondicherry, earning numerous academic honors and gold medals, including the University Gold Medal for MD. With over 25 years of experience in Interventional Cardiology, he has further specialized in Complex Coronary Interventions, CHIP (Complex, High-Risk Indicated Procedures) with mechanical circulatory support (IABP, ECMO, Impella), and imaging-guided angioplasty with IVUS and OCT.
His expertise also includes structural heart interventions such as device closures for ASD/VSD/PDA/LA appendage, valvular procedures like balloon mitral valvotomy (BMV), TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve replacement), and device implantations including pacemakers, CRT, CRT-D, and ICD. He has an exceptionally high success rate of 92% in Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) procedures—one of the highest in the region and comparable to Japanese
standards .Other complex coronary interventions he routinely performs include treatments for Left Main disease, Bifurcation/Trifurcation disease, calcified coronary arteries, Rotablation, Orbital atherectomy, Intra-vascular lithotripsy, LASER angioplasty, post-CABG interventions, and in-stent restenosis. He is also a specialist in interventional and hybrid procedures for aortic aneurysms and dissections such as EVAR, TEVAR, and FEVAR.
Dr. Varma serves as the Course Director for the Annual CHIP Summit at Kochi and the India CTO Summit in Chennai. He has also been the Co-Course Director for the Indo-Japanese CTO Conference held in Hyderabad. His work has been widely published and presented at regional, national, and international conferences and journals. He is regularly invited as faculty at prestigious global meetings and is a recognized proctor at various workshops, training others in complex cardiac interventions both within and outside Kerala.
Additionally, he has served as Secretary of the Perintalmanna Cardiology Club, Secretary and later President of the Cochin Cardiac Forum. He is an active member of the Interventional Cardiology Council of Kerala and the Tamil Nadu Interventional Cardiology Council.