Purshotam Lal

Purshotam Lal is an Indian Interventional cardiologist who has to his credit the pioneering of over 20 interventional cardiology procedures for the first time in India, some of which were the first time in the World. Trained in UK, US and Germany, and he has held various faculty positions including Professor, Advisor, etc.

He has the unique distinction of pioneering the highest number of procedures in the field of interventional cardiology for the first time in the country, such as Slow Rotational Angioplasty, atherectomy, rot ablation, stenting, heart hole closure (ASD Closure), etc. He has developed his own techniques for aortofemoral bypass support (partial artificial heart) and the opening of tight heart valves using echocardiography without a cath lab. He performed world's first non-surgical aortic valve replacement using Core Valve. He has been invited by countries such as Italy, Germany and China to present the first care of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) using the COREVALVE. Additionally, he introduced Inuoe Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty in the country and was the first investigator.

He presented and published scientific papers on all these new techniques for the first time in the country & these were published in Indian Heart Journal. He has been monikered as Father of Interventional Cardiology in India by Adnan Kastrati, Chief Physician and Deputy Director, Cardiovascular Disease Clinic, DHM, Germany for introducing all these techniques in the country. He is a highly decorated interventional cardiologist, having received the highest of Padma Awards - Padma Vibhushan, along with Padma Bhushan and the Dr. B. C. Roy Award by the President of India for his contributions in the development of Interventional Cardiology in India. Additionally, he has been honoured with the Distinguished Achievement Award of the Highest Order by the National Forum of Indian Medical Association for performing the largest number of angioplasties/stentings in the country as a single operator.

He was also recognised by Hans Bonnier, one of the first interventional cardiologists in the world, who congratulated him for his skills & achievements for doing the highest number of angioplasties in the country and was impressed with his endeavour to provide affordable healthcare to poor patients without compromising quality of healthcare delivery. He added that, his hospital model should be adopted by other hospitals as well.

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