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Dr. Vichare

Dr. Vichare has been in practice for the past seven and a half years and has performed over 1,875 open-heart operations. Many of these were complex cardiac surgeries.

Training & Certification

• Trained in Cardiothoracic Surgery for nearly six years at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
• Worked with Prof. Sir Magdi Yacoub and Prof. Sir Bruce Keogh.
• Passed FRCS (Cardiothoracic Surgery) examination from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2008.

Area of Interest

• Coronary Artery Bypass and Valve Replacement operations.
• Coronary artery surgery in patients with globally ischaemic ventricles.
• Mitral valve repair, especially in the context of myxomatous mitral valve disease & heart failure.
• Aortic root & aortic arch surgery.
• Re-do cardiac interventions.

Research Publication

• Title: Effect of Remote Ischaemic Preconditioning on Myocardial Injury in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A Randomised Controlled Trial.
• Journal: Lancet
• Publication Date: August 18, 2007
• Volume & Issue: 370 (9587)
• Pages: 575-9
• PubMed ID: 17707752

• Effect of remote ischaemic preconditioning on myocardial injury in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2007 Aug 18;370(9587):575-9. PMID: 17707752