Department of Cardiology

The Department of Cardiology at Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, under Manipal Academy of Higher Education, provides comprehensive cardiac care for adults and children through the Mangalore Cardiac Centre. Serving patients from coastal Karnataka and neighbouring regions of Kerala and Goa, the department combines emergency cardiac care, non-invasive diagnosis, interventional cardiology, intensive care, preventive cardiology, teaching, and community outreach. Its clinical infrastructure includes two cardiac catheterisation laboratories, a 24-hour emergency Cath Lab, a dedicated Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, and advanced echocardiography facilities.

Highlights

Provides comprehensive cardiac care for patients from coastal Karnataka and adjoining areas of Kerala and Goa, with an emphasis on making specialised treatment accessible and affordable.

Operates two well-equipped cardiac catheterisation laboratories for diagnostic and interventional procedures.

Maintains a 24-hour emergency Cath Lab for the rapid assessment and treatment of acute cardiac conditions.

Provides round-the-clock Cardiac Intensive Care Unit coverage for patients requiring acute and critical cardiac care.

Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for both adult and paediatric patients.

Undertakes coronary angiography, coronary angioplasty, valvuloplasty, congenital heart-disease device closure, arrhythmia-device implantation, heart-failure device therapy, and selected aneurysm interventions.

Provides advanced echocardiography services, including two-dimensional and three-dimensional echocardiography, tissue Doppler imaging, and fetal heart assessment.

Supports electrophysiology studies, catheter ablation, pacemaker implantation, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy, and cardiac resynchronisation therapy.

Provides structural heart interventions, including balloon valvotomy and catheter-based closure of selected congenital cardiac defects.

Uses non-invasive diagnostic services such as electrocardiography, echocardiography, treadmill testing, Holter monitoring, cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI to assess cardiovascular disease.