Dr. Anishkumar P K Venugopalan Nair

MBBS, MD General Medicine, DM Cardiology, Fellowship in interventional cardiology

Specialist Interventional cardiology

Work Experience

• Dr. Anishkumar's career in interventional cardiology has been marked by extensive experience across multiple esteemed institutions. He began his medical journey as a Senior Lecturer at Kottayam Medical College in India. He then advanced his training as a Senior Resident in Cardiology at Govt. Medical College.
• Dr. Anishkumar further honed his expertise as an Interventional Cardiologist at Paalana Institute of Medical Sciences, followed by positions at Indira Gandhi Metro Cardiac Centre and KIMS Al Shifa in India. He has also served as a Specialist Physician in Cardiology at Al Ahalia in Abu Dhabi, UAE, where he continues to contribute his skills and knowledge in the field of interventional cardiology.

Languages Spoken

• English
• Malayalam
• Hindi
• Marathi

Special interest

• Evaluation and treatment of cardiac symptoms like chest pain, shortness of breath and palpitation.
• Treatment of cardiovascular diseases as hypertension, dyslipidemia, angina and heart failure
• Preventive cardiology - Managing different cardiovascular risk factors to prevent heart diseases
• Echocardiography and stress exercises test
• Radial intervention for acute and chronic coronary artery disease
• Balloon valvotomy
• Pacemaker implantation

Research and Publications:

• Anishkumar Nair, Kader Muneer, Chakanalil Govindan Sajeev. "A case of recurrent palpitations with wide complex tachycardia." Heart Asia, 2016;8:1–2.
• Nair A, Sajeev CG, Muneer K. "A case of recent myocardial infarction with cardiac failure." Heart, Published Online First: 29 September 2016. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-309715.
• Kader Muneer, Anishkumar Nair. "Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and receptor blockers in heart failure and chronic kidney disease – Demystifying controversies." Indian Heart Journal, 8 September 2016. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2016.08.007.
• Anishkumar Nair, Chakanalil Govindan Sajeev, Kader Muneer. "Prosthetic Aortic Valve Dehiscence- A ‘Rocking’ Catastrophe." J Echocardiogr., May 12, 2016. PMID: 27169597.
• Nair A, Rajesh G.N., Sajeev C.G. "Functional tricuspid stenosis: a rare presentation of suspected rhabdomyoma as congenital cyanotic heart disease." Cardiology in the Young, 2017; pp. 1–4. doi: 10.1017/S1047951116002110.
• Rajesh G, Sajeer K, Nair A, Sajeev C, Krishnan M. "Intimo-intimal intussusception: circumferential aortic dissection – a rare mechanism of severe acute aortic regurgitation." Journal of Echocardiography, 2014;12(3):118-119.
• Anishkumar Nair, Chakanalil Govindan Sajeev. "Spontaneous Regression of Gigantic Cardiac Rhabdomyoma." Heart, Lung, and Circulation, Accepted for publication.
• Sajeev C, Kalathingathodika S, Nair A, Muneer K, Rajesh G, Deshabandhu V et al. "Malignant Arrhythmia with Benign Tumour: Fibrolipoma of the Left Ventricle." Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2014;22(3):151.
• Rajesh G, Sajeer K, Nair A, Haridasan V, Sajeev C, Krishnan M. "Device closure of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation using Amplatzer vascular plug II in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia." Indian Heart Journal, 2015;67(5):455-458.
• Rajesh G, Sajeer K, Nair A, Sajeev C, Krishnan M. "Hammock mitral valve: A rare cause of congenital mitral regurgitation." Indian Heart Journal, 2014;66(3):370-371.
• Ranjith MP, Rajesh KF, Nair Anish Kumar, Rajesh G, Krishnan MN. "Recurrent Hemoptysis in an 11yr Old Girl- Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect and Patent Ductus Arteriosus." Kerala Heart Journal, Vol 4, No 1(2014), 38-39.
• Rajasekharan C, Anishkumar V, Suresh MK. "Ice pack test: is it obsolete?" BMJ Case Reports, 2011; pii: bcr0420114066. doi: 10.1136/bcr.04.2011.4066.
• Rajesh Gopalan Nair, Sajeer Kalathingathodika, Anishkumar P.K.V Nair, Cicy Bastian, Mangalath Narayanan Krishnan. "A case of esophageal malignancy infiltrating into left atrium." Journal of the Indian Medical Association, 2014;112:1.
• Yadav P, Nair A, Cherian A, Sibi NS, Kumar A. "Intracranial hypertension: A rare presentation of lupus nephritis." Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences, 2010;5(2):132-134. doi:10.4103/1817-1745.76111.
• Nair Rajesh Gopalan, Sajeer Kalathingathodika, Haridasan Vellani, Krishnan Mangalath Narayanan, Kumar Anish, Subramanyan Gomathi. "Carcinoma Lung Infiltrating into Left Atrium: A Case of Transvenous Extension." Heart India, 2015;3(3):82-83.
• Correlation Between Cardiac MRI and Physiologically Significant Coronary Stenosis in Stable Ischemic Heart Disease patients.
• Efficacy of Diluted Contrast in Coronary Angioplasty on Renal Complications and Outcome.
• Team Member in the International Study of Comparative Health Effectiveness with Medical and Invasive Approaches (ISCHEMIA) Trial, under Principal Investigator Dr. C.G. Sajeev.