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Dr. Natarajan K. U.

Professor, Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Kochi

Qualification: DM, DNB, MBBS, MD
kunatarajan@aims.amrita.edu

Bio

Dr. Natarajan K. U. currently serves as Professor in the Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Kochi. Dr K U Natarajan graduated from the Madras Medical College in 1989. He completed his post graduation in General medicine from Madras Medical College in 1993.

He completed his DM Cardiology training in the prestigious Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and technology, Trivandrum( a centre of national importance ) in 1997. He is a Diplomate of the National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, in the disciplines of Internal Medicine & Cardiology.

After his brief stint as a clinical research scholar in Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin, USA, he started the sub speciality of Electrophysiology along with his mentor in 2000. The division of cardiac electrophysiology(EP) at AIMS is one of the Leaders in the field in the country, having performed close to 4000 ablations for permanent cure of complex cardiac rhythm disorders, implanted more than 5000 devices ranging from pacemakers, implantable defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy(CRT).

Dr. K. U. Natarajan is one of the few cardiologists in India that are proficient both in Interventional Cardiology and interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology . It is noteworthy that he is a proctor for training young cardiologists in the country on implantation of complex cardiac devices .

 

 

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2019

Channelopathies – An update 2018

Cite this Research Publication : Natarajan K. U. and Krishna, M. Ram, “Channelopathies - An update 2018”, Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 68-71, 2019.

Publisher : Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J

Year : 2018

Comparison of CHA2DS2-VASc-HS Score and Gensini Score to Predict Severity of Coronary Artery Disease

Cite this Research Publication : Gautam Naik, Saritha Sekhar, Mukund Prabhu, Gurpreet Singh, Aniketh Vijay, Muthiah Subrahmanian, K. U. Natarajan, "Comparison of CHA2DS2-VASc-HS Score and Gensini Score to Predict Severity of Coronary Artery Disease," Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, July 2018, vol 12(7) : IC01-IC04 DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2018/28509.11802

Publisher : Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Year : 2017

An under-recognized cause for syncope.

Cite this Research Publication : M. A. Prabhu, Shekhar, S., and Natarajan, K. U., “An under-recognized cause for syncope.”, Eur J Intern Med, vol. 42, pp. e3-e4, 2017.

Publisher : Eur J Intern Med

Year : 2016

Coronary Stent Infection Successfully Diagnosed with FDG-PET CT

Cite this Research Publication : Sekhar S, Vupputuri A, Rajiv C, Shanmuga Sundaram P, Natarajan KU, "Coronary Stent Infection Successfully diagnosed with FDG-PET CT," Canadian Journal of Cardiology (2016), Volume 32, Issue 12, 1575.e1 - 1575.e3, doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2015.10.022.

Publisher : Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Year : 2015

Heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP) as an early diagnostic biomarker in patients with acute chest pain

Cite this Research Publication : Vupputuri, A., Sekhar, S., Krishnan, S., Venugopal, K., Natarajan, K.U. "Heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP) as an early diagnostic biomarker in patients with acute chest pain," Indian Heart Journal, 2015, 67(6), pp. 538–542

Publisher : Indian Heart Journal

Qualification
  • MBBS: Madras Medical College (1989)
  • MD(General Medicine): Madras Medical College (1993)
  • DM(Cardiology): Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum (1997)
  • DNB(Internal Medicine): National Board of Examinations, New Delhi
  • DNB(Cardiology): National Board of Examinations, New Delhi
Area of Expertise
  • Complex cardiac rhythm disorders
  • Heart Failure
  • Atrial Fibrillation
  • Syncope( abrupt transient loss of consciousness)
  • Complex coronary interventions ( rotational atherectomy, intravascular lithotripsy, intravascular imaging)
  • Advanced cardiac device implantation & follow up
  • Lead extraction in infected cardiac device systems
  • Pediatric cardiac arrhythmia
  • Permanent pacing in Pediatric age group
  • Teaching Clinical Cardiology
Work Experience
  • Amrita Hospital, Kochi (1998 – Present)
Official Positions
  • Past President of the Interventional Cardiology Council of Kerala
  • Past president of the Kerala Heart Rhythm Society.
  • Editor of the Kerala Heart Journal.
  • Member of the advisory board of the Indian Pacing and EP journal.
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