Cardiology

Cardiology in Karama

MBBS, MD (general medicine)
DM cardiology
FESC (Fellow of European Society of Cardiology)
International associate- SCAI(society for cardiovascular angiography and interventions)
Life member CSI (Cardiovascular society of India)
Life member ICC (Indian college of Cardiology)
Life member and TreasurerWINCARS (women in cardiology and related sciences)
Associate editor IJCDW (Indian journal of cardiovascular diseases in women)

Work experience

Dr lalita Nemani has 14 years of experience in cardiology. She has completed her MBBS from Andhra Medical college, Visakhapatnam in 1999, India followed by MD general medicine in 2003 and DM cardiology in 2007.

She has worked initially in tertiary care hospitals such as Yashoda hospitals, Hyderabad and Aster Prime hospitals, Hyderabad for 5 years.

Since 2012, she is associated with Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad which is an autonomous medical institution and university established by the federal government of Andhra Pradesh. It is a tertiary care center and apex center in India which offers structured training courses in various broad specialties and sub-specialties. It is a full-fledged super-specialty hospital for patient care research and training. She has been a faculty in the institution imparting training to cardiology residents and cardiovascular trainees. She has been actively involved in research and has many national and international publications to her name.

Languages

Area of expertise

Coronary interventions (angiography and angioplasty)

Peripheral interventions (angiography and angioplasty)

Permanent pacemaker implantation (single and dual chamber)

Thrombolysis for Acute MI and ischemic heart disease management

Transthoracic echocardiography (ECHO), Trans-oesophageal echo (TEE)

Treadmill test (TMT)

Dobutamine stress echo (DSE)

ECG Holter monitoring and Ambulatory BP monitoring

Women cardiac care

Management of Heart failure and arrythmias

Awards

Best paper award for “Angioplasty in AORCA” at ICCCON, Tirupati, September 2014.

Recipient of VAIDYA RATNA award for service to humanity 2014, Awarded by Mother foundationA charitable organization, Hyderabad.

Research and publications

Co-investigator in the RE-DUAL PCI trial

Chapter on: DIFFICULT SITUATIONS IN CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY-ANOMALOUS CORONARY ORIGIN AND CALCIFIC CORONARIES IN TEXTBOOK: CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY-EVOLVED TO PERFECTION BY JAYPEE BROTHERS-2017.

Tools and techniques for angioplasty of anomalous origin of right coronary artery.Original Article · Journal of Indian college of cardiology. July 2015. DOI: 10.1016/j.jicc.2015.05.006.

Angioplasty of a totally occluded brachial artery using kissing guide wire technique by trans radial approach. Journal of Indian college of cardiology. June 2014. DOI: 10.1016/j.jicc.2014.04.001.

Nemani L. A Cross-sectional study to look at the determinants of poor adherence to secondary penicillin prophylaxis for rheumatic heart disease at a tertiary care centre in South India. J ClinPrevCardiol 2018; 7:5-10.

Lalita Nemani. Procedural Results and Immediate Outcomes following De Novo Saphenous Venous Graft Interventions.International journal of Angiology.DOI: https://doi.org/ 10.1055/s-0038-1636937. ISSN 1061-1711. Publication date 20-2-2018.