Dr. Ayan Kar

Brief Profile

Dr. Ayan Kar is a young dynamic versatile interventional cardiologist with keen interest in interventional cardiology,intravascular imaging, cardiac imaging,echocardiography,strain imaging,structural heart diseases and heart failure therapies. He is an avid researcher, eloquent speaker and a dedicated team member.

Fields of Expertise

Interventional Cardiology
Echocardiography
Heart Failure
Cardiac
Implantable Electronic Devices
Strain Imaging,Intravascular
Imaging
Cardiac Intensive Care

Key Procedures Performed

Radial Coronary angiograms
Radial Coronary Angioplasty
Radial Primary angioplasty
transthoracic echocardiography
pacemakers
AICD
CRT-D/P
Invasive lines

Rare/Unique Skills

Dorsal radial puncture
Cephalic cut downs
Radial primary angioplasty

Professional Memberships and Certifications

Life Member,cardiological Society of India
Member, Indian Association of Cardiac Imaging
Associate Fellowship Of The European Society of Cardiology

Publications

Platform oral presentation at the National Annual Conference of the Indian Academy of Neurology in Indore , Madhya Pradesh on Scrub Typhus presenting as An Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (Cited over 26 times in various papers)
Published My thesis "A study to determine the High Density Lipoprotein levels in a tertiary care outpatient population and various factors affecting it"under the guidance of Dr.I.Sathyamurthy which is now accepted by the National Board of Examinations,New Delhi
Kar A, Dhanaraj M, Dedeepiya D, Harikrishna K. Acute encephalitis syndrome following scrub typhus infection. Indian J Crit Care Med 2014;18:453-5
Panja M, Kar A, Roy D, Kumar S, Panja M. Incidence of Ischemia in end stage renal disease patients with uremic cardiomyopathy in Eastern India. Indian Heart Journal. 2014(66):S79.
Kar A, Panja M, Roy D, Kumar S. Prevalence of Vitamin D3 deficiency among patients undergoing angioplasty in a tertiary care centre in Eastern India. Indian Heart Journal. 2014(66):S71.
Choudhury PD, Kar A, Roy D, Chatterjee D, Kumar S. Left atrial volume index as an indicator of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and hypertrophy. Indian Heart Journal. 2014(66):S68.
Bhatacharyya D, Singh P, Majumder D, Kar A. TCTAP A-078 Intravascular Ultrasound Guidance Could Improve Outcomes in Proximal Left Anterior Descending Artery Interventions. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2015 May 5;65(17_S):S40-2.
Bhattacharyya D, Kar A, Majumder D.TCTAP C-235 Intravascular Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Left Anterior Descending Artery Chronic Total Occlusion. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2016 May;67(16_S):S388-S389.
Bhattacharyya D, Kar A, Mani S.TCTAP A-087 Small Caliber Coronary Arteries in Indian Female Diabetics Fact or Fiction? Insights from Intravascular Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2016 May; 67(16_S):S38-S40.
Bhattacharyya D, Kar A. TCTAP A-088 In-Stent Restenosis: Insights and Outcomes Emerging from Intravascular Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. 2016 May;67(16_S):S40-S42.
Bhattacharyya D, Bera D, Kar A. TCTAP C-182 Intravascular Ultrasound Guided Coronary Intervention in Chronic Total Occlusion with Long Term Follow Up with Positive Vessel Remodeling. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2017 Apr 25;69(16):S269-70
Bhattacharyya D, Kar A, Chakraborty S, Rana S. TCTAP A-142 Monitoring and Titration of Conventional and Newer Antiplatelet Therapies in Post PCI Patients Using Platelet Function Assay: A Tertiary Care Hospital Experience from Eastern India. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2017 Apr 25;69(16):S78-9
Bera D, Bhattacharyya D, Kar A, Bhattacharya K. TCTAP C-175 Complete Reconstruction of the Left Coronary System in a Case of Severe Triple Vessel Disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2017 Apr 25;69(16):S262-3.
Bhattacharyya D, Kar A, Kumar D, Majumder D. TCTAP A-092 Is Distal Protection Device Required in All Saphenous Vein Graft Interventions: Insights from Intra-vascular Ultrasound. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2017 Apr 25;69(16):S49-50
Kar A,Roy D.Outcome trends and safety of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) in Octogenarians: Insights from a single centre in Eastern India.Indian Heart Journal(Special Supplement)2016 Dec
Bhattacharyya D, Kar A .TCTAP C-045 Novel Bifurcation Technique. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2018 Apr 24;71(16 Supplement):S112-3.
Kar A, Roy D, Chatterjee D, Kar AK. Discrepancy in exercise tolerance of optimally treated dilated cardiomyopathy patients with comparable poor LV function. In EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL 2018 Aug 1 (Vol. 39, pp. 987-987). GREAT CLARENDON ST,OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
Bhattacharyya D, Kar A. TCTAP A-082 Role of Intra-Vascular Ultrasound in Strategizing and Optimizing Bifurcation Stenting. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2019 Apr 23;73(15 Supplement):S41-3.
Bhattacharyya D, Kar A, Deshmukh B. TCTAP A-058 Dimensions of Non-diseased Left Main Coronary Artery: An Intravascular Ultrasound Assessment in South Asian Patients. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2019 Apr 23;73(15 Supplement):S30.
Bhattacharyya D, Kar A, Singh P, Goswami S. TCTAP C-036 Role of Cutting Balloon in Various Situations During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2019 Apr 23;73(15 Supplement):S109.
Goswami S, Bhattacharyya D, Kar A. TCTAP A-139 Factors Influencing Radial Artery Diameter in South Asians: Single Centre Observational Study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2019 Apr 23;73(15 Supplement):S73-4.