Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology: The pediatric cardiology department at AIMS is one of four hospitals in India that offer the fellowship in pediatric cardiology.  This program is accredited by the national board of examinations.  Two candidates are selected each year through a competitive examination conducted by the National Board of Examinations.  Details on the selection process are available at the website of the National Board of Examinations (www.natboard.nic.in)

A number of CME courses and Conferences have been conducted by the department.  The  CME courses that are to be offered in the near future include:

• November 12, 2006, Sunday: CME on “Healthy Lifestyles in Adolescents and Children”.  This is an interactive program for pediatricians and practitioners.  Selected teachers, students and members will also participate.  The program is jointly organized by the department of pediatric cardiology  and endocrinology of AIMS.
• February 5, 2007: CME on infection control in ICU: Jointly organized by AIMS and department of pediatric cardiac intensive care, Lucille Packard Children’s hospital, Stanford.  Details on this CME will be posted shortly.

Current Grant Funded Research Projects:

• Registry Component, Jaivigyan Mission Mode Project on Community Control of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in India funded by ICMR.  Project in Progress since Dec 2002.
• International Multicenter Study of Sildenafil in Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension, Pfizer, In Progress since June 2003.
• Nutritional recovery after congenital Heart Surgery, Since March 2005.
• Creation and Validation of a Clinical Strategy for Detection of Congenital Heart Disease in Newborns, Since June 2006.
• Satellite center at Wayanad: Jaivigyan Mission Mode Project on Community Control of Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in India funded by ICMR.  Project in Progress since Dec 2002.
• Cardiovascular surveillance in an Adivasi population in Wayanad district, Since June 2006
• Chromosome 22q11 microdeletion in patients with selected Congenital Heart Disease (Conotruncal malformations): Study of Prevalence, Phenotype, Genotype and Mode of Inheritance (Since Sept 2006)

Publications:

• Sivakumar K, Rao SG, Shivaprakasha K, Kumar RK.  Operative outcome and intermediate term follow-up of neonatal Blalock Taussig shunts, Indian Heart Journal 2001; 53:66-70
• Kumar RK, Krishnan MN, Venugopal K, Anil SR, Sivakumar, Bioptome-assisted simultaneous delivery of multiple coils for closure of the large PDA, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 2001; 54:95-100
• Sivakumar K, Anil SR, Ravichandra M, Natarajan KU, Kamath P, Kumar RK. Emergency Transcatheter recanalization of acutely thrombosed Blalock Taussig shunts, Indian Heart Journal 2001; 53:743-748
• Anil SR, Sivakumar K, Kumar RK. Coil occlusion of the small patent ductus arteriosus without arterial access, Cardiology in the Young 2002; 12:51-56
• Vaidyanathan B, Roth SJ, Rao SG, Gauvreau K, Shivaprakasha K, Kumar RK. Outcome of ventricular septal defect repair in a developing country. Journal of Pediatrics 2002;140:736-741
• Anil SR, Sivakumar K, Kumar RK, Bioptome assisted closure of coronary artery fistula.Indian Heart Journal 2002;54:189-192
•  Anil SR, Manoj P, Kumar RK, Massive Primary Chylopericardium in an Infant, Indian Heart Journal 2002;54:295-6
• Anil SR, Sivakumar K, Philip A, Francis E, Kumar RK, Management strategies for hemolysis after transcatheter closure of the patent arterial duct, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 2003;59:538-43.
• Kannan BRJ, Anil SR, Kumar RK. Anomalous left coronary artery from the anterior sinus of pulmonary artery, Cardiology in the Young 2003;13:95-97.
• Anil SR, Rao SG and Kumar RK, Duplication of the Tricuspid valve apparatus, Cardiology in the young 2003; 13:100-102.
• Sivakumar K, Anil SR, Rao SG, Shivaprakash K, Kumar RK. Closure of Muscular Ventricular Septal Defects Guided by En-face Reconstruction of the Right Ventricular Septal Surface Using Two Dimensional Echocardiography, Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003; 76:158-66.
• Kannan BRJ, Anil SR, Sivakumar K, Kumar RK, Transcatheter closure of the very large atrial septal defects using the Amplatzer septal occluder, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 2003; 59:522-527.
• Francis E, Sivakumar K, Kumar RK, Transcatheter Closure of Fistula Between the Right Pulmonary Artery and Left Atrium Using the Amplatzer Duct Occluder, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 2004; 63:83-6
• Anil SR, Kannan BRJ, Kumar RK, Transcatheter closure of native pulmonary artery for elimination of accessory pulmonary blood flow after bidirectional Glenn shunt. Indian Heart Journal 2003; 55:373-375.
• Kannan BRJ, Kamath P, Rao SG, Kumar RK, Successful Management of Isolated Ventricular Inversion in an Adult, Pediatric Cardiology, 2004; 25:554-7
• Bhatt M, Roth S, Kumar RK, Gauvreau K, Chengode S, Nair, SG, Shivaprakasha K, Rao SG, Management of infants with large, unrepaired left-to-right shunts and respiratory infection requiring mechanical ventilation, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2004;127:1466-1473
• Anil SR, Dharan BS, Kumar RK, Rao SG, Anomalous coronary from the pulmonary artery with coarctation of aorta, In press, Annals of thoracic Surgery.
• Shivaprakasha K, Rameshan I, Kumar RK, et al.  A new technique of right heart bypass for congenital heart surgery, Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004; 77:988-93.
• Kumar RK, Anil SR, Philip A, Sivakumar K, Bioptome-assisted coil occlusion of moderate-large patent arterial ducts in infants and small children, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 2004 ;62:266-71.
• Koshy SV, Kumar RK, Shivaprakasha K, Novel repair for obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection to coronary sinus, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2005 ; 79:711-3.
• Kannan BRJ, Anil SR, Kumar RK, Cannulation of the vertical patent arterial duct, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 2005 ;65:455-8.
• Kannan BRJ, Padhi SS, Anil SR, Haridas KK, Kumar RK, Bioptome assisted closure of the pulmonary arterial fistula, In Press, Journal Vascular and Interventional Radiology.
• Bhatt M, Anil SR, Kumar RK, Kawasaki Disease in the newborn. Indian J Pediatr 2004;  71:353-4.
• Kannan BRJ, Anil SR, Padhi SS, Kumar RK, Catheter closure of the patent ductus arteriosus in sick ventilated infants, Indian Heart Journal 2004; 56:232-234.
• Vaidyanathan B, Kannan BRJ, Kumar RK, Catheter Closure of Pseudo-aneurysm of Main Pulmonary, Circulation 2004; 110:1709.
• Vaidyanathan B, Kannan BRJ, Kumar RK, Device Closure of Residual Ventricular Septal Defect after Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot Using the Amplatzer Duct Occluder. Indian Heart J 2005; 57:64-6. 
• Kannan BRJ, Ananthan K, Kumar RK, Unusual Spasm of the patent arterial duct, Images in cardiology, Indian Heart Journal. 2005; 57:274.
• Mahesh K, Kannan BRJ, Anil SR, Kamath P, Kumar RK, Stenting of the patent arterial duct to improve pulmonary blood flow, Indian Heart Journal 2005; 57:704-8.
• Vaidyanathan B, Roth S, Gauvreau K, Shivaprakasha K, Rao SG and Kumar RK somatic growth after ventricular septal defect repair in malnourished infants, In press, Journal of Pediatrics, 2006.