Dr. Pradeep Kumar Rustagi is a Senior Consultant in Interventional Cardiology, based in New Delhi. He has been practising as a Clinical, Non-Invasive and Invasive Cardiologist since June 1997. He has his own clinic, Rustagi Heart Centre, located in Paschim Vihar. In addition, he is also attached to Jaipur Golden Hospital, and is a visiting consultant at MGS Hospital, Park Hospital (West Delhi) and Orchid Hospital.
Dr. Rustagi is a graduate and postgraduate from Maulana Azad Medical... [+]
Dr. Pradeep Kumar Rustagi is a Senior Consultant in Interventional Cardiology, based in New Delhi. He has been practising as a Clinical, Non-Invasive and Invasive Cardiologist since June 1997. He has his own clinic, Rustagi Heart Centre, located in Paschim Vihar. In addition, he is also attached to Jaipur Golden Hospital, and is a visiting consultant at MGS Hospital, Park Hospital (West Delhi) and Orchid Hospital.
Dr. Rustagi is a graduate and postgraduate from Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University (1987 & 1992 respectively). He further holds the postdoctoral DM (Cardiology) superspeciality degree from KGMC in Lucknow, which he obtained in 1997. He also has a diploma in tuberculosis and chest disease from VPCI, Delhi.
Dr. Rustagi has much experience and expertise in angiography, percutaneous coronary angioplasty (PTCA), renal angiography & PTRA, transradial angiography & angioplasty, permanent pacemaker implantation (single & dual chamber), AICD, BMV, IVC filter and other catheterisation procedures. He has performed well over 12,000 angiographies and around 3,800 angioplasties with stenting. He is also experienced in all non-invasive cardiac diagnostic procedures. Dr. Rustagi has the distinction of performing 11 angiographies and seven angioplasties in a nine-hour period on a single day. He has the record of inserting 11 stents into a patient who was refused bypass surgery.
Dr. Pradeep Kumar Rustagi has experience in managing the CCU and treating patients of acute coronary syndrome, myocardial infarction (heart attack), cardiogenic shock, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary oedema, arrhythmias, cardiac tamponade, etc. He is experienced in bedside emergency procedures such as deploying central venous lines, temporary pacing implantation, pericardiocentesis, intra aortic balloon pump implantation, etc.
Prior to his current positions, Dr. Rustagi served as Senior Interventional Cardiologist at Action Heart Institute (Balaji Hospital) from 2006-2010, and worked as Interventional Cardiologist at Saroj Hospital and Sunder Lal Jain Hospital before that.
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