Prof (Dr) Ashokan Nambiar C

• MBBS – Kerala University
• MD (General Medicine) – Kerala University
• DM (Cardiology) – AIIMS, New Delhi

• Professor & Head of Department – Cardiology - Government Medical College, Calicut

• Clinical cardiology and diagnostics
• Cardiac catheterisation and angiography
• Interpretation of non-invasive and invasive cardiac tests
• Adult and paediatric cardiac evaluation
• Trans-thoracic and trans-oesophageal echocardiography (TEE)
• Evidence-based treatment planning for heart conditions
• Advanced non-invasive cardiology
• Academic and research cardiology
• Heart failure management
• Coronary artery disease diagnostics

• FACC – Fellow, American College of Cardiology
• Advanced training in Cardiology – University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

• Nambiar C.A, Abdulrahiman P, Aravindan KP. Progressive systemic sclerosis presenting as recurrent ventricular tachycardia and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy--a case report. J Assoc Physicians India. 1989 Feb;37(2):179-81. [Medline]
• Nambiar C.A, Nair SA, Nandakumar V. Right atrial myxoma presenting as chronic right heart failure--a case report. Indian Heart J. 1988 Mar-Apr;40(2):129-31. [Medline]
• Sahasranam KV, Nambiar C.A, Sugathan K, Ravindran KN. Septal and posterior left ventricular wall motion and left ventricular function in juvenile mitral stenosis--an echocardiographic study. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 1987 Jan-Mar;29(1):17-24. [Medline]
• Bhatia ML, Ashokan Nambiar C, Shrivastava S, Roy SB. Effect of acute digitalization on His bundle intervals and corrected sinus recovery time in normal young adults. Indian Heart J. 1977 Mar-Apr;29(2):78-84. [Medline]
• Shrivastava S, Nambiar C.A, Tandon R. Right atrial 'a' wave in tetralogy of Fallot. Indian Pediatr. 1975 Aug;12(8):615-8. [Medline]
• Nambiar C.A, Basu AK, Bhatia ML. Red cell haemolysis in mitral regurgitation (a 51Cr tagged red cell survival study). J Assoc Physicians India. 1974 Sep;22(9):665-70. [Medline]
• Bhatia ML, Nambiar C.A, Bhalla BK, Basu AK, Roy SB. DC cardioversion in digitalised patients. A serum digoxin level correlative study. Indian Heart J. 1974 Apr;26(2):119-23. [Medline]
• Nambiar C.A. Temporary transvenous intra cardiac pacing in complete heart block complicating acute myocardial infarction. Kerala Medical Journal XV: 117, 1975.
• Nambiar C.A. Beside evaluation of Congenital heart disease. Kerala medical Journal XV: 117, 1974.

Published Abstracts:

• Vasudevan KR and Nambiar C.A. Immediate prognostic value of plasma urea, uric acid and creatinine in acute myocardial infarction. Indian Heart Journal 1988; 40: 376 (Abstract).
• J. Francis, C.A. Nambiar, N. Sudhayak