Best Cardiologist in Chittagong
A heart attack damages muscle every minute it goes untreated. The phrase cardiologists use is “time is muscle,” and it means that the artery needs opening quickly, because the muscle fed by that artery dies while the clot sits there.
That is why a cath lab inside the hospital matters more than almost anything else in cardiology. A patient who arrives at our emergency department with a heart attack can move to the catheterization laboratory for primary angioplasty without leaving the building.
Apollo Imperial Hospitals runs Clinical and Interventional Cardiology with seven consultants, a 20-bed Coronary Care Unit, a 15-bed Cardiac High Dependency Unit, and a 24-bed Cardiac ICU with step-down beds.
Best Cardiologist in Chittagong at Apollo Imperial Hospitals
Dr. Asish Dey, Senior Consultant in Clinical and Interventional Cardiology, holds MBBS, FCPS (Medicine), MD (Cardiology), and SCAI fellowship from the United States, with more than 25 years of experience.
Dr. Shaifur Rahman Shohel, Senior Consultant in Clinical and Interventional Cardiology, holds MBBS and a Diploma in Cardiology from Dhaka University, with more than 25 years of experience.
Dr. Rajib Ghosh, Senior Consultant in Cardiology and Internal Medicine, holds MBBS, BCS (Health), MD (Cardiology), MCPS (Medicine), and FCPS (Medicine), with more than 20 years of experience.
Dr. Abu Sayem Mohammed Omar Faroque, Consultant in Clinical and Interventional Cardiology, holds MBBS, BCS (Health), MD (Cardiology), and certification in Diabetology from BIRDEM, with more than 16 years of experience. Diabetes and coronary disease travel together, so the diabetology training is directly useful here.
Dr. Md. Abdul Hamid, Consultant in Clinical and Interventional Cardiology, holds MBBS, FCPS (Medicine), MD (Cardiology), and an American postgraduate physician qualification, with more than 14 years of experience.
Dr. Prabal Chakraborty, Consultant in Cardiology and Medicine, holds MBBS from Chittagong Medical College, BCS (Health), MRCP (Medicine) from London, and D-Card in Cardiology from NICVD, with more than 12 years of experience.
Dr. Imtiaz Uddin Ahmed, Consultant in Clinical and Interventional Cardiology, holds MBBS and a Diploma in Cardiology, with more than 10 years of experience.
Five of the seven hold MD in Cardiology or an equivalent cardiology qualification, and combined experience on the panel exceeds 120 years.
Cardiac investigations we offer
- ECG;
- Echocardiography, including 2D, M-mode, and color Doppler;
- Holter ECG monitoring;
- Exercise tolerance testing (ETT) and treadmill testing (TMT);
- CT coronary angiogram;
- 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
Each of these has a different purpose. An ECG captures a single moment, so a patient with intermittent palpitations needs Holter monitoring to catch the rhythm when it happens. A patient whose chest pain comes on with exertion needs an ETT, because a resting ECG can look normal in significant coronary disease.
The coronary arteries supply oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle. When these arteries become narrowed or blocked, procedures such as coronary angiography and angioplasty can help doctors identify and treat the problem.
Procedures in the cath lab
Cardiac critical care
Our catheterization laboratory performs:
- Coronary angiogram, routine and emergency;
- Coronary angioplasty and stenting, routine and primary;
- Renal and peripheral angiogram;
- Renal and peripheral angioplasty;
- Temporary pacemaker implantation (TPMI);
- Permanent pacemaker implantation (PPMI);
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation;
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT);
- Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).
You are probably familiar with many of them. Primary angioplasty is the emergency procedure done during a heart attack to open the blocked artery, and it is the treatment that saves heart muscle. TAVI replaces a narrowed aortic valve through a catheter, without opening the chest, which makes valve replacement possible for elderly or high-risk patients who could not survive open surgery. Patients who need surgical treatment may also explore our cardiovascular surgery services in Chittagong for further information.
Our cardiac inpatient capacity covers a 20-bed Coronary Care Unit, a 15-bed Cardiac High Dependency Unit, a 24-bed Cardiac ICU with step-down beds, and two dedicated cardiac operation theaters.
The step-down arrangement matters for recovery. A patient does not go from intensive monitoring straight to an open ward. They move through a high dependency level first, where nursing ratios and monitoring stay high while mobility increases.
Our Accident and Emergency Department runs 24 hours a day with resuscitation beds, defibrillators, and advanced life support equipment, so a cardiac emergency is stabilized on arrival.
Recovery after a cardiac event
Treatment does not end with intervention. Our Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center runs a cardio-pulmonary rehabilitation program covering supervised exercise, risk factor management, and return to normal activity.
Cardiac rehabilitation is one of the best-evidenced interventions in cardiology for reducing repeat events, and it is also the one patients most often skip.
When to see a cardiologist
Book a consultation for chest pain or tightness, particularly on exertion; breathlessness on climbing stairs or lying flat; palpitations; blackouts or near-fainting; ankle swelling; or a murmur picked up on examination.
Chest pain with sweating, nausea, or pain spreading to the jaw or left arm is an emergency. Call +880 9610 833 833 and come to the emergency department. Do not drive yourself. You can also learn more about heart attack warning signs from the American Heart Association.
Anyone with diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, a smoking history, or a family history of early heart disease should have a cardiac assessment even without symptoms, because coronary disease is often silent until the first event.
Book an appointment
The cardiology OPD runs from 9 am to 9 pm, with individual consultant schedules. Appointments are booked by phone or in person as a first consultation, follow-up consultation, or report check consultation.
- For appointments and information: +880 9610 847 847
- For 24-hour emergency service: +880 9610 833 833
- Address: 2158/A, Zakir Hossain Road, Khulshi, Chattogram
- Website: www.aihlbd.org
FAQs
How many cardiologists practise at Apollo Imperial Hospitals?
Seven, across clinical and interventional cardiology, with experience ranging from 10 to over 25 years.
Do you perform emergency angioplasty during a heart attack?
Yes. Our cath lab performs primary angioplasty, and emergency coronary angiography is available alongside our 24-hour emergency department.
Can you implant pacemakers and defibrillators?
Yes. We perform temporary and permanent pacemaker implantation, ICD implantation, and cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Is valve replacement possible without open surgery?
Yes. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) replaces the aortic valve through a catheter, which suits patients at high risk from open surgery.
How many cardiac beds do you have?
A 20-bed Coronary Care Unit, a 15-bed Cardiac High Dependency Unit, and a 24-bed Cardiac ICU with step-down beds, plus two dedicated cardiac operation theaters.
Dr. Safayat Bin Amin
MBBS (CMU)
Diploma in Public Health and Diploma in Immunology