Dr. K.K. Talwar

Dr. Talwar introduced the Endomyocardial Biopsy (EMB) procedure at AIIMS in 1986. He deployed the technique in the evaluation and diagnosis of tropical heart muscle diseases. His findings on the occurrence of inflammatory myocarditis in Takayasu's arteritis patients have been documented. He also proposed therapeutical protocol for reversing the myocardial dysfunction using immunosuppressants. He established radiofrequency ablation facility in 1992 at AIIMS as a therapeutic procedure for remedying Cardiac arrhythmia. Three years later, he introduced Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation procedure in 1995, the first time the procedure was performed in South Asia. The effort earne...

Experience

Education