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Dr Kunal Bikram Shaha

MBBS, FCPS, FACC, FAPSC, FICM Sr Consultant Cardiologist NMC Reg. No. : 6411

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Dr Kunal Bikram Shaha

Dr Kunal is competent and skilled interventional cardiologist working as inerventional cardiologist and Cath Lab chief in KIST Medical College Teaching Hospital and as Head, Department of Cardiology and consultant interventional cardiologist in Vayodha hospital. He has also worked as interventional cardiologist in Nepal Mediciti hospital and Norvic International Hospital.

He has experience of assisting more than 400 angioplasties as a first assistant and more than 150 ablations. He can competently perform transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography (adult & congenital), coronary angiography and angioplasty via radial and femoral approach, peripheral intervention, pericardiocentesis, permanent & temporary pacemaker implantation, and capable of performing electrophysiology studies handle all possible cardiac emergencies.

Medical Qualification
  • FIIC (Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology): Hallym University, Seoul, South Korea
  • FICM (Fellowship in Intensive Care Medicine)
  • FCPS (Cardiology): Pakistan
  • MBBS(Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)
Training / Certification
  • Coronary IVUS training in Hallym university-KSHH, Seoul
  • The 3 rd CCI Guro Live Intervention course (complex cardiovascular Intervention), Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul,27-29th October 2016.
  • IVUS (Intravascular Ultrasound Course) by Boston scientific, Seoul, Korea 22 nd October 2016.
  • ENCORE (Endovacular coronary Revascularisation), Seoul, Korea 5-7 th October 2016
  • IPOP BVS (Bioresorbable vascular Scaffold) Live symposium,Severence Hospital,Seoul,korea ,September 9-10 th 2016.
  • The 8 th SFR (Stent Failure Research symposium), Seoul, Korea 15 th July 2016.
  • KSIC (Korean society of Interventional cardiology) 35 th Workshop, Alpensia, Pyeongchang, South Korea1- 2 July 2016
  • MEDSTEP: Medtronic simulator aided training and education program for upcoming interventional cardiologist, at Medtronic therapeutic center Mumbai ,9-10th April 2016.
  • 13 th annual symposium of Pakistan Hypertension League held on 27 th and 28 th February 2010 at Faisalabad
  • Best of American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular Medicine held on 17 th May 2011 in Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Best of American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular Medicine held on 21 st August 2012 in Kathmandu, Nepal
  • International Conference 2012 held on 2 nd and 3 rd November in Kathmandu, Nepal
  • ECG learning course conducted by Indian Society of Electrocardiology on 9 th March 2013 in Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Annual conference of Indian society of Electrophysiology ISECON 2013 held on 6 th and 7 th April 2013 inNew Delhi, India
  • Best of American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular Medicine held on 26 st August 2013 in Kathmandu,Nepal
  • Best of American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular Medicine held on 10th May 2016 in Kathmandu,Nepal
  • Interventional cardiology workshop at Dhulikhel , April 27 2016
  • Course in Reducing Risk for Morbidity following Cardiac Surgery conducted by Mayo Clinic on 22nd October 2013
Special Interest & Expertise
Research Publication
  • Shaha KB, Adhikari A, Safi S, et al. Correlation between Left main artery diameter derived by Finet’s Law and direct angiographic quantitative coronary dimension analysis. Nepalese Heart Journal 2022; 19(2), 23-25
  • Shaha, K. B.; Shah, P. K. Impact of COVID-19 on the Heart: Insight and Current Evidence Based Knowledge Among Physicians. Nep. Med. Coll. J. 2022, 24, 188-192.
  • Adhikari, A. and Shaha, K.B. 2021. Normal coronary diameters in coronary angiogram at Patan Hospital, Nepal. Nepal Medical College Journal. 23, 3 (Oct. 2021), 247–251. DOI:https://doi.org/10.3126/nmcj.v23i3.40384.
  • Shaha KB, Manandhar DN, Cho JR, et al.COVID-19 and the heart: what we have learnt so far.Postgraduate Medical Journal Published Online First: 17 September 2020. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-138284(BMJ-PMJ)
  • Shaha, K., Adhikari, A., Cho, J., Pandey, B., Sharma, Y., & Safi, S. (2020). Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor / Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker in COVID-19: a Double-edged Sword or a Myth. Nepalese Medical Journal, 3(1), 309-312. https://doi.org/10.3126/nmj.v3i1.28726
  • Shaha KB, Tamrakar R, KC MB et al. Heart failure with preserved ejection; the other half of the heart failure, how it stands in 2013. Nepalese Heart Journal 2013;10(1):46-56.
  • Shaha KB,Cho JR,Lee N et al. Successful recanalization of In-stent restenotic chronic total occlusion by IVUS-facilitated re-wiring, Journal of KSIC(Proceedings of Korean society of Interventional cardiology), 6th October 2016.
  • Jae Hyuk Choi, 1 Jung Rae Cho, 2 Sang Min Park, 3 Kunal Bikram Shaha, 4 Floyd Pierres, 2 Tserendavaa Sumiya, 5 Kwang Jin Chun, 2 Min-Kyung Kang, 2 Seonghoon Choi, 2 and Namho Lee.Sarpogrelate Based Triple Antiplatelet Therapy Improved Left Ventricular Systolic Function in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Retrospective Study.Yonsei Med J. 2017 Sep;58(5):959-967.
  • Tamrakar R. Bhatt YD, Kansakar S, Bhattarai M,Shaha KB,et al. Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Adults: Study of Risk factors, Angiographic Features and Clinical Outcome. Nepalese Heart Journal 2013;10(1):12-16
  • Dhungana M, Rajbhandari S, Shaha KB et al. The Clinical and Electrophysiological Features in Patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Nepalese Heart Journal 2013;10(1):17-19.
  • Rajbhandari, Sujeeb, KC Man Bahadur, Raut Roshan, Dhungana Murari, Shaha Rajesh, Shaha Kunal.(2012). Cardiac Electrophysiological Study & Radiofrequency Ablation: Our Experience in Nepal. Journal of Advances in Internal Medicine. 1. 10.3126/jaim.v1i1.5831.
  • Successful recanalization of In-stent restenotic chronic total occlusion by IVUS-facilitated re-wiring in ENCORE SEOUL 6 th October 2016.
  • Eposter in CATHOLIC VESSEL-2016, Seoul: Coronary 0.014-inches CTO Guidewire a useful Tool for the Treatment of Totally Occluded Peripheral Artery Disease (Peripheral CTO)
  • Paper presented in COMPLEX PCI A-Z Forum Asan Medical centre, Seoul:
  • Left Main with Chronic Total Occlusion of Left Anterior Descending Artery in Cardiogenic Shock: Do or Die.3rd December 2016.
Awards
  • FACC (Fellowship of American College of Cardiology): 2019
  • AFPSC (Associate Fellow Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology)
Professional Membership