Dr. Padmavathi Alwana is a DHA and MOH certified Cardiologist with over 10 years of experience in tertiary care hospitals. She specializes in invasive and non-invasive cardiology, including coronary angiography, angioplasty, cardiac catheterization, and advanced cardiac imaging.
She has a special interest in radial coronary procedures and women’s heart health, particularly the management of heart disease during pregnancy. She has expertise in transthoracic, transoesophageal, and stress echocardiography, and practices preventive cardiology. Additionally, she has teaching experience with DM, MD, and MBBS students. She is known for her compassionate approach, attention to detail, and calm decision-making in cardiac emergencies.
Experience
- 2025 – Specialist Cardiologist
- 2019 – 2025 – Assistant Professor of Cardiology – Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Hyderabad, India
- 2010 – 2013 – Tutor – Kakatiya Medical College, India
Area of Expertise
- Diagnose acute myocardial infarction and thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction
- Primary PCI for acute myocardial infarction
- Pericardiocentesis for pericardial tamponade
- Temporary pacemaker insertion for patients with complete heart block
- Diagnosing aortic emergencies and appropriate referral to cardiothoracic surgery team
- Acute decompensated heart failure
- Prosthetic valve thrombosis
- Infective endocarditis
- Hypertensive emergencies
- Chronic heart failure
- Ischaemic cardiomyopathy
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Valvular heart disease
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Pregnancy with heart disease
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- CTEPAH
- Diagnosing varied congenital heart diseases like ASD, VSD, PDA and cyanotic heart diseases like TOF, DORV, TGA, CCTGA and appropriate management
- Diagnosing and management of various types of arrhythmias
- Acute pulmonary thromboembolism
Languages Spoken
- English
- Hindi
- Telugu