Dr. Sudhir Suryakant Shetkar

Dr. Sudhir Suryakant Shetkar is one of the best cardiologists in Nashik, currently associated with Apollo Hospitals. He is an expert in issues related to Interventional cardiology and angiography and also holds a fellowship in the same. He has authored more than 20 research papers, abstracts and chapters in books in his almost a decade long career. The doctor is also a member of important medical organizations such as the American Heart Association and the European Heart Failure Association.

• 1. European Society of Cardiology
• 2. American Heart Association
• 3. Indian Medical Association
• 4. Cardiology Society of India
• 5. European Heart Failure Association

• - Fellowship of Society of cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention (FSCAI)

• Research Papers:
• - Shetkar SS, Ramakrishnan S, Seth S, Chandna P, Verma SK, Bhargava B, Bahl VK. CYP 450 2C19 polymorphisms in Indian patients with coronary artery disease. Indian Heart J. 2014 Jan-Feb;66(1):16-24
• - Shetkar SS, Doshi SR, Seth S. Vanishing pulmonary oedema, a visual delight! Eur Heart J. 2014 Feb;35(7):454
• - Gupta SK, Shetkar SS, Ramakrishnan S, Kothari SS. Saline Contrast Echocardiography in the Era of Multimodality Imaging-Importance of “Bubbling It Right”. Echocardiography. 2015 Aug 7. doi: 10.1111/echo.13035. Echocardiography. 2015 Nov;32(11):1707-19
• - Shetkar SS, Parakh N, Singh B, Mishra NK, Ray R, Karthikeyan G, Yadav R, Goswami KC. cardio-embolic stroke due to valve tissue embolization during percutaneous transept mitral commissurotomy (PTMC). Indian Heart J. 2014 Sep-Oct;66(5):546-9
• - Shetkar SS, Kothari SS. Intermittent’ restrictive ventricular septal defect in Tetralogy of Fallot. Ann Pediatr cardiol. 2015 Jan-Apr;8(1):80-1
• - Shetkar SS, Kothari SS. Double-outlet left atrium: Ventriculo-atrial malalignment defect. Ann Pediatr cardiol. 2013 Jul;6(2):158-61
• - Shetkar SS, Gupta SK, Gulati GS, Juneja R. Right superior vena cava to left atrium: importance of “bubbling it right”. 2014 May;31(5):E161-2
• - Shetkar SS, Ramakrishnan S. ST elevation in neurogenically stunned myocardium.  Heart Asia. 2013;5(1):226-227
• - Sharma G, Shetkar SS, Patel CD, et al. Paced QRS duration predicts left ventricular function in patients with permanent pacemakers – One-year follow-up study using equilibrium radionuclide angiography (ERNA)
• - Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal. 2015;15(2):90-95. Thakran V, Ramakrishnan S, Verma SK, Shetkar S, Seth S, Bhargava B. Acute effects of chewing tobacco on coronary microcirculation and hemodynamics in habitual tobacco chewers. J Pract cardiovasc Sci 2015;1:138-42
• - Sharma G, Shetkar S, Bhasin A, Ramakrishnan L, Juneja R, Naik N, Roy A, Ramakrishnan S, Bhargava B, Bahl VK.High sensitive C-reactive protein and interleukin 6 in atrial fibrillation with rheumatic mitral stenosis from Indian cohort. Indian Heart J. 2017 Jul – Aug;69(4):505-511
• Abstracts:
• - SS.  Shetkar, G.  Sharma, S.  Singh, A.  Roy, L.  Ramakrishnan, V.K.  Bahl. Wilkins score as predictor of atrial fibrillation in rheumatic mitral stenosis. European Heart Journal (2013) 34 ( Abstract Supplement ), 856
• - G.  Sharma, SS.  Shetkar, R.  Lakshmy, R.  Juneja, A.  Saxena, V.K.  Bahl. Comparison of inflammatory marker levels in atrial fibrillation and sinus rhythm in patients with chronic rheumatic mitral stenosis. European Heart Journal (2013) 34 (Abstract Supplement), 697
• - B.D. Singh, SS. Shetkar, S. Seth, G. Gulati, V.K. Iyer, R. Ray, I. Xess, S.S. Kothari, V.K. Bahl. Vanishing cardiac mass. European Heart Journal (2013) 34 (Abstract Supplement), 1124
• Chapters in Books
• - Shetkar, Sudhir S., and Sandeep Singh. “Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitors” Handbook of Lipidology (2016): 152