Dr. Manik Chopra is recognized as the first and most experienced structural heart disease interventionist and TAVR/ TAVI specialist in Gujarat, and among one of the leading experts in India. He leads the structural heart disease interventions program at Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Ahmedabad, where the team has achieved multiple firsts in transcatheter heart valve interventions in Gujarat. These include mitral procedures (replacement — TMVR, repair — M-TEER using MitraClip); pulmonary interventions (TPVR); tricuspid and caval interventions (caval valve implantation — CAVI using the TricValve) and aortic valve interventions (TAVR/TAVI- in a bicuspid aortic valve, VIV with valve fracture and with cerebral protection). The program attracts patients not only from across Gujarat, but also from other states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh & Maharashtra, as well as from foreign countries such as Kenya and Bangladesh. Dr Manik Chopra is also a proctor for all the commercially available THVs in India (Meril- Myval platform/ Edwards- Sapien platform/ Medtronic- Evolut platform/ Abbott-Portico, Navitor platform/ Boston Scientific- ACURATE neo2- now withdrawn/ Microport- Vitaflow Liberty, SMT- Hydra); all the commercially available M-TEER devices in India (Abbott- MitraClip/ Meril- MyClip); LAAO devices (Boston Scientific- Watchman FLX) and CAVI devices (Relisys- TricValve). He also has expertise in electrosurgery procedures like BASILICA, LAMPOON, other leaflet modification procedures and other electrosurgery procedures. He is also a consultant for Pie imaging. He has performed or proctored 900 + TAVR/TAVI and other transcatheter heart valve & structural heart disease interventions across 23 countries, 90 cities & 251 cardiac centres across India and abroad since mid-2019. With his experience of 300+ such interventions during his fellowship at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark (2017- 2018); he has a total experience of 1200+ such interventions- one of the largest in India. He has done/ proctored 50+ transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) - valve in valve (VIV), valve in ring (VIR) and transapical cases. He has provided his services internationally and has proctored 150+ cases in countries across Europe (Denmark, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, UK, Croatia, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania); Asia (China, Russia, UAE, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Bangladesh) and Egypt. He also holds the distinction of proctoring the first Myval TAVR cases in Denmark, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, and Romania.
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