Dr Nischal N. Hegde graduated from the prestigious Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi , one of the busiest centres handling 500 Angio per month. He has worked as Consultant Interventional Cardiologist in Park Group of Hospitals, Gurgaon and in Apex Group of Hospitals, Jaipur. He has published many papers in prestigious journals like the European Heart Journal, Journal Of Electrocardiology, Japanese Journal of Cardiology, etc. He has authored two chapters in two different Cardiology textbooks by Cardiology Society of India published by Jaypee Publishers. His areas of interest includes Coronary angiogram, Coronary angioplasty, temporary and permanent pacemaker implantation, AICD implantation, CT Coronary angiogram, echocardiography, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, and valvular heart diseases.