Dr. Allu Harshavardhini Interventional cardiologist MBBS, MD (General Medicine), DM (Cardiology)
A cardiologist’s answer, on WhatsApp
Send your ECG, prescription or angiogram report on WhatsApp. Dr. Allu Harshavardhini replies within 24 to 48 hours with a voice message and a short written note, in Telugu or English.
Takes about 2 minutes
What do you need help with?
How it works
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Choose what you need
Pick one of the three and say who the patient is. It takes a minute.
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Send your reports on WhatsApp
WhatsApp opens by itself. Send photos of the reports and say what the problem is. A voice message is fine; you don’t have to type.
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Get the reply
The time counts from when your reports arrive. A message tells you the exact time to expect the reply.
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Ask follow-up questions
For 3 days after the reply, you can ask about anything that is unclear, on the same chat.
What to send
A clear photo saves a day. Lay the paper flat near a window, hold the phone straight above it, and keep all four corners in the picture.
ECG reading
- The whole ECG page, not a part of it
- The patient’s age and what they were feeling when it was taken
- An older ECG, if you have one
Prescription doubts
- Every prescription the patient is following now
- A photo of the tablet strips
- Recent BP and sugar readings
- The discharge summary, if there was a hospital stay
Second opinion
- The angiogram report and the angiogram video (CD)
- Echo report, ECG and blood tests
- The discharge summary
- What the hospital advised, and by when
The angiogram CD will not open?
Ask the hospital’s cath lab to copy the video to a pen drive or send it by WhatsApp. If that is not possible, play it on a computer and record the screen with your phone. Ask on WhatsApp and the doctor will guide you.
What the reply looks like
An example, not a real patient. You get a voice message the whole family can listen to, and a short note you can show your own doctor.
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10:14 pm
- 0:38
Doctor, this is from my company health check. My father had a heart attack at 54. Should I worry?
10:15 pm
- 1:52
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- What I see
- Heart rate 104, regular rhythm. The “nonspecific ST-T changes” printed by the machine are small and often appear when the heart is beating fast.
- What I think
- This ECG does not show a heart attack. An ECG alone cannot rule out blockages, which is why I advise the tests below.
- What to do
- Repeat the ECG after resting for 10 minutes. Because of your father’s history, get a lipid profile and a treadmill test within a month. This is not urgent. If you get chest discomfort or breathlessness while walking, see a cardiologist this week.
Dr. Allu Harshavardhini APMC/FMR/81669 Opinion from the records sent, without examining the patient.
7:40 am
About the doctor
Dr. Allu Harshavardhini is an interventional cardiologist. Her daily work is angiograms, stents and seeing heart patients in the outpatient clinic. Families often send her reports on WhatsApp to ask what they mean and what to do next. This clinic is where she answers those questions properly.
- Qualifications
- MBBS, MD (General Medicine), DM (Cardiology)
- Medical council registration
- APMC/FMR/81669 (Andhra Pradesh Medical Council)
- Awards
- Gold medal in MBBS and in MD
- Speaks
- Telugu, English, Hindi
What you get
- A clear answer to your question, in plain Telugu or English.
- What the report shows, how serious it is, and what to do next.
- A written note you can show the doctor who is treating you.
- If the patient needs to be seen in person, you are told so, and how soon.
What this clinic cannot do
- It cannot handle emergencies. For chest pain, breathlessness or fainting, call 108.
- There is no physical examination. The reply is an opinion on the reports you send.
- It does not replace your own doctor. Show them the note.
Questions people ask
Who replies, the doctor or an assistant?
Dr. Allu Harshavardhini replies herself. The voice message is in her voice, and the note carries her name.
I am asking for my father or mother. Whose number do I give?
Yours, if you are the one who will talk to the doctor. The reply goes to that number only.
What if my photo is not clear?
The doctor will ask for a better one. The time counts from when the clear photo arrives.
Will the doctor change my medicines?
The note says what she would change and why, so you can show it to the doctor who is treating you.
Who can see my reports?
Only the doctor reads them. They are stored privately, never used for advertising, and never shared with any hospital. Photos can be deleted if you ask; the note of the advice is kept as the law requires.
Common questions, answered plainly
All articlesHave an ECG or a report you want explained?
Dr. Allu Harshavardhini replies on WhatsApp, in Telugu or English.