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Detailed explanation-1: -But despite these odds, one of India’s first cardiology departments was set up by a woman - the legendary Dr S I Padmavati. Now 103 and retired from active practice, Dr Padmavati was working 12 hours a day, five days a week till late 2015 at the National Heart Institute in Delhi that she founded in 1981.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dr Padmavati established the first cardiology clinic and catheter lab, the first Indian medical school-based cardiology department, and India’s first heart foundation.

Detailed explanation-3: -The foundation of the field of cardiology was laid in 1628, when English physician William Harvey published his observations on the anatomy and physiology of the heart and circulation.