MGM Healthcare, a 400-bedded quaternary care hospital in the heart of the city, proudly introduces its Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support. Spearheaded by India’s leading heart and lung transplant surgeon Dr K R Balakrishnan as its Director, the institute has been set-up with the vision to utilise the latest in technology, innovation and medical protocols to give people in heart failure a new lease of life.
With over 30 years of interest, experience and continued research in end-stage heart failure management (heart transplant & mechanical circulatory support devices), paediatric cardiac surgery, congestive heart failure and lung transplant, India’s heart and lung transplant programme has been pioneered by Dr Balakrishnan. The advanced technology, infrastructure and equipment available at MGM Healthcare, combined with skilled physicians and surgeons, provides improved diagnosis, care, treatment and outcomes.
From the successful use of ECMO, a machine that provides cardiac and pulmonary support to a person in end-stage heart and lung failure, as a bridge to heart transplant in 2012 to India’s first successful HVAD implant surgery performed on a 42-year-old with end-stage heart failure to the first paediatric heart transplant on a 2-year-old, Dr K R Balakrishnan and his team of highly skilled physicians and surgeons have performed many ‘firsts’ for India.
In an integrated manner, MGM Healthcare’s expert team of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, cardiac anaesthesiologists, critical care physicians and rehab specialists care for patients with advanced
heart failure, congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathy and other conditions at our Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support.
Dr K R Balakrishnan
Chairman and Director, Institute of Cardiac Sciences
Director, Institute of Heart and Lung Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support
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Our program here at MGM Healthcare is driven by supreme expertise — the most experienced doctors, advanced technology and medical equipment, futuristic facilities — all for a singular principal purpose, the betterment of patients.
Our team of heart transplant surgeons have performed hundreds of procedures using the most advanced technologies. Our Transplant team are leaders in performing complex heart and lung transplant surgeries and in using mechanical circulatory support and ventricular assist devices that help people live better while waiting for a donor heart. We work with you to chalk out a personalised treatment plan when you are faced with the decision of needing a heart transplant. We help you understand what to expect of the heart transplant process, the surgery itself, potential risks and follow-up care.
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With over 30 years of interest, experience and continued research in end-stage heart failure management (heart transplant & mechanical circulatory support devices), paediatric cardiac surgery, congestive heart failure and lung transplant, India’s heart and lung transplant programme has been pioneered by Dr Balakrishnan. The advanced technology, infrastructure and equipment available at MGM Healthcare, combined with skilled physicians and surgeons, provides improved diagnosis, care, treatment and outcomes.
MGM Healthcare aspires to deliver outstanding patient experiences with world class expertise backed by next generation medical and digital technologies.