Dr. K. R. Balakrishnan

Specialist:      Cardiac Surgeon
Experience:   39+ years of experience
Hospital:        MGM Healthcare, Chennai

Brief about doctor:

Dr K R Balakrishnan is a renowned and reputed Cardio-thoracic surgeon at MGM Healthcare, Chennai.
He is one of the leading Cardiothoracic Surgeons of India with extensive experience of 39+years.
He has performed several first cardiac surgeries in India which includes the first pediatric heart transplant on a 2 year old Russian kid.

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He also did the first LVAD and HVAD pump transplant in India in 2012 and 2013 respectively.
In his career spanning over three decades he has performed 16000 cardiac surgeries
Since 2010, he has carried out 180 Heart Transplants, 9 Heart and Lung Transplants, and 30 Lung Transplants and holds the record of doing highest number of transplants in India.
He is highly skilled in performing various Cardiothoracic and Vascular procedures including Mitral Valve Replacement, Aortic Valve Repair and Replacement, Coronary Angiogram etc.
Dr Balakrishnan has got the opportunity to work with Sir Brian Barratt –Boyes, Green lane Hospital, New Zealand and Dr Albert Starr at Oregon Health Science University and St. Vincent Hospital, USA.
He successfully revived a patient whose heart had stopped beating for 45 minutes with heart transplant.
He played the pivotal role in setting up India’s First Comprehensive Centre for Heart Failure Management at Fortis Malar Hospital, Chennai.

Education & Awards:

MBBS- Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry 1976
MS – All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi1980
MCh in Cardiothoracic Surgery King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, Mumbai 1982
Awarded a distinction in M.Ch which was first ever awarded by Bombay University in Cardio Thoracic Speciality.
Hiralal gold medal in surgery, awarded by AIIMS, New Delhi, India in 1980.
Awarded as First at the University of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the year 1976 by the University of Madras.

Special areas of interest:

End-stage heart failure management (Heart Transplant & VAD implant)
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Lung Transplant

List of treatment procedures:

Angiography
Heart Transplant
Neonatal and Infant cardiac surgeries
Complex congenital heart surgeries
TAPVC – Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair Arterial Switch

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Single Ventricle Defects Surgery
ECMO Support
Device Closure- ASD VSD
Balloon Valvuloplasty – Aortic
PDA Device Closure
Coronary Angiogram
PTCA-Percutaneous Transluminal
Coronary Angioplasty
Aortic Stent Grafting
EPS-Electrophysiological
Radiofrequency Ablation
PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Single Chamber
Biventricular Pacing
AICD
PTMC – Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy
heart disease
Balloon Septostomy
Pulmonary and Mitral
Fetal Echocardiogram
Off Pump beating CABG LV restoration
surgery
Valve Repair Replacement
Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
Ross Procedure
Cardiac Tumour Treatment
Aortic Dissection Repair Surgery
Minimal access surgeries for valves
ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Closure
Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG)
Aortic Valve Replacement
Mitral Valve Replacement
VSD Closure (Adult) Surgery
Heart Double Valve Replacement
PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Double Chamber
CRT- D Implant (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)
Single Bypass and Valve Replacement
Valve Replacement
Congenital Heart Disorder CHD
Heart Bypass – Minimally Invasive CABG
Heart Implants
Cardiac OPD Procedures
ECG-Treadmill Test TMT
24 Hour Holter Monitoring
Ambulatory BP Monitoring (ABPM)
Echocardiography with Color Doppler
Stress Echocardiography
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) Test
Thallium Test – Nuclear Stress Test
64 Slice CT Angiography
PET Scan
Peripheral Angiogram