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.

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