Indians are genetically three times more susceptible than Europeans to have an attack on the heart. In India, usually the breadwinner of the family is the victim of attack. At Narayana Hrudayalaya 60% of the surgeries carried out are, coronary artery bypass grafting and redo coronary artery by pass grafting.

Having carried out over 13,000 coronary bypass grafting and redo coronary artery bypass grafting operations, the team of experts at Narayana Hrudyalaya are one of the most experienced in the world when it comes down to performing CABG, redo CABG's and mainly coronary artery bypass grafting without heart lung machine. The team of our cardiac surgeons also have a special interest in complete arterial graft using internal mammary artery and radial arteries.

The team of cardiac surgeons at Narayana Hrudayalaya strongly believe that terminal heart failure, mainly due to ischaemic cardiomyopathy, can be corrected by our favourite technic called DOR's Procedure with coronary artery bypass grafting operation. With over 200 Dor's procedures to the team's credit, our team is one of the most experienced in the world in this rare procedure. We also conduct a large series of carotid enderactectomies to improve the blood supply to the brain with bypass grafting operation.

India produces the largest number of children in the world. So, going by the incidence of congenital heart disease we produce the largest number of children with heart diseases in the world (approximately 3 lakh children every year). Our team of paediatric cardiac surgeons is one of the most experienced in the world in terms of specializing in operating on children, especially children suffering from this complex heart problem.

Heart Surgeries on New Born Babies: Narayana Hrudayalaya gets referrals from 21 countries for surgeries in complex heart diseases especially in newborn babies who are barely few hours old. Our team of neonatal cardiac surgeons are perhaps few in the world who routinely performs switches and double switches for complex heart problem called Transposition of Great Arteries in newborn babies.

The Ross Procedure, also known as Pulmonary valve translocation, was developed by Donald Ross in 1967.This operation uses the patients own pulmonary valve and part of the main pulmonary artery as a unit to replace the aortic valve and ascending aorta. A homograft valve is harvested from a cadaver, is then placed in the pulmonary position. The pulmonary valve is identical in shape, size, and in fact stronger than the aortic valve and is therefore an ideal replacement for the diseased aortic valve. Narayana Hrudayalaya has a full fledge functioning homograft heart valve bank for the benefit of the needy patients. The surgeons of the Narayana Hrudayalaya have a large experience in successful valve replacements using homografts and Ross operations. These operations are being done only in very few centers in our country. Surgeons at Narayana Hrudayalaya have performed about 100 of this procedures with excellent results. They are perhaps one of the most experienced surgeons in the World in performing operations like Bental Procedure for Aortic Aneurysm and Aortic Arch replacement surgery for dissecting Aneurysm of Aorta.

Pulmonary embolism is a dreadful conditions and its advanced stage only Treatment for this is a lung transplant, which carries extremely high risk And poor prognosis. Narayana Hrudayalaya is one of the very few centers in the World today performing Pulmonary thrombo endarcterectomy (PTE) for pulmonary embolism (PE).

Surgery for Aneurysms of the Aorta including Aortic Arch Replacement and Replacement of Total Thoraco Abdominal Aorta with Re-implantation of Visceral Arteries. Aneurysms are fairly common problem, which are fatal if not treated. Narayana Hrudayalaya does large number of aneurysm surgeries on a regular basis.

Remodeling Procedures (Dor’s procedure) for Left Ventricular Aneurysms: Terminal Heart Failure is a common problem affecting most of the ischaemic heart patients. Left ventricular remodeling procedure called Dor's procedure has a really transformed the lives of these patients and over 200 of these Procedures are done at Narayana Hrudayalaya.

This is a rare heart problem, which can be corrected by performing complex Procedure called Double Switch to re-route blood through the heart.

Pulmonary Atresia is a condition in which blue babies are born with absent Main pulmonary arteries. Narayana Hrudayalaya is one of the few institutions in the world where unifocalisation procedures are done to treat this dreadful problem.

Traditionally Swiss Cheese VSDs in which there are multiple holes in the heart are corrected in two stages. However, Narayana Hrudayalaya has performed over over 200 operations on children with Swiss Cheese VSDs in one stage by closing all the holes in the heart.

Mitral Valve leakage is a dreadful condition affecting small percentage of children suffering from congenital heart disease. Only option for these children is repair of the valve, which is done on a regular basis at Narayana Hrudayalaya.

Best treatment option for Aortic Stensosis is Ross's Procedure in which the patient's own pulmonary valve is used to replace the aortic valve and in the place of pulmonary valve a homograft taken from a dead body is replaced.

There are thousands of patients especially Diabetics, who develop diffuse coronary artery disease, which cannot be grafted surgically. For these patients, Narayana Hrudayalaya performs an innovative procedure called Neo-roofing.