Heart Surgery

January 11, 2022

In a medical first, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient

While it's too soon to know if the operation really will work, it marks a step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants.

November 14, 2021
Very lucky to be alive, says Chris Cairns

The former Kiwi all-rounder said that he doesn't know what will happen going forward but the only option was to just "keep going".
October 16, 2021
First artificial heart implantation in Kerala successfully done on 61-year-old woman

The Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a complex and rare procedure which needs good expertise and only few centres in India are doing it at present.
September 27, 2021
Woman with rare genetic disease undergoes heart surgery in Delhi

The woman was found to be suffering from Marfan syndrome, a rare inherited disorder that affects connective tissue and organs such as the heart, eyes, blood vessels, and bones.
November 08, 2020
A complex open-heart surgery done without giving a single drop of blood

Dr Jose Chacko Periappuram, who made history by performing the first heart transplant in Kerala, shares experiences that touched his heart.
November 08, 2020
The baby angel who flew away

I looked at the father's eyes and into the child’s face that exuded vitality, not knowing what to do. I then glanced through his daughter’s medical records.
November 08, 2020
World Heart Day | A mother's goodness: Giving away son's heart after losing everything she lived for

I then gathered my courage and said, 'No, mother, we have come to keep your son alive. His heart will beat in another person as it did in him, for his mother, for a long time.'

Heart Surgery

In a medical first, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient

They said I'll never get an MBBS seat: Archana Vijayan fights stigma against SMA patients

Very lucky to be alive, says Chris Cairns

First artificial heart implantation in Kerala successfully done on 61-year-old woman

Woman with rare genetic disease undergoes heart surgery in Delhi

A complex open-heart surgery done without giving a single drop of blood

The baby angel who flew away

World Heart Day | A mother's goodness: Giving away son's heart after losing everything she lived for

When Kerala saw medical history after life hanging by thread for 14 days was revived

World Heart Day | Diet and lifestyle tweaks to stay healthy at heart

Sree Chitra Institute develops simple, cost effective blood flow device to track open heart surgeries