About Dr K R Balakrishnan
- Dr K R Balakrishnan is a renowned and reputed Cardio-thoracic surgeon in Chennai.
- With a thriving experience of over 30 + years, he has been credited with India’s First LVAD and HVAD pump implant as destination therapy.
- Dr Balakrishnan has done his MBBS from JIPMER, MS (General Surgery) from the eminent AIIMS,Delhi . Following which he did his McH (Cardio thoracic Surgery) from KEM Hospital, University.
- He has been instrumental in starting India’s First Comprehensive Centre for Heart Failure Management at Fortis Malar Hospital, Chennai.
- 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.
- Dr Balakrishnan is also actively engaged with various institutions to develop Pulsatile and continuous flow LVADs (Left Ventricular Assist Device) and molecular biology of ventricular hypertrophy.
- Dr Balakrishnan is first cardiologist in India to successfully perform HVAD implant surgery, and LVAD implant surgery as destination therapy.
Hospital
MGM Healthcare, Chennai
Location
Chennai, India
Special Interest
End-stage heart failure management (Heart Transplant & VAD implant) Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Lung Transplant
List Of Treatments
- Cardiac OPD Procedures
- ECG-Treadmill Test TMT
- 24 Hour Holter Monitoring
- Ambulatory BP Monitoring (ABPM)
- Echocardiography with Color Doppler
- Transesophageal Echocardiography - TEE
- Stress Echocardiographyn
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) Test
- Thallium Test - Nuclear Stress Test
- 64 Slice CT Angiography
- PET Scan
- CARDIAC SURGERY - ADULTS
- Off Pump beating CABG LV restoration
- surgery
- Valve Repair Replacement
- Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
- Ross Procedure
- Cardiac Tumour Treatment
- Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Treatment
- Aortic Dissection Repair Surgery
- Minimal access surgeries for valves
- ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Closure
- Aortofemoral Bypass Surgery
- PTE - Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
- Neonatal and Infant cardiac surgeries
- Closure of defects like ASD VSD
- Complex congenital heart surgeriesg
- TAPVC - Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair Arterial Switch
- Single Ventricle Defects Surgery
- ECMO Support
- Cardiac Catherisation for congenital
- heart disease
- Device Closure- ASD VSD
- Balloon Septostomy
- Balloon Valvuloplasty - Aortic
- Pulmonary and Mitral
- Closure of Fistulas
- Fetal Echocardiogram
- Coronary Angiogram
- Renal Angiogram
- Cerebral Angiogram
- Peripheral Angiogram
- PTCA-Percutaneous Transluminal
- Coronary Angioplasty
- Peripheral Angioplasty
- Aortic Stent Grafting
- EPS-Electrophysiological
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant - Single Chamber
- IVC Filter Insertion
- Biventricular Pacing
- AICD
- Trigger Point Injection (TPI)
- PTMC - Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy
- Heart Transplant
- Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG)
- Angiography
- 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)
- PDA Device Closure
- Single Bypass and Valve Replacement
- Pediatric interventional cardiology
- Valve Replacement
- Congenital Heart Disorder CHD
- Heart Bypass - Minimally Invasive CABG
- Heart Implants
Work Experience of Dr K R Balakrishnan
Director, Fortis Malar Hospital ,Chennai
, Senior Registrar ,Sir Brian Baratt-Boyes, Cardio Thoracic Unit, Green Lane Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand
, Specialist ,Railway Hospital, Perambur, Madras
Dr K R Balakrishnan's
- MBBS, JIPMER, Pondicherry
- MS, AIIMS
- MCh, KEM Hospital ,University of Bombay
Awarded a distinction in M.Ch which was first ever awarded by Bombay University in Cardio Thoracic Speciality Hiralal gold medal in surgery, AIIMS, New Delhi
- Images in cardiovascular medicine. Role of inflammation in atherosclerosis: immunohistochemical and electron microscopic images of a coronary endarterectomy specimen. Balakrishnan KR, Kuruvilla S. Circulation. 2006 Jan 24;113(3):e41-3. PMID: 16432060 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Modified septosuperior approach for the repair of supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous return in infants, Balakrishnan KR, Parvathy U. Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Sep;80(3):1140-2. PMID: 16122518 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Influence of lumen shape and vessel geometry on plaque stresses: possible role in the increased vulnerability of a remodelled vessel and the “shoulder” of a plaque. Kumar RK, Balakrishnan KR. Heart. 2005 Nov;91(11):1459-65. Epub 2005 Mar 17. PMID: 15774611 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Pseudoaneurysm of the popliteal artery. Surgical management of 3 cases. Parvathy U, Saldanha R, Balakrishnan KR. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2005 Feb;46(1):43-6. PMID: 15758876 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Severe coronary artery disease with coarctation of the aorta: role of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. Balakrishnan KR, Thanikachalam S, Murthy JS, Saldanha R, Jayarajah M. Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Jan;79(1):343-5. PMID: 15620979 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Surgical closure of atrial septal defect in children under two years of age. Parvathy U, Balakrishnan KR, Ranjith MS, Saldanha R, Vakamudi M. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2004 Dec;12(4):296-9. PMID: 15585696 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Further insights into normal aortic valve function: role of a compliant aortic root on leaflet opening and valve orifice area.Sripathi VC, Kumar RK, Balakrishnan KR, Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Mar;77(3):844-51.
- Blunt abdominal trauma resulting in urinothorax from a missed uretero-pelvic junction avulsion: case report. Parvathy U, Saldanha R, Balakrishnan KR. J Trauma. 2003 Jan;54(1):187-9. PMID: 12544917 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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