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Best Hospitals for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in Chennai, India

Review 4 validated hospitals and 9 associated cardiac surgeons for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in Chennai, India. Relationships require matching hospital and doctor procedure data.

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Quick answer

Quick Answer

What is Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery?

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery uses smaller thoracic incisions for a specifically indicated valve, coronary or other heart operation while preserving the same clinical treatment goal. Through a mini-thoracotomy or partial sternotomy, the team performs the named operation using specialized instruments and often peripheral bypass cannulation; consent includes conversion to full sternotomy when safety or completeness requires it.

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Which hospitals in Chennai offer Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery?

4 validated hospital relationships currently match Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in Chennai: Apollo Hospital, Chennai, Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai, MGM Healthcare, Chennai, Rela Hospital. Inclusion requires both a hospital procedure mapping and an affiliated cardiac surgeon mapped to the same procedure.

Which doctors are associated with Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in Chennai?

9 listed cardiac surgeons currently have an exact Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery relationship at the hospitals shown. A catalog relationship is not a guarantee that a clinician will accept every case.

At a glance

Validated catalog relationships

Hospitals
4
cardiac surgeons
9
Treatment guides
1
Cost guides
2

Hospital inclusion requires a Cardiac Surgery relationship and an affiliated cardiac surgeon. Procedure pages additionally require matching hospital-procedure and doctor-procedure relationships.

Hospitals

Hospitals offering Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in Chennai, India

Cards use factual campus data and validated relationship counts. Ordering is alphabetical by city and hospital name, not a ranking.

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  • Joint Commission International Gold Seal of ApprovalJCI Accredited
  • NABH Accredited — Patient Safety & Quality of CareNABH Accredited
Beds
745 beds
Established
Established 1983

Apollo Hospital, Chennai is listed for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in Chennai because GAF's current data records the procedure at this campus and connects 3 affiliated cardiac surgeons with the same procedure. This is a catalog relationship, not confirmation that the procedure is suitable or currently scheduled for a specific patient.

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  • Joint Commission International Gold Seal of ApprovalJCI Accredited
  • NABH Accredited — Patient Safety & Quality of CareNABH Accredited
  • NABL — National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration LaboratoriesNABL Accredited
Beds
1000 beds
Established
Established 1999

Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai is listed for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in Chennai because GAF's current data records the procedure at this campus and connects 1 affiliated cardiac surgeon with the same procedure. This is a catalog relationship, not confirmation that the procedure is suitable or currently scheduled for a specific patient.

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  • Joint Commission International Gold Seal of ApprovalJCI Accredited
  • NABH Accredited — Patient Safety & Quality of CareNABH Accredited
  • NABL — National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration LaboratoriesNABL Accredited
Beds
400 beds
Established
Established 2016

MGM Healthcare, Chennai is listed for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in Chennai because GAF's current data records the procedure at this campus and connects 2 affiliated cardiac surgeons with the same procedure. This is a catalog relationship, not confirmation that the procedure is suitable or currently scheduled for a specific patient.

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Rela Hospital

Chennai, India

  • Joint Commission International Gold Seal of ApprovalJCI Accredited
  • NABH Accredited — Patient Safety & Quality of CareNABH Accredited
  • NABL — National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration LaboratoriesNABL Accredited
  • DHADHA
Beds
450 beds
Established
Established 2018

Rela Hospital is listed for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in Chennai because GAF's current data records the procedure at this campus and connects 3 affiliated cardiac surgeons with the same procedure. This is a catalog relationship, not confirmation that the procedure is suitable or currently scheduled for a specific patient.

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Compare hospital facts

This table compares recorded attributes only. It does not score or rank hospitals.

HospitalCityAccreditationBedsEstablishedValidated proceduresListed doctors
Apollo Hospital, ChennaiChennaiJCI · NABH745198373
Gleneagles HealthCity ChennaiChennaiJCI · NABH · NABL1000199971
MGM Healthcare, ChennaiChennaiJCI · NABH · NABL400201693
Rela HospitalChennaiJCI · NABH · NABL · DHA450201893

Procedures

Related Cardiac Surgery heart operations

Cities

Cities with hospitals offering Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

Doctors

cardiac surgeons associated with Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

Each doctor has a matching hospital and Cardiac Surgery relationship. Procedure pages additionally require that exact doctor-procedure mapping.

Dr. A. S. Hariharan

Cardiac Surgery

Visiting Consultant

  • 12+ years Experience
  • Designation: Visiting Consultant
  • MBBS, DNB (General Surgery), DNB (Cardiothoracic Surgery)
  • MBBS
  • D.N.B (General Surgery)
  • D.N.B (Cardiothoracic Surgery)

Dr. A. S. Hariharan is a Visiting Consultant at Rela Hospital in Chennai, with more than 12 years of experience. His profile records cardiac surgery together with vascular surgery. His list is weighted toward the aorta.…

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Key Procedures

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
  • Aortic Aneurysm Repair
  • Aortic Root Replacement
  • Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
  • Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVA…
  • LVAD Implantation

Dr. D. Senthil Kumar

Cardiac Surgery

Senior Consultant

  • 19+ years Experience
  • Designation: Senior Consultant
  • MBBS, MS, MCh
  • M.Ch. in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery — Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), India (2015)
  • M.S. (Master of Surgery) — Chengalpattu Medical College, India (2012)
  • M.B.B.S. — Madras Medical College, India (2007)

Dr. D. Senthil Kumar is Senior Consultant at Rela Hospital in Chennai, India. He has practised cardiac surgery in India for 19+ years experience. The cardiac list covers Robotic Cardiac Surgery, Minimally Invasive Cardi…

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Key Procedures

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
  • Heart Valve Repair Surgery
  • Heart Valve Replacement Surgery
  • Heart-Lung Transplant
  • Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
  • Robotic Cardiac Surgery

Senior Consultant

  • 33+ years Experience
  • Designation: Senior Consultant
  • MBBS, MS, MCh
  • MBBS
  • MS (General Surgery)
  • M.Ch (PGI)

Dr. Dillip Kumar Mishra is Senior Consultant at Apollo Hospital in Chennai, India. He has practised cardiac surgery in India for 33+ years experience. The cardiac list covers Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Redo CAB…

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Key Procedures

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
  • Heart Valve Repair Surgery
  • Heart Valve Replacement Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
  • Double Valve Replacement
  • Aortic Root Replacement

Dr. Girinath M R

Cardiac Surgery

Senior Consultant

  • 45+ years Experience
  • Designation: Senior Consultant
  • MBBS, MS, MCh
  • MBBS
  • M.S. (General Surgery)
  • M.Ch. (CTS)

Dr. Girinath M R is Senior Consultant at Apollo Hospital in Chennai, India. He has practised cardiac surgery in India for 45+ years experience. The cardiac list covers Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Double Valve Re…

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Key Procedures

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
  • Heart Valve Repair Surgery
  • Heart Valve Replacement Surgery
  • Double Valve Replacement
  • Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
  • Aortic Root Replacement

Dr. K R Balakrishnan

Cardiac Surgery

Senior Consultant

  • 34+ years Experience
  • Designation: Senior Consultant
  • MBBS, MS, MCh
  • MCh in Cardiothoracic Surgery (1982)- King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, Mumbai (University of Bombay)
  • MS in General Surgery (1980)- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
  • MBBS (1976)- Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry

Dr. K R Balakrishnan is Senior Consultant at MGM Healthcare in Chennai, India. He has practised cardiac surgery in India for 34+ years experience. The cardiac list covers LVAD Implantation, Heart Transplant Surgery and…

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Key Procedures

  • Heart Transplant Surgery
  • Lung Transplant Surgery
  • Heart-Lung Transplant
  • LVAD Implantation
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
  • Heart Valve Repair Surgery

Dr. Madhusudhan M G

Cardiac Surgery

Consultant Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon

  • 12+ years Experience
  • Designation: Consultant Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon
  • MBBS, MS, MCh, MRCS
  • MBBS– JSS Medical College, Mysore (2004–2008)
  • MS (General Surgery)– KVG Medical College, Sullia (2013)
  • MCh (Cardiothoracic Surgery) – Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences & Research, Bengaluru (2017)

Dr. Madhusudhan M G is a Consultant Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon at Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai, with more than 12 years of experience. His profile records cardiac surgery together with vascular surgery and pae…

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Key Procedures

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
  • Heart Valve Repair Surgery
  • Heart Valve Replacement Surgery
  • Aortic Root Replacement
  • Double Valve Replacement
  • Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

Dr. Sridhar L F

Cardiac Surgery

Senior Consultant

  • 27+ years Experience
  • Designation: Senior Consultant
  • MBBS, CTVS, MNAMS
  • MBBS
  • CTVS — Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
  • MNAMS

Dr. Sridhar L F is Senior Consultant at Apollo Hospital in Chennai, India. He has practised cardiac surgery in India for 27+ years experience. The cardiac list covers Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Redo CABG and Do…

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Key Procedures

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
  • Heart Valve Repair Surgery
  • Heart Valve Replacement Surgery
  • Double Valve Replacement
  • Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
  • Aortic Root Replacement

Director and Senior Consultant

  • 26+ years Experience
  • Designation: Director and Senior Consultant
  • MBBS, MS, DNB
  • MBBS
  • MS
  • DNB

Dr. Srinath Vijayasekharan is Director and Senior Consultant at Rela Hospital in Chennai, with more than 26 years of experience. His profile records cardiac surgery together with paediatric cardiac surgery. His list is…

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Key Procedures

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
  • Heart Transplant Surgery
  • Lung Transplant Surgery
  • Heart-Lung Transplant
  • Heart Valve Repair Surgery
  • Heart Valve Replacement Surgery

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City context

Why patients consider Chennai for Cardiac Surgery

Chennai has a broader cardiac-care ecosystem, but this article does not infer that every listed institution performs coronary artery bypass grafting. Doctor and hospital cards in Chennai must come only from live catalog relationships that exactly tag CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting). When that mapping is absent, the cards must remain empty: do not borrow a generic cardiac entity. An empty area is a catalog gap, not a ranking, outcome or capability statement.

Chennai has a broader cardiac-care ecosystem, but this article does not infer that every listed institution performs heart valve replacement. Doctor and hospital cards in Chennai must come only from live catalog relationships that exactly tag Heart Valve Replacement. When that mapping is absent, the cards must remain empty: do not borrow a generic cardiac entity. An empty area is a catalog gap, not a ranking, outcome or capability statement.

Doctor and hospital cards in Chennai must come only from live catalog relationships that exactly tag CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting). When that mapping is absent, the cards must remain empty: do not borrow a generic cardiac entity. An empty area is a catalog gap, not a ranking, outcome or capability statement.

Confirm the exact operating campus, named lead clinician, cardiac anaesthesia, perfusion or catheter support as applicable, ICU escalation and follow-up in writing. General accreditation does not establish procedure-specific availability or outcomes.

Send current echo, angiography or CT and all prior cardiac records before booking travel to Chennai.

Obtain written acceptance from a named Cardiac surgeon and allow for repeat assessment after arrival. Several hospital corridors have relatively direct airport access, but heat and humidity make an immediate airport-to-admission schedule unwise. Allow time for rest, repeat imaging and anaesthetic review.

Chennai International Airport: Several hospital corridors have relatively direct airport access, but heat and humidity make an immediate airport-to-admission schedule unwise. Allow time for rest, repeat imaging and anaesthetic review. Air-conditioned indoor recovery, hydration and wound care are practical in hot weather. Flight clearance still depends on clinical stability, not a short airport transfer.

Obtain written acceptance from a named Cardiac surgeon and allow for repeat assessment after arrival. Several hospital corridors have relatively direct airport access, but heat and humidity make an immediate airport-to-admission schedule unwise. Allow time for rest, repeat imaging and anaesthetic review.

Treatment guides

Canonical GAF treatment content

  • Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery treatment guide

    Minimally invasive cardiac surgery uses smaller thoracic incisions for a specifically indicated valve, coronary or other heart operation while preserving the same clinical treatment goal. Through a mini-thoracotomy or partial sternotomy, the team performs the named operation using specialized instruments and often peripheral bypass cannulation; consent includes conversion to full sternotomy when safety or completeness requires it.

Cost guides

Indicative planning ranges

India planning ranges are not city tariffs, hospital quotations or patient-specific prices. A named hospital must confirm the written estimate.

Conditions

Explicitly related conditions

Conditions appear only when the controlled specialty profile or canonical procedure content records the relationship.

  • Coronary artery disease

    The appropriate heart operation depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.

  • Valvular heart disease

    The appropriate heart operation depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.

  • Heart failure

    The appropriate heart operation depends on the confirmed diagnosis, severity, patient factors and whether it will change treatment or function.

Questions

Best Hospitals for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in Chennai, India — frequently asked questions

What is Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery?

The concise definition on this page comes from the canonical GAF Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery treatment and cost content. This hospital page does not duplicate the full medical guide.

Which hospitals in Chennai offer Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery?

4 hospitals currently meet the hospital-specialty, hospital-procedure, doctor-hospital and doctor-procedure validation rules for this page.

Which cities offer Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery?

Validated relationships currently appear in Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Mumbai.

Which cardiac surgeons are associated with Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery?

9 listed doctors have the exact procedure relationship at a hospital shown on this page. Inclusion is not a clinical ranking.

What is the cost of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in Chennai?

Use the linked GAF cost guide as an indicative planning range. A hospital quotation is required after records review, and an India range is not a city-specific or patient-specific price.

Dr. Shabnam Choudhary, BDS, is a dental professional who graduated from Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka. She contributes to the curation and development of medically informative healthcare content, helping ensure that information is structured clearly and presented in a patient-friendly manner.

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Dr. Shabnam Choudhary

BDS

Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru

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Dr. Saffiyyah Chaudhary, BDS, is a dental professional who graduated from Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka. She provides medical review of healthcare content to help ensure that clinical information is accurate, understandable, and appropriately presented for patients and their families.

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Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru

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