This page lists the cardiovascular surgery hospitals in our directory offering Heart Valve Repair in Chennai, India, including Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Gleneagles Global Hospital, Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre, SIMS Hospital and others. Each listing links through to the hospital's full profile page.
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Top Hospitals for Heart Valve Repair in Chennai, India
🇮🇳 Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road
Patients considering heart valve repair can be cared for by Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road's care team in Chennai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, accredited by JCI, NABH, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing heart valve repair.
🇮🇳 Gleneagles Global Hospital
Patients considering heart valve repair can be cared for by Gleneagles Global Hospital's care team in Chennai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Gleneagles Global Hospital, accredited by NABH, JCI, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing heart valve repair.
🇮🇳 Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre
Patients considering heart valve repair can be cared for by Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre's care team in Chennai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre, accredited by NABH, NABL, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing heart valve repair.
🇮🇳 SIMS Hospital
Patients considering heart valve repair can be cared for by SIMS Hospital's care team in Chennai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. SIMS Hospital, accredited by NABH, JCI, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing heart valve repair.
🇮🇳 Sankara Nethralaya
Patients considering heart valve repair can be cared for by Sankara Nethralaya's care team in Nungambakkam, Chennai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Sankara Nethralaya, accredited by NABH, NABL, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing heart valve repair.
🇮🇳 Apollo First Med Hospitals, Kilpauk
Patients considering heart valve repair can be cared for by Apollo First Med Hospitals, Kilpauk's care team in Kilpauk, Chennai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. Apollo First Med Hospitals, Kilpauk, accredited by NABH, JCI, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing heart valve repair.
🇮🇳 MIOT International
Patients considering heart valve repair can be cared for by MIOT International's care team in Manapakkam, Chennai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. MIOT International, accredited by NABH, NABL, JCI, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing heart valve repair.
🇮🇳 MGM Healthcare
Patients considering heart valve repair can be cared for by MGM Healthcare's care team in Chennai, India, from initial consultation through recovery. MGM Healthcare, accredited by NABH, JCI, follows recognised patient-safety and quality-of-care standards when performing heart valve repair.
Top Cardiovascular Surgeons in Chennai, India
FeaturedDr. A. S. Hariharan
- 12+ years of experience in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon
- Visiting Consultant — Cardiac Surgery, Rela Hospital, Chennai
- Senior Consultant & Junior Consultant, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Chennai
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
- Aortic Aneurysm Repair and Replacement
- Aortic Root Replacement
- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
- Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR)

Dr. D. Senthil Kumar
- 19+ years of experience in Cardiac Surgeon
- Senior Consultant — Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre, Chennai, Present
- Senior Cardiac Surgeon, Fortis Hospital, India
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
- Heart Valve Repair and Replacement Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
- Robotic-Assisted Cardiac Procedures
- Heart and Lung Transplantation

Dr. Dillip Kumar Mishra
- 33+ years of experience in Cardiac Surgeon
- Senior Consultant, Cardiac Surgery — Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai — Present
- 33+ years of active practice in cardiac sciences and advanced surgical intervention
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
- Heart Valve Repair Surgery
- Heart Valve Replacement Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
- Double Valve Replacement

Dr. Girinath M R
- 45+ years of experience in Cardiothoracic Surgeon
- Senior Consultant – Cardiac Surgery, Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai
- Extensive cardiothoracic and vascular surgery practice spanning 45+ years in Chennai
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
- Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass
- Heart Valve Repair Surgery
- Heart Valve Replacement Surgery
- Double Valve Replacement

Dr. Madhusudhan M G
- 12+ years of experience in Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon
- Consultant Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon, Gleneagles HealthCity, Chennai
- Consultant, SS-Sparsh Superspeciality Hospitals, Bengaluru
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
- Heart Valve Repair and Replacement
- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
- Aortic Root Replacement
- Heart Transplantation

Dr. Sridhar L F
- 27+ years of experience in Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeon
- Senior Consultant, Cardiac Surgery — Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai
- 27+ years of cardiothoracic and vascular surgical practice across multiple institutions
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
- Heart Valve Repair and Replacement
- Double Valve Replacement Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
- Aortic Root Replacement
How we selected these hospitals
A hospital appears on this page when Cardiovascular Surgery is among its listed specialties and it is located in Chennai, India. Hospitals are not ranked by a proprietary "best" score — the order follows the listed rating (highest first), the same field shown on each hospital's profile.
How to Select the Best Hospital for Heart Valve Repair in Chennai, India?
Choosing the right hospital for heart valve repair is one of the most important decisions in your treatment journey. A few factors are worth weighing before you decide:
International Accreditation
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Specialization
Check that the hospital's listed specialties actually include cardiovascular surgery rather than only general care.
Capacity and Track Record
Bed count and year established (shown below for each hospital) are a reasonable proxy for scale and operating experience.
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Understanding Heart Valve Repair
Heart valve repair surgery is a specialized cardiac procedure designed to restore the structural and functional integrity of damaged or diseased heart valves—most commonly the mitral, aortic, tricuspid, or pulmonary valves—without replacing them, thereby preserving the patient's native cardiac architecture and offering superior long-term outcomes.
Clinical Overview
- Heart valve disease affects an estimated 5 million people annually worldwide and encompasses a spectrum of pathologies including mitral valve prolapse, degenerative mitral regurgitation (Barlow's disease and fibroelastic deficiency), rheumatic mitral stenosis, bicuspid aortic valve disease, functional tricuspid regurgitation secondary to left-sided heart failure, and infective endocarditis sequelae.
- When a valve fails to open adequately (stenosis) or close competently (regurgitation/insufficiency), the resultant hemodynamic burden—pressure overload in stenosis, volume overload in regurgitation—progressively impairs myocardial contractility, induces ventricular remodeling, and culminates in symptomatic heart failure, atrial fibrillation, pulmonary hypertension, and increased mortality.
- Risk stratification prior to intervention employs validated scoring systems including the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Predicted Risk of Mortality (PROM) score and the EuroSCORE II, alongside comprehensive echocardiographic grading using the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) guidelines.
Who is a Candidate?
- ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES:
- Patients with severe symptomatic degenerative mitral regurgitation (Stage D) due to posterior leaflet prolapse, anterior leaflet prolapse, bileaflet prolapse, or chordal rupture—the most surgically repairable etiology
- Patients with severe asymptomatic mitral regurgitation (Stage C) with preserved LVEF (>60%) and LVESD <40mm when repair durability is highly probable (>95%) at a Heart Valve Center of Excellence
- Patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis with favorable valve morphology (Wilkins score ≤8) who are candidates for open mitral commissurotomy or percutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomy (PMBC/Inoue technique)
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Treatment Options & Approaches
- SURGICAL VALVE REPAIR TECHNIQUES (Open Heart Surgery via Cardiopulmonary Bypass):
Recovery
- PRE-OPERATIVE PHASE (Days –14 to –1):
Risks to be aware of
- Heart valve repair surgery, while highly successful in experienced centers, carries a defined spectrum of procedural and post-operative risks that patients must understand and weigh against the natural history of untreated valve disease.
- Mortality risk for elective isolated mitral valve repair at high-volume centers is 0.5–1.5% (STS database benchmark); this rises to 3–8% for complex combined procedures (valve repair + CABG + AF ablation) or in patients with advanced heart failure (LVEF <35%).
Why GAF Healthcare
- GAF Healthcare provides comprehensive end-to-end non-medical support specifically designed to remove logistical barriers for international cardiac patients and their accompanying family members.
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