This page lists the cardiovascular surgery hospitals in our directory offering Heart Valve Replacement 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 Replacement in Chennai, India
🇮🇳 Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road
Patients considering heart valve replacement 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 replacement.
🇮🇳 Gleneagles Global Hospital
Patients considering heart valve replacement 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 replacement.
🇮🇳 Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre
Patients considering heart valve replacement 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 replacement.
🇮🇳 SIMS Hospital
Patients considering heart valve replacement 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 replacement.
🇮🇳 Sankara Nethralaya
Patients considering heart valve replacement 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 replacement.
🇮🇳 Apollo First Med Hospitals, Kilpauk
Patients considering heart valve replacement 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 replacement.
🇮🇳 MIOT International
Patients considering heart valve replacement 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 replacement.
🇮🇳 MGM Healthcare
Patients considering heart valve replacement 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 replacement.
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 Replacement in Chennai, India?
Choosing the right hospital for heart valve replacement 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
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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 Replacement
Heart Valve Replacement Surgery is a life-restoring cardiac procedure performed to replace a diseased, stenotic, or regurgitant heart valve with a mechanical or biological prosthesis, restoring normal hemodynamic function and dramatically improving quality of life.
Clinical Overview
- The human heart contains four valves — mitral, aortic, tricuspid, and pulmonary — each acting as a one-way gate that directs blood flow through the cardiac chambers and into the systemic and pulmonary circulations.
- Valvular heart disease arises when one or more of these structures develops stenosis (narrowing that restricts forward flow) or regurgitation (incompetence that allows backward leakage), or both simultaneously in mixed disease.
- The two most clinically significant lesions requiring surgical intervention are severe aortic stenosis (most commonly degenerative calcific disease in patients over 65) and severe mitral regurgitation (rheumatic, myxomatous, or ischemic etiology).
Who is a Candidate?
- ELIGIBLE PATIENTS (Surgical Indications per ACC/AHA / ESC Guidelines):
- Severe aortic stenosis with mean gradient >40 mmHg or valve area <1.0 cm² with symptoms (angina, syncope, dyspnea — the classic triad)
- Severe symptomatic mitral regurgitation with LVEF >30% and suitable anatomy for repair or replacement
- Severe asymptomatic aortic stenosis with declining LV ejection fraction (<50%), very severe stenosis (Vmax >5 m/s), or undergoing concurrent cardiac surgery
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Treatment Options & Approaches
- SURGICAL AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT (SAVR) — OPEN HEART (Gold Standard for Low/Intermediate Surgical Risk): Performed under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) with cardioplegic cardiac arrest.
- Median sternotomy or minimally invasive upper hemisternotomy (J-incision) provides access to the aortic root.
- The diseased native valve is excised, the annulus debrided and sized, and a prosthetic valve (mechanical or bioprosthetic) is seated with interrupted or continuous pledgeted sutures.
Recovery
- PHASE 1 — PRE-TRAVEL EVALUATION (2–4 weeks before departure):
Risks to be aware of
- Heart Valve Replacement Surgery, like all open cardiac surgical procedures, carries a defined spectrum of perioperative and long-term risks that patients must understand before providing informed consent.
- Perioperative mortality for isolated aortic or mitral valve replacement in low-to-intermediate surgical risk patients at high-volume centers is 1–3% (STS PROM-aligned), rising to 5–10% in high-risk patients or combined valve + CABG procedures.
Why GAF Healthcare
- GAF Healthcare provides a fully integrated, physician-supervised medical tourism coordination service designed to eliminate logistical barriers for international patients seeking Heart Valve Replacement Surgery.
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