B.M.Birla Heart Research Centre

B M Birla Heart Research Centre is a super specialty hospital dedicated exclusively to the diagnosis, treatment and research related to cardiovascular diseases. Since its commissioning in 1989, it has established itself as India’s most advanced heart centre comparable to the best in the world.

For the first time in the world key-hole surgery was performed to close a hole in the heart.
First 'Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty' performed in Asia.
Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VAT) for the first time in Asia. For the first time in Asia, Angioplasty was performed from wrist in the field of Interventional Cardiology.
For the first time in India Open Heart Surgery was performed on a 9 day old baby weighing 2.5 kg
First time in India, Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation was performed on a neonate for respiratory distress.
For the first time complete Arterial Graft for ischaemic heart disease.
Instruments designed at the Centre (like Special Bull Dog clamp) are being extensively used in Cardiac Surgery.
Special kind of technique known as 'Birla Heart Technique' has been developed and is being used extensively in the area of Cardiac Surgery to reconstruct heart valves.
First time in India, failing heart of an Adult was supported with Artificial Heart and Mechanical Circulation for 100 hours.
One of the few centres performing complicated operations on all age groups ranging from Neonats to elderly patients.