Archive · 24 Jul 2026
India May Get Advanced Heart Valve Procedure in Five Years
A big meeting for heart doctors happened in Hyderabad, India.
Experts from the US and Europe showed a special heart procedure to 1,500 doctors using live video.
This procedure helps fix heart valves without open-heart surgery.
Doctors in India can't do this yet, but they hope to start in about five years.
The experts talked about how important it is to pick the right patients for these treatments.
They also said that heart disease is a big problem in India, especially for younger people.
Doctors were trained in new technologies to treat tough heart problems.
They also talked about how eating healthy, exercising, and managing diabetes and cholesterol can help prevent heart disease.
India may get access to advanced transcatheter aortic regurgitation intervention in the next five years.
1,500 doctors were trained in advanced cardiac procedures at a conference in Hyderabad.
Experts from the US and Europe demonstrated the procedure via live transmission.
Affordability and access remain major challenges for adopting these procedures in India.
Doctors were trained in new technologies to treat heavily calcified heart valves and chronic total coronary blockages.
- Who
- Cardiac patients in India, 1,500 doctors, senior cardiologists, experts from the US and Europe
- What
- Advanced transcatheter aortic regurgitation intervention procedure
- When
- Three-day conference held on Friday
- Where
- Hyderabad, India
- Why
- To train doctors in advanced cardiac procedures and improve cardiovascular care in India
Proponents of Advanced Cardiac Procedures
Challenges in Adopting Advanced Cardiac Procedures
Availability and Accessibility
Proponents of Advanced Cardiac Procedures
Proponents believe that advanced procedures like TAVR can significantly improve cardiovascular care in India and are optimistic about the future adoption of these technologies.
Challenges in Adopting Advanced Cardiac Procedures
Challenges include affordability and access, which remain major hurdles for countries like India, making it difficult to implement these advanced procedures on a wide scale.
- Event
- ACVS India workshop by Facts Foundation
- Location
- Hyderabad, India
- Participants
- 1,500 doctors
- Key Speakers
- Dr. A. Sreenivas Kumar, Dr. Susheel Kodali, Prof. Eberhard Grube, Dr. Miroslaw Ferenc, Dr. Ramesh Daggubati
- Procedure Demonstrated
- Transcatheter aortic regurgitation intervention
- Expected Availability in India
- Within the next five years
- Focus Areas
- Preventing and managing complications during coronary and structural heart interventions