Best Doctors for Aortic Valve Replacement in Bangalore, India

Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty is a well-known Cardiothoracic Surgeon with over 45 years of experience. He founded Narayana Health in 2000. He has performed over 1,20,000 heart surgeries, with a significant focus on pediatric cases. 

Dr. Shetty performed Asia’s first dynamic cardiomyoplasty operation to strengthen the weak heart using the chest wall muscle. He is also one of the few surgeons worldwide to use a microchip camera to perform a keyhole heart surgery.

For the first time in India, he has used a left ventricular assist device to support a failing heart temporarily. He is a Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan recipient. In 1990, Dr. Shetty became the first surgeon in India to venture into Neonatal open heart surgery by performing open-heart surgery on a 9-day-old baby. 

Dr. Vivek Jawali is one of the best Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons in India. He has 40+ years of experience and did over 18,000 open-heart surgeries. Dr. Jawali also performed India's first awake cardiac surgery in 1999. 

His areas of specialization are minimally invasive heart surgery, off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB), repair of LV aneurysm, mitral valve repair, redo CABGs, minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery (MIDCAB), triple valve replacement, etc.