Overview
- A multidisciplinary team at the state-run Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad performed an open‑heart mitral valve replacement on a 51‑year‑old woman with severe mitral valve disease.
- Surgeons removed the diseased native valve and implanted a 27 mm mechanical mitral valve during the complex procedure.
- Post‑surgery the patient was taken to intensive care, required short‑term ventilation and was successfully extubated on the day after surgery.
- The operation was led by Prof Dr G Ravindra (cardiothoracic surgery), Prof Dr Ravi Srinivas (cardiology) and Associate Professor Dr M Adam Mohan (anaesthesia).
- Hospital officials said follow‑up tests showed excellent surgical results and the patient is now fit for discharge, highlighting advanced cardiac capability at a public tertiary centre.