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{{Infobox hospital
| Name = Asian Heart Institute and Research Center
| Org/Group = Asian Hospitals
| Image = AsianHeartInstitute.jpg
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| Location = Bandra Kurla Complex
| Region = {{wipe|Mumbai}}
| State = Maharashtra
| Country = India
| Coordinates = {{coord|19.065|72.860|display=inline,title}}
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| Funding = Private
| Type = Specialist
| Speciality = Cardiac
| Standards = Cleveland Clinic, U.S.A.
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| Website = http://www.asianheartinstitute.org/
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'''Asian Heart Institute''' is a [[Medicine:Cardiology|cardiology]] and [[Medicine:Cardiac surgery|cardiac surgery]] hospital in {{wipe|Mumbai}}, India, which was founded in 2002 by Ramakanta Panda. Over the last two decades, Asian Heart Institute has treated more than 450,000 patients.

== Notable cases ==
Some of the cases operated at the Asian Heart Institute, led by a team of doctors under the leadership of Dr. Ramakanta Panda, include:

* Mithalal Dhoka, a businessman from the Yadagiri district of Karnataka, had 17 blockages in the various arteries of the heart. Dr Ramakanta Panda used a record number of 12 arterial grafts to restore blood flow to fix Dhoka's heart.<ref name= "toi">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/man-survives-17-blocks-in-heart/articleshow/32520316.cms|title=Man survives 17 blocks in heart &#124; Mumbai News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> 
* 10-hour-long complicated heart surgery on a 76-year-old man-Jaswantrai Ajmera, with a very weak heart, underwent a 10-hour-long surgery that involved five bypass grafts and a valve replacement procedure.<ref name= "mumbai mirror">{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/76-year-old-stable-after-complicated-heart-surgery/articleshow/16216405.cms|title=76-year-old stable after complicated heart surgery|website=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref> 
* 65-year-old's third bypass surgery <ref name= "dna">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-65-year-old-rearing-to-go-after-third-bypass-surgery-1350183|title=65-year-old rearing to go after third bypass surgery|website=DNA India}}</ref> 
* Six heart procedures were performed on Omani citizens undergoing a third-time heart operation<ref name= "times">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/omani-back-from-death-after-6-heart-procedures-at-a-go/articleshow/20657798.cms|title=Omani back from death after 6 heart procedures at a go &#124; Mumbai News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> 
* A seven-year-old Iraqi boy underwent a successful open-heart surgery to fix a hole in his heart.<ref name= "DNA paper">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-iraqi-boy-undergoes-rare-heart-surgery-1389214|title=Iraqi boy undergoes rare heart surgery|website=DNA India}}</ref> 
* 62-year old suffered from three blockages and had a tumor growing in his heart <ref name= "DNA newspaper">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-six-hour-surgery-to-remove-rare-heart-tumour-3-blocks-1407241|title=Six-hour surgery to remove rare heart tumour, 3 blocks|website=DNA India}}</ref> 
* 10 Bypass grafts were created to bypass clogged arteries through an eight-hour-long procedure.<ref name= "times of india news">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/man-gets-fresh-lease-of-life-with-10-bypass-grafts-at-a-go/articleshow/16428759.cms|title=Man gets fresh lease of life with 10 bypass grafts at a go - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> 
* AHI cardiac surgeons use the girl's own heart to fix her valve-13 year old was suffering from rheumatic heart, a condition in which the heart valves are damaged.<ref name="DNA link">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-doctors-use-girl-s-heart-cover-to-fix-her-valve-1542616|title=Doctors use girl's heart cover to fix her valve|website=DNA India}}</ref> 
* 67 year old undergoes five times valve replacement surgery-Dr. Ramakanta Panda performed 12-hour long surgery on Saraf who removed the valve that slipped inside her heart chambers. She had undergone 4 times heart operations in the past.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/mumbai-woman-operated-upon-fifth-time-for-heart-valve-replacement-116032600596_1.html|title= Mumbai woman operated upon fifth time for heart valve replacement|newspaper=Business Standard India|date= 26 March 2016}}</ref>

== Development ==

The hospital added a sports medicine facility in 2007 as a number of hospitals across the country expanded their services in that practice area prior to the 2010 Commonwealth Games.<ref name="mint">{{cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Companies/8xllFjpjIeDYxzXhwnLYPL/Hospitals-see-business-in-fitness-boom8217s-injured.html|title=Hospitals see business in fitness boom's injured - Livemint|work=Mint|access-date=25 April 2013}}</ref>

As of July 2012, it was one of the two private hospitals in {{wipe|Mumbai}}, {{wipe|India}} to participate in a government insurance scheme to provide coverage for the poor.<ref name="oneoftwo">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Govt-scheme-helps-poor-get-treated-for-major-ailments/Article1-893908.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313022800/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Govt-scheme-helps-poor-get-treated-for-major-ailments/Article1-893908.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 March 2014|title=Govt scheme helps poor get treated for major ailments - Hindustan Times|access-date=25 April 2013}}</ref>

In April 2013, through its Pediatric Cardiac Center, AHI committed to providing free heart surgery for impoverished children who have congenital heart disease.<ref name="kids">{{cite news|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/15/2013040320130403081304421bf929958/Resqueued.html |title=Res-queued |first=Lata |last=Mishra |date=3 April 2013 |work=Mumbai Mirror |access-date=25 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406125131/http://mumbaimirror.com/article/15/2013040320130403081304421bf929958/Resqueued.html |archive-date=6 April 2013 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM5bHZKKp8U Dr. Ramakanta Panda speaks about the pediatric surgeries performed at AHI]. YouTube (2013-04-17). Retrieved on 2013-12-06.</ref>

== Accolades ==
"Medgate Today" honoured Dr. Ramakanta Panda, the Chief Consultant Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery and the Vice Chairman and managing director of Asian Heart Institute, as the No1 cardiac surgeon and one of the 25 living legends in the Healthcare of India.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.medgatetoday.com/e-magazine-May-June2016.html |title=Medgate today Magazine, Bi-Monthly Magazine |access-date=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529085328/http://www.medgatetoday.com/e-magazine-May-June2016.html |archive-date=29 May 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Mumbai Marathon==
Asian Heart Institute is also the health partner of the Mumbai Marathon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scmm.procamrunning.in/ |title=Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon (SCMM) - PROCAM |website=Scmm.procamrunning.in |access-date=2016-08-10}}</ref> AHI has been the Official Medical Partner for this event since its inception in 2004 and maintains First Aid stations and provides emergency medical services all along the 42-kilometer route. A contingent of AHI patients always runs in the marathon, each one having undergone a bypass surgery at AHI.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ehealth.eletsonline.com/2013/01/99-asian-heart-patients-run-mumbai-marathon/ |title=Heart Patients From AHI Also Ran Mumbai Marathon &#124; EHEALTH |website=Ehealth.eletsonline.com |access-date=2016-08-10}}</ref> Many complete the entire marathon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/heart-surgery-man-run-third-time-marathon-183000747.html |title=After heart surgery, man to run for third time in marathon |website=In.news.yahoo.com |date=2013-01-13 |access-date=2016-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/After-heart-surgery-man-to-run-for-third-time-in-marathon/Article1-989302.aspx |title=After heart surgery, man to run for third time in marathon - Hindustan Times |website=www.hindustantimes.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231093950/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/After-heart-surgery-man-to-run-for-third-time-in-marathon/Article1-989302.aspx |archive-date=31 December 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==


[[Category:Cardiac electrophysiology]]

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