Started as a chest surgery unit of the Department of General Surgery, the department had its origins on 19th august, 1959. The first Head, Prof. A. Charan, pioneered and institutionalized the practice of Thoracic and Vascular surgery and also ordained the chair of the President of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of India.

In 1998 it transformed into full fledged independent department. For the first time in Uttar Pradesh, Off Pump CABG and Thoracotomy CABG were performed here in 2002 by Prof. S. K. Singh.

The department of CTVS was shifted to its new building on 1st March, 2011. Today the department stands proud as a four storied complex. It has state of the art facilities for doing all types of adult and pediatric cardiac surgeries, vascular and thoracic surgeries. There are three fully equipped modular operating theatres, one of them dedicated to hybrid / robotic surgeries. This is supported by twenty bedded fully equipped Intensive Care Unit with central air/ oxygen supply, 24 hours power back up, invasive monitors, ventilators, IABP, TEE, Cell Saver, ABG, Biochemical investigations, etc.

There is an in-house hemodialysis facility as well as all investigative & sterilization facilities in the department premises. The department has a 150 seated seminar/ conference hall with direct electronic high definition audio-visual transmission facility from the operating rooms to the hall.

The Department of CVTS-'Heart Surgery Centre', KGMU, Lucknow has come to the forefront in providing cost effective and quality cardiac surgery to the masses.

Milestones of CTVS Department

First Pacemaker implantation in U.P. (1970) - Prof. K. N. Sinha First Open Heart Surgery in U.P. (1981) - Prof. K. N. Sinha First Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in U.P. (1982) - Prof. K. N. Sinha First Flexible Bronchoscopy in U.P. (1982) - Prof. K. N. Sinha First Single Heart Valve Replacement in U.P. (1983) - Prof. K. N. Sinha First Double Heart Valve Replacement in U.P. (1991) - Prof. S. Tandon First Videoscopic Thoracoscopic Surgery in U.P. (1997) - Prof. K. N. Sinha First Beating Heart CABG in U.P. (2002) - Dr. S. K. Singh First Thoracotomy Beating Heart CABG in U.P. (2003) - Dr. S. K. Singh First ECMO ( Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenarator ) in UP (2015) - Dr. S. K. Singh First LVAD ( Left Ventricular Assist Device ) in UP (2017) - Dr S. K. Singh

Previous Heads:

Prof. A. Charan (1959 - 1982) Prof. K. N. Sinha (1982 - 1998) Prof. Shekhar Tandon (1998 to 22.05. 2009) Dr. S. K. Singh (22.05.2009 to 18.11.2010) Prof. J. L. Sahni (19.11.2010 to 09.07.2012) Prof. S. K. Singh (10.07.2012 to 22.04.2016) Prof. Shekhar Tandon (22.04.2016 to 26.08.2017) Prof. S. K. Singh (26.08.2017 to Till Now)

Conferences:

The department of CTVS, KGMU, Lucknow has hosted conferences and guest lecturers in the past like

IACTS Techno College- Recent Advances in Cardiac Surgery April 5th-6th, 2013 (Organizing Secretary: Prof S. K. Singh) Live operative workshop on Transesophageal echocardiography on 25th April,2012 (Organizing Secretary: Prof S. K. Singh)

Activities:

Research & Publication M.Ch(CVTS)Training MBBS Teaching clinical Work Social Outreach Program

Vision :

TO START CARDIAC TRANSPLANT SURGERIES IN NEAR FUTURE. The department is all geared up with basic infrastructure and facilities to begin with Heart Transplant Surgery in Uttar Pradesh. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TRAINING EXCHANGE PROGRAMS The department is underway with starting such a program in view of requests from cardiac surgery students from all over the world.

Facilities :

All varieties of Congenital & Adult Cardiac Surgeries Centre of excellence for cost effective beating heart CABG & Valve surgery Thoracic surgeries including lung, mediastinum & esophagus Vascular surgeries Video assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)