Dr. Vijay Dikshit

Dr. Vijay Dikshit is one of the top cardiothoracic surgeons in Hyderabad with over four decades of experience. He is one of the few people to have achieved a 100% success rate in his procedures. Some of the services he provides are Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG surgery), Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Surgery, Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD), Aortic Valve Surgery and Infarct exclusion surgery. His special interests include Correction of Congenital Cardiac Defects, Stentless Bioprosthetic Valve Replacement Surgery, Miscellaneous Cardiac Operations like Cardiac tumors, etc.

This highly renowned doctor is one of the surgeons with the most experience in Open Heart Surgeries (15,000+) leading him to be felicitated by Medtronic Inc. USA for achieving 5000 Open Heart Surgeries (2000) and by the Apollo Hospitals Chairman, Dr. Pratap C Reddy for performing 10000 open heart surgeries at Apollo Group. He has received several awards throughout his career including the FIE National Award from Dr. Manmohan Singh (1994). He has also been honoured by Ramakrishna Mission for his dedicated service to humanity. 

1. Residency in Cardio Vascular and Thoracic Surgery at G.M. Associated Hospital, Lucknow     

2. Assistant Medical Officer of Cardiac Surgery at Railway Hospital, Perambur (1981-1982)     

3. Lecturer of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at K.G. Medical College, Lucknow (1982 - 1984)

4. Consultant (Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon) at Apollo Hospitals, Madras (1984 - 1991)

5. Senior Consultant and Coordinator in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad (1991 - Present)

• - FIE National Award from Dr. Manmohan Singh (1994)

• - Cardiological Society of India (CSI)
• - Medical Council of India (MCI)
• - Society of Thoracic Surgeon (STS), USA
• - European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS)
• - Association of Thoracic and Cardio Vascular Surgeons of India (ATCVS)
• - Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
• - Indian College of Chest Physicians
• - Asian Society of Cardio-Vascular Surgery

• 1) The Senning Operation for Correction of Transposition of the Great Arteries.M.R. Girinath, Ganesh K. Mani, K.N. Reddy, R.K. Kalyan Sigh, Vijay Dikshit; Indian Journal of Thoracic & Cardio Vascular Surgery 1982 ; 1 : 71 – 3
• 2) Surgical Management of Aneurysm of the Ascending Aorta with Aortic Insufficiency Vijay Dikshit, Afroz Faruqi, D.K. Satsangi, J.S.N. Moorthy, M.R. Girinath, Indian Journal of Thoracic & Cardio Vascular Surgery 1983 ; 2 : 39- 40
• 3) Surgical Management of Partial Atrio Ventricular Canal Defects M.R. Girinath, Vijay Dikshit, K. Vardharajan, L.F. Sridhar.Proceedings of the World Conference on Open Heart Surgery, 1985, Bombay, India Chapter 17 ; 29 – 90
• 4) Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in Indian Patients M.R. Girinath, Vijay Dikshit, K. Subramanyam, K. Vardharajan. Proceedings of the World Conference on Open Heart Surgery, 1985, Bombay, India.
• 5) Surgery For Coronary Artery Disease M.R. Girinath, Vijay Dikshit, Bakhtawar Murali Venkatraman South India Surgical Clinics, July 1988 Vol 3 : 215 – 218
• 6) Co-author of chapter in API text book of Medicine V edition Chapter Title – Surgical Aspects of Coronary Artery Disease Section: Cardiology edited by Dr. M.L. Bhatia

• Conditions Treated:
• - Coronary Artery Disease
• - Peripheral Artery Disease
• - High Blood Pressure/Hypertension
• - Heart Failure – Cardiomyopathy, Valve Disorders
• - Valve disease – valve stenosis, valve regurgitation, valve prolapse
• - Congenital Heart Disease
• - Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Dissection
• Procedures Performed:
• - Bypass (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft – CABG)
• - Valve replacement– Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR), Mitral Valve Replacement (MVR)
• - Beating Heart Surgery
• - Pacemaker/ Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) insertion
• - Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS)
• - Redo Cardiac Surgery
• - Keyhole Venous/Arterial Harvesting
• - Cardiothoracic Surgery
• - Aneurysm Repair
• - Aortic Dissection Repair
• - ASD/VSD Closure
• - Heart Transplant