Dr. Niket Arora

Dr Niket Arora is a senior consultant cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon in Kolkata with over 16 years of experience in adult and paediatric cardiac surgery, minimally invasive cardiac procedures, heart transplantation, and thoracic surgery, currently practising at Manipal Hospital, EM Bypass, Kolkata.

He completed his DNB in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at The Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, with comprehensive training across adult and paediatric cardiac surgery, and has participated in heart transplant teams for both donor and recipient surgeries.

He consults in English, Hindi, Bengali, and Tamil.

Area of Expertise

Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Patients with coronary artery disease requiring surgical revascularisation are managed with on-pump and off-pump bypass techniques:

• Off-pump CABG (OPCAB)
• On-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
• Total arterial revascularisation
• Vascular conduit optimisation
• End-stage coronary artery disease management

Valve Surgery

Patients with valvular heart disease are managed with valve repair and replacement procedures across all affected valves:

• Aortic valve replacement
• Mitral valve repair and replacement
• Double valve replacement
• Functional tricuspid regurgitation repair
• Echocardiographic outcome monitoring post-valve surgery

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

Patients requiring cardiac surgical intervention with reduced recovery time are managed with minimally invasive approaches:

• Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS)
• Minimally invasive valve procedures
• Novel haemostasis techniques in cardiac surgery
• Fast-track cardiac surgical protocols
• Minimally invasive coronary procedures

Aortic and Complex Cardiac Surgery

Patients with aortic pathology and complex post-infarction complications are managed with advanced open cardiac surgical techniques:

• Aortic surgery
• Post-myocardial infarction VSD closure
• LV aneurysm repair
• Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm repair
• Redo cardiac surgery

Heart Transplant and Heart Failure Surgery

Patients with end-stage heart failure are managed with surgical heart failure interventions and transplantation:

• Heart transplantation (donor and recipient)
• Heart failure surgical management
• IABP support establishment
• Emergency resternotomy and re-exploration
• Pericardial drainage

Congenital Cardiac Surgery

Children with simple and complex congenital heart defects are managed with appropriate corrective and palliative surgical procedures:

• ASD patch closure
• VSD closure
• PDA ligation
• Arterial switch operation for double-outlet left ventricle
• Complex congenital cardiac surgical repair

Thoracic Surgery

Patients with lung, pleural, and airway conditions requiring surgical intervention are managed with open and VATS-based thoracic procedures:

• VATS lung and pleural biopsy
• VATS bullectomy
• Tracheostomy
• Tube thoracostomy
• Diaphragmatic eventration and hernia repair

Professional Experience

Current Hospital Affiliations

Dr Niket Arora currently practises at:

• Manipal Hospital (Formerly Medica Superspecialty Hospital), EM Bypass, Kolkata
• Suraksha Clinic and Diagnostics, Tollygunge, Kolkata
• Suraksha Clinic and Diagnostics, Ballygunge, Kolkata
• CoR Heart Care, Kolkata

Previous Associations

• BM Birla Heart Research Centre, Kolkata, Consultant
• Seven Hills Hospital, Mumbai, Consultant
• Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Kolkata, Consultant
• Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, Consultant and DNB Training

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences, Ahmednagar (2010)
• MS General Surgery
• DNB Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, The Madras Medical Mission Hospital, Chennai (2015)

Medical Council Registrations:

• Maharashtra Medical Council, Registration No 5571 (2017)
• Medical Council of India, Registration No 10-37888

He is a member of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (Membership No 287190) and the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (Membership No 20135015).

Awards and Recognition

• Award Paper, Echocardiographic Outcomes of Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation after Mitral Valve Replacement, 63rd Annual Meeting of the Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Bangalore, 2017
• Certificate of Appreciation, Ministry of Health and President of Tanzania, Humanitarian Operative Mission Camp, Tanzania, 2015
• First Prize, Cardiac Surgery Quiz, Second Postgraduate Workshop, Coimbatore, 2014
• ATCVSWB Award, Poster on Minimally Invasive Novel Procedure and Paper on Haemostasis in Cardiac Surgery, 2024
• Guest Speaker, Cardiac Morphology CME, The Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, 2017

Research and Publications

• "Arterial Switch Operation for Double-Outlet Left Ventricle" — Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2014
• "Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm following Cardiac Surgery: Two Cases Managed with Two Different Techniques" — Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2014
• "The Pressures of Surgicel in Cardiac Surgery" — Association of Pediatric Cardiology, 2015
• "Moving Towards a Competency-Based Training" — Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2017
• "Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Tracheal Surgeries" — Poster, 23rd Annual Meeting of Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Hong Kong, 2015
• "Tracheostomy under Femorofemoral Bypass" — Poster, 61st Annual Meeting of Indian Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hyderabad, 2015
• "Improvement in Clinical Outcomes after Treatment of the Vascular Conduit in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery" — Oral Presentation, 63rd Annual Meeting of IACTS, Bangalore, 2017

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