Doctor AGK Gokhale has performed this rare surgery and replaced the aortic valve and implanted the LVAD. This was done for the first time in Andhra Pradesh and so far, only 4 such implantations were done in India.
Dr Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale was the first successful doctor to perform heart transplantation surgery in the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. In Hyderabad, now he is practicing as Cardiothoracic, Transplant and Minimal Access Cardiac Surgeon