Heart Valve Foundation
of India
A public charitable trust advancing education, research, awareness, training, and clinical excellence in heart valve and structural heart diseases in India.
Heart Valve Foundation of India
Heart Valve Foundation of India (HVFI) is a public charitable trust established with the objective of advancing education, research, awareness, training, and clinical excellence in the field of heart valve and structural heart diseases in India so as to deliver the best, safe and effective treatment to patients in India.
HVFI is committed to improving patient outcomes through education, dissemination of updated scientific knowledge, training in advanced techniques and technologies for treatment of valve disease, enhancing skills of doctors, technicians, paramedics and heart teams and all who are involved in treatment of patients with valve disease.
The Foundation serves as a national academic and scientific platform bringing together cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, imaging specialists, physicians, researchers, healthcare professionals, industry experts, and allied stakeholders involved in the management of structural heart diseases for enhancement of knowledge and expertise to benefit the patients of heart disease in India.
Through its various educational initiatives i.e. workshops, teaching courses, webinars, live case demonstrations and recorded cases demonstrations, and training programmes, the Foundation contributes significantly towards advancing structural heart disease therapies and expanding access to modern definitive treatment options across India.
Our Mission
To provide an education platform, educate, interact, exchange, and advance knowledge and expertise amongst all cardiac specialists involved in the management of heart valve diseases in India.
To provide training, competence, and exposure through national and international experts to our younger trained cardiologists in the latest minimally invasive and transcatheter treatment options.
To improve procedural outcomes and promote scientific validation and research in heart valve and structural heart interventions to benefit patients in India.
To develop consensus amongst cardiologists in India on evidence-based management of valvular heart disease.
To empower patients and physicians with knowledge regarding management options for treatment of heart valve diseases.
To enable early career cardiologists to exchange expertise, update skills and present research on comprehensive educational platforms.
To support cardiologists in advanced training in the rapidly advancing, technique- and technology-intensive specialty of Heart Valve Therapies.
About 'INDIA VALVES'
INDIA VALVES is the flagship scientific and educational meetings of the Heart Valve Foundation of India (HVFI) and is regarded as one of the most comprehensive educational platforms in transcatheter valve and structural heart therapies in the region.
The meeting was established in 2018 with the objective of advancing knowledge, expertise, innovation, and evidence-based treatment strategies in the field of heart valve and structural heart disease interventions.
Over the years, INDIA VALVES has evolved into a prestigious academic platform bringing together leading interventional cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, imaging specialists, physicians, researchers, fellows, and healthcare professionals from India and across the world and is attended by more than 1000 specialists from the region.
The programme focuses on contemporary structural heart interventions and includes:
- •Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI/TAVR)
- •Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Interventions
- •Structural Heart Imaging
- •Live and Recorded Case Demonstrations
- •Complex Case Discussions
- •Hands-on Workshops and Training Sessions
- •Emerging Technologies and Innovations
- •Heart-Team Based Collaborative Learning
- •Case Presentations and Research Abstract Presentations
INDIA VALVES provides a unique opportunity for interaction, knowledge exchange, procedural learning, and scientific collaboration across boundaries.
The educational initiatives under INDIA VALVES have contributed significantly towards:
- •Expansion of advanced structural heart treatment centres across India
- •Training of a large number of cardiologists and healthcare professionals
- •Dissemination of evidence-based treatment strategies
- •Advancement of indigenous expertise and innovation
- •Indigenous development and approval of TAVI and TEER Technology
- •Improved patient access to advanced therapies even in remote regions
- •Reduction in treatment costs through wider adoption and enhanced expertise
The meeting is also committed to fostering the "Heart Team" approach involving interventional cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, imaging specialists, anaesthetists, and allied healthcare professionals for achieving the best outcomes in patients with structural heart disease.