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A healthy heart holds the key to well-being. Being the most crucial organ of our body, its proper functioning determines how healthy we are. However, it is prone to a number of risks and is also one of the top reasons for fatality. Therefore, taking absolute care of the heart is important and the doctors of BM Birla Heart Research Centre, Kolkata have already achieved excellence in this field. Catering to a wide spectrum of cardiac ailments in both adults and children, BM Birla Heart Research Centre has been able to provide quality care and successfully carried out thousands of paediatric cardiac surgeries. Most of the common heart diseases among people are genetic and cannot be controlled. Heart diseases can erupt suddenly - even in a healthy person. A myth prevails among common people that they can detect when they have high blood pressure or cholesterol. This is untrue. A study of cardiovascular deaths in India, conducted in 2015 have shown that an approximately 2.1 million people have died of heart diseases. While these diseases cannot be controlled, they can be managed with proper guidance and treatment. Eminent doctors from BM Birla Heart Research Centre like Dr. Manoj Kumar Daga (Cardiac Surgeon), Dr. Subhendu Mandal (Pediatric Surgeon) and Dr. Ratan Kumar Das (Cardiac Surgeon) have generously contributed to successful treatment and surgeries. Their patients are leading healthy lives. Over the years, BM Birla Heart Research Centre has been successfully conducting complicated heart surgeries in both adults and children namely - Arterial Switch operation, Tetralogy of Fallot, Fontan Procedure, ASD transcatheter repair, implantation of VSD device. This research centre is a one-step solution for cardiac problems.