▁gra ft s ▁created ▁to ▁by pass ▁c log ged ▁ar ter ies ▁through ▁an ▁eight ▁hour ▁long ▁procedure . ▁ ▁A HI ▁card iac ▁sur ge ons ▁use ▁girl ' s ▁own ▁heart ▁to ▁fix ▁her ▁val ve - 1 3 ▁year ▁old ▁was ▁suffering ▁from ▁r he um atic ▁heart , ▁a ▁condition ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁heart ▁val ves ▁are ▁dam aged . ▁▁ 6 7 ▁year ▁old ▁under go es ▁five ▁times ▁val ve ▁replacement ▁surg ery - Dr . ▁Ram ak anta ▁P anda ▁performed ▁ 1 2 ▁hour ▁long ▁surg ery ▁on ▁Sar af ▁who ▁removed ▁the ▁val ve ▁that ▁sli pped ▁inside ▁her ▁heart ▁ch amb ers . She ▁had ▁under g one ▁ 4 ▁times ▁heart ▁operations ▁in ▁the ▁past . ▁ ▁Notable ▁sur ger ies ▁performed ▁Dr . ▁P anda ▁has , ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁few ▁years , ▁performed ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁high - profile ▁card iac ▁sur ger ies ▁on ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Indian ▁government . ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁P anda ▁led ▁the ▁A HI ▁team ▁that ▁operated ▁on ▁Man m oh an ▁Singh , ▁the ▁then ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁of ▁India . ▁This ▁successful ▁' red o ▁by pass ', ▁the ▁second ▁for ▁Singh , ▁further ▁c ement ed ▁P anda ' s ▁reputation ▁as ▁India ' s ▁leading ▁card iac ▁sur ge ons ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁Dr ▁P anda ▁also ▁did ▁a ▁ 5 ▁ar ter ial ▁by pass ▁on ▁former ▁parliament ary ▁affairs