For those who need a heart transplant - here's some hope. Bangalore's Narayana Hrudayalaya has carried out Asia's first artificial heart transplant on a 54-year-old man, giving him a new lease of life. Five years ago, 54-year old Venkatakrishnaiah was a field engineer with the Karnataka Electricity Board until one day he could not even walk the few steps leading to his ground floor office.