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CARDIAC SURGERY
What is Cardiac Surgery?
It is a surgical treatment on the heart performed by cardiac surgeons. All other treatments like medicines, lifestyle changes and medical procedures cannot be used or haven’t worked cardiac surgery may be an option. Now almost all the major tertiary care center provides Cardiac Surgery. This surgery is commonly used for treating complications like Ischemic heart disease (example, Artery bypass grafting in coronary), congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease caused by various reasons includes endocarditis and also heart transplantation.
Why Cardiac Surgery?
- Replace the damaged heart with a heart from a donor
- It helps to Bypass, widen blocked, narrowed arteries to the heart
- Implant devices are used to regulate heart rhythms
- Repairs damaged tissues that disturbs electrical flow through the heart
- Allows smooth blood flow from a heart chamber directly into the heart muscle
- Repair or replace the valves that control blood flow
What to Expect After Heart Surgery?
Care for your healing incisions
Recognize signs of infection or other complications
Cope with after-effects of surgery
Recovery period for open-heart surgery may take 6-12 weeks
"Beating heart" and MIS surgery requires less recovery period
Advise on daily activities, such as working, driving, physical activity etc. is given
Ongoing care after your surgery will include periodic checkups
Why Choose Cardiac Surgery in India?
EXPERIENCE Doctors
In India cardiac surgeons are very well experienced because of dealing with huge number of cardiac patients with various different conditions. This also has led to increase in the success rates of the heart Surgery procedures.
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
India is at par and abreast with latest technologies and techniques in the Cardiac center. From Surgeries like Robotic Heart Surgeries to Hybrid Operating Suites are available in India to ensure best care.
Low cost of Treatment
Cost effective treatments are available in comparison with other countries. For example, cardiac procedure cost in India is almost one fifth of the cost incurred in the US or elsewhere.
No Waiting Period For Treatment
Unlike other countries, India has the fastest turnaround time for patient treatment. There is zero waiting period and the surgery is performed as soon as a diagnosis is confirmed.
Major cardiac surgeries in India – Medical Procedures
Open-Heart Surgery
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- In open-heart surgery, surgeon makes a large cut in the chest to open the rib cage and operate on the heart.
- This surgery is used to bypass blocked arteries in the heart and repair or replace heart valves, atrial fibrillation and heart transplants.
- Surgeons have started to use off-pump or beating heart, surgery to do CABG in increase in number.
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
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- The most common type of cardiac surgery for adults is CABG.
- During this process healthy artery or vein from the body is connected, or grafted, to the blocked portion coronary of the artery.
Heart Transplant
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- A heart transplant is the surgery to remove a diseased heart and replace it with a healthy heart from a deceased donor.
- In the condition, heart is very damaged or weak that it can’t pump enough blood to meet your body’s needs so doctor recommends for heart transplant.
- This type of life saving measure is used when medical treatments and less surgery have failed.
Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization
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- This surgery used to treat angina when no other treatments work.
- Lasers are used to make channels in the heart muscle to that allows blood flow to and from the heart chambers
Aneurysm Repair
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- Replacing the artery or heart wall(weak section) with a patch or graft is done during the surgery.
- Blood moving with Pressure through the artery or heart causes the weak area to bulge so Aneurysm Repair treatment is recommended.
- It is an abnormal bulge or “ballooning” in the wall of an artery or the heart muscle when the wall weakens.
Heart Valve Repair or Replacement
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- This is the condition of damaged or diseased heart valves.
- The procedure is done by using valves from animals, human tissue or synthetic materials.
Countries From Which Patients Travel to India for Surgery
