Heart Surgery in India

Heart Surgery is a major operation where the chest is opened to perform an open-heart surgery. It is an experience both traumatic for the patient as well as for his/her relatives. The cost of a heart surgery often puts a dent in ones purse. Many prefer for a heart surgery in India as the cost of cardiac surgery is affordable and much lower than the west. The success rate of heart surgeries in India is at par with the west which is 98.50%. Whereas India has the best of heart centers and hospitals offering excellent advanced techniques in surgery as well as world-renowned surgeons performing such surgeries. The postoperative treatments and care is also excellent. Indiaprofile.com offers information regarding heart surgery in India in association with the best medical facilities of Apollo Hospitals.

Heart Surgery
Heart surgery is surgery of the heart or of primary blood vessels like Vena cavae, Pulmonary artery, Pulmonary veins, Aorta. Reduced blood supply to the heart includes Heart diseases also include Ischaemic heart disease. Congenital heart disease, heart disease that exists at birth and other problems caused by endocarditis, which leads to treating valves, and includes heart transplantation are other serious heart disorders.

Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Fat, cholesterol and other substances clog the coronary arteries and so the flow of blood to the heart vessels becomes slow leading to chest pain or heart attack. Increasing the blood flow can reduce the risk of heart attack.
Around the blocked part of the coronary artery the surgeon make a bypass by using a healthy blood vessel from another part of the body.

-The open end of an artery detached from the chest wall can be attached below the blocked area of the coronary artery.
-A large vein is taken from the leg, one end of which is attached to the aorta of the heart while the other end is grafted just below the blocked area of the coronary artery.
-These two bypasses ensure free flow of blood to the heart muscle.

Depending on the blockage of the coronary artery one, two, three or more bypass grafts can de done on a patient.

Heart Valve Surgery
Heart Valve surgery includes the repair or the replacement of the four valves inside the heart that pass blood unidirectional. These valves may become narrowed causing obstruction to the flow of the blood or it may allow blood to flow back to the heart. This leads to the inefficient functioning of the heart. Infection or endocarditis also cause damage to these valves. Aortic and mitral valves are the most commonly involved valves. The surgery involves the replacement of these valves.

Aortic Surgery
Aorta is the main blood vessel passing through the heart that provides blood to all the other parts of the body. It may become diseased by enlargement or by separating into outer and inner layer. The diseased segment is replaced through surgery.

Atrail Septal Defect
This is a congenital or birth defect. The atrail defect is a hole in the wall between the left atrium and the right atrium. This usually results in the mixing of the blood across the hole which causes symptoms of breathlessness. The atrail defect can be repaired by closing the patch.

Apollos Cardiology and Cardio Thoracic Surgery Department is renowned for its group of surgeons and is one of the largest Cardio Vascular groups in the world. Apollo's department of cardiology specializes in common heart problems such as coronary arteries, angina, valvular heart disease and heart failure. It is well equipped with all the latest discoveries in cardiac care and therapies. It has advanced procedures to help diagnose and treat patients with cardiovascular ailments.

Cardiac conditions that are treated in Apollo are as follows:

1. Heart attacks
2. Arrhythmias
3. Mitral stenosis and insufficiency
4. Aortic stenosis and insufficiency
5. Aortic disease
6. Coronary artery disease
7. Hypercholesterolemia and risk factor modification
8. Myocardial Infarction
9. Mitral valve prolapse
10. Heart disease symptoms including angina, shortness of breath and palpitations.
11. Vascular disease
12. Congestive heart failure
13. Atrial fibrillation and flutter

SPECIALITIES /PROCEDURES	Hospital Stay	Single Room (In US $)	Twin Sharing (In US $)
CARDIOLOGY
1) Coronary Angioplasty   (Including one Medicated Stent)	2 Days	6700	6450
2) CABG (Normal)	8 Days	8400	6700
3) AVR/MVR (including one valve) - Normal	10 Days	11200	9700

Note:

• Prices are subject to change or withdrawal without notice.
• These are indicative prices only and may vary depending on the conditon of the patient, at the time of admission.
• Apollo will provide final estimates at the time of patient's admission.
• Single room is well furnished with Bed, Sofa-cum-Bed for Companion, Cupboard, Medicine Drawer, TV, Telephone and Wi-fi facility for Internet access. Mobile phones are available on request.
• Stay and food for one Companion with patient in a Single Room is included in the above packages.
• Services like Mobile, Laundry etc. will be charged extra.
• Post-stay outside the Hospital is at the personal expense of the patient and is not included in the above prices.
• 1 US $ = INR 45

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