Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery in India / Open Heart Surgery in India

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• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery in
  India /
• Open Heart Surgery in India

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• What is Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
  surgery in India?
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• Commonly referred to as Bypass Surgery
• Widely accepted procedure for the treatment of
  blocked coronary
• arteries that supply blood to the heart
  muscles.
• Objective is to bypass a block in one or more
  of the arteries leading
• to the heart muscles.
• The portion of the affected artery which
  contains the block is cut away

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• Traditional Bypass Surgery Vs. Beating Heart
  Bypass Surgery In India
• Traditional bypass surgery
• Follows the open chest method, where the chest
  is opened up to expose the heart.
• This technique requires the stoppage of the
  heart
• Requires use of a heart-lung machine to which
  the blood is routed during the surgery
• Beating Heart Bypass Surgery
• Heart is not stopped during surgery
• It beats, although at a slower rate, and
  continues to pump blood to heart muscle

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• What are the advantages in getting Coronary
  Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery
• done at heart hospitals in India?
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• Highly qualified and experienced cardiac surgeons
• Success Rate of 98 to 99
• World-Class Operation Theatres
• Absolutely no wait list even for complex cardiac
  surgeries
• Savings of up to 80, compared to costs in the
  USA

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• What happens during the Heart Bypass Surgery in
  India?
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• You will be under general anaesthesia.
• The surgeon will use a clean section of artery or
  vein from
• your body, typically from the leg, the chest or
  the arm.
• This section, which is called a graft, is
  attached so that it connects
• the aorta with the coronary artery below the
  blocked section.
• Another way is to detach one end of an artery in
  the chest and
• reattach it to the coronary artery beyond
  the blocked a section
• This new section, or the new routing, provides a
  block free
• alternate path for the blood to flow.

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After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
in India

• After surgery, the heart-lung machine will be
  turned off and the
• heart will resume beating.
• Immediately after surgery, your condition may
  seem worse to you
• than it was prior to the procedure because
  of the stress and trauma related to the operation
  itself
• Your heart, BP, oxygen and other body vitals will
  be actively
• monitored for about two days in ICU.
• You will probably spend another five days in the
  hospital before your discharge.
• Full recovery can take up to two months, although
  your doctor may allow you to begin driving in
  about four weeks after surgery.

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• What are the success rates at cardiac centres in
  India for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
  surgeries?
• India has the largest concentration of heart
  patients in the world.
• Consequently, Indian doctors acquire a great deal
  of experience in treating heart diseases over a
  very short period of time.
• The success rate at our associate hospitals in
  India for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgeries
  is over 98, in line with global benchmarks.
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• Cost savings by getting the Coronary Artery
  Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery in India
• Savings are about 80
• A Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery
  costs approximately US dollars 30,000 at a good
  cardiac centre in the USA, South Africa, UK, etc.
• The same procedure at an equally good cardiac
  centre in India would cost approximately US
  dollars 6500, just 22 of the American cost,
  with savings of up to 78

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