Heart Bypass Surgery in India | CABG Surgery in India | Best Cardiac Surgeon for Bypass Surgery

HEART CONDITIONS

Heart Disease is the number one cause of untimely deaths in the world. Bad lifestyle choices is the main cause for cardiac disease. Fatty food, lack of exercise, stress, smoking and alcohol are bad for heart health. Genetics also plays an important role in heart disease. Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is the most common amongst the heart diseases. CABG or artery bypass grafting is done on patients who have multiple blockages in artery. It is an open heart surgery and is performed by cardiac surgeons in India.

Other heart diseases include blockage in heart arteries, calcification or blockage in aortic or mitral valve, hole in the heart, increase in the heart size, reduced blood pumping etc. Patients with irregular heart rate, Cardiac or Heart Failure are also very commonly treated in India by the heart specialist through pacemaker and ICD devices.

CABG

A coronary artery bypass surgery is performed in patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Coronary Artery Disease is defined by the narrowing of arteries due to calcification. The diagnosis for the same is done through a coronary angiography test which is done on cath lab. The biggest challenge that a patient and the family members face when deciding upon the best line of treatment for blockages in arteries is whether to go for an angioplasty (stenting) or to go for Bypass surgery. The golden rule for deciding the same is if there is blockage in more than two arteries then the choice of procedure has to be a bypass surgery.

When there is blockage in more than 2 arteries it is called Tripple Vessel Disease. Life of a graft is 15 to 20 years as compared to 5 years of a stent placed during the angioplasty.

COST OF CABG SURGERY

CABG or a bypass surgery of the heart as commonly known is an open heart surgery. The surgery is performed by an experienced cardiac surgeon in India. The cost fo the CABG surgery in India is approximately USD 4000 to USD 6500 depending upon the hospital and bed category opted for. The hospital stay in case of a open heart bypass surgery is about 7 to 8 days including 2 to 3 days in ICU. Post discharge stay in India is for about 2 weeks. Some of the best caridac surgeons in India and in medical hub of Gurgaon are Dr Mahesh Wadhwani, Dr Akhil Govil, Dr Anl Bhan and Dr Virender Sarwal in Punjab.

Return airfare to India from most of the countries of the world are in the range of USD 1000 - 1500. 3 star hotels are available for less than USD 100 for two people per day. The cost of food and local travel is also less than USD 50 for two persons for each day of stay in the country.