Tetralogy of Fallot Surgery in India | Best Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon in India | Cost of Tetralogy of Fallot Surgery in India

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. In children ASD/VSD and Tetralogy of Fallot are the most common diseases that are treated in India. Both the above defects are mostly congenital or by birth. Tetralogy of Fallot is a combination of four heart defects that lead to flow of low oxygen blood out of the heart causing cyanosis. Tetralogy of Fallot surgery in India is done bvy a paediatric cardiac surgeon as soon as the patient diagnosis is confired

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.

TETRALOGY of FALLOT

Tetralogy of Fallot refers to 4 defects in a child's heart that leads to flowing of non oxygenated blood out of the heart. In normal conditions non-oxygenated blood goes to lungs from where it gets oxygen and then is pumped to other parts of the body through heart. In tetralogy of fallot there are 4 defcts in the heart:

Pulmonary Valve Stenosis (Reduction in Opening of Valve between heart and lungs)

Ventricular Septal Defect or VSD (Hole in the heart)

Wrong Placement of Aorta (Main Artery of Body)

Right Ventricular Hypertrophy(Thickening of Right Lower Heart Chamber)

Alll the patients who have been diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot need surgery at the earliest. In India it is seen that most of the patients that come for the treatment of Tetralogy of Fallot are children. The most common symptoms of patients suffering from Tetralogy of Fallot as seen by the Cardiac Surgeons India include bluish colored skin (cyanosis), fast breathing or shortness of breath, poor growth, fainting episodes, heart murmur and fatigue.

COST OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT SURGERY

Cost of Tetralogy of Fallot Surgery at some of the best hospitals in Gurgaon in India range between USD 6500 to USD 8500 depending upon the condition of the child. The hospital stay in case of Tetralogy of Fallot Surgery in India is about 7-10 days including 3 days in ICU. Total stay for the patients coming from abroad in India is about 3 weeks. The surgery is done by best of the cardiac surgeons in India who have expertise and training in performing surgery on both adult and paediatric patients. Dr Akhil Govil, Dr Virendra Sarwal and Dr Mahesh Wadhwani are some of the best cardiac surgeons in India for Tetralogy of Fallot Surgery.

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.