Bypass Surgery In India

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Bypass Surgery in India

Bypass surgery in India is carried out by many competent surgeons attached to many well-known hospitals. Apollo Hospitals have the best expertise in surgeries related to the heart. Bypass Surgery or Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery is a type of heart surgery which is sometimes called CABG. The surgery involves improved blood flow and oxygen to the heart by bypassing blood around clogged arteries. With the advancement of medical science and technological growth doctors are more equipped and competent to handle bypass surgeries. Indiaprofile.com offers information regarding heart surgeries in association with the best medical facilities of Apollo Hospitals.

Bypass Surgery:

Coronary artery disease leads to the narrowing of the coronary arteries with fatty deposits, blood clots, calcium and cholesterol. The clogging of the arteries cause chest pain and breathlessness on exertion which often leads to heart attack.

Bypass surgery or coronary artery bypass restores blood flow to the heart muscle and reduces 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 surgeons connect the patient to a heart lung machine to maintain blood flow to the rest of the body. The heart is stopped to sew the bypass grafts.

-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.

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

Heart surgery including heart bypass surgery, emergency surgery for aortic aneurysm, coronary artery disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, Matfan syndrome and heart valve surgery are the areas where the department of cardio thoracic surgery of Apollo offer valuable services. The cardiac surgeons use the latest surgical equipments, techniques and devices and till date the surgery unit of the cardio thoracic has performed over 55,000 surgeries with mortality rate of less than 1%.

Apollo Hospital's Cardiology and Cardio Thoracic Surgery Department is at par to international standards. There are other well-known hospitals in India which offer excellent diagnosis, and treatment of coronary artery disease. Indiaprofile.com offers information on Bypass Surgery in India. Log on to it to get the information about India's best surgeons performing cardiac surgeries such as bypass surgeries, angina, valvular heart disease and other heart diseases.



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