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Heart Valve replacement surgery in India: Expectations and Results

Blood is pumped through our heart in only one direction. Heart Valves play a key role in this one-way blood flow, opening and closing with each heartbeat. Pressure changes on either side of the valves cause them to open their flap-like “doors” at just the right time, and then close tightly to prevent a backflow. If valve damage is mild, doctors may be able to treat it with medicines but if damage to the valve is severe, surgery to replace the valve may be needed. India is proud to offer access to state of the art Heart Valve Replacement Surgery and at low cost. The expertise of Indian heart hospital of Mumbai and Bangalore is among the best in the world in the field of Cardiology. All equipments used for heart valve replacement surgery in India are state of the art and the best and most modern Cardiac Surgery equipment and techniques are used. A large group of experienced adult & pediatric cardiologists, Cardiac Surgeons, cardiac anesthesiologists and cardiac rehabilitation physicians provide heart valve replacement surgery in India who had their subspecialty training and working experiences from oversea including the US, Australia and Japan.

 Severe valve damage means that the valve will need to be replaced. Heart valve replacement surgery is most often used to treat Aortic Valves and severely damaged mitral valves. Heart valve replacement surgery in India is a popular solution to get rid damaged valves in clinical, yet safe, friendly, and relaxing manner with assurance to get the best possible result. It is also used to treat any valve disease that is life-threatening. Sometimes, more than one valve may be damaged in the heart, so patients may need more than one replacement. There are two kinds of valves used for heart valve replacement surgery; mechanical valves are usually made from materials such as plastic, carbon, or metal. Mechanical valves are strong, and they last a long time. Because blood tends to stick to mechanical valves and create blood clots, patients with these valves will need to take blood-thinning medicines for the rest of their lives and biological valves, which are made from animal tissue (called a xenograft) or taken from the human tissue of a donated heart (called an allograft or homograft). Sometimes, a patient’s own tissue can be used for valve replacement (called an autograft). Patients with biological valves usually do not need to take blood-thinning medicines. These valves are not as strong as mechanical valves, though, and they may need to be replaced every 10 years or so. Biological valves break down even faster in children and young adults, so these valves are used most often in elderly patients.

 Hospital in India at Mumbai and Bangalore are leading heart hospitals having wide range of services available for overseas patients with a dedicated international department and serviced apartments for those who require them. Heart valve replacement surgery in India is provided at dedicated heart centre which brings together the finest Indian and internationally trained medical professionals coupled with world class technology and top of the range facilities. India has gained a repute of being one of the famous destination which offers medical tourism. It is considered a popular medical tourism destination because there is abundant availability of medical skills, high quality operation theaters, short waiting times and low costs. Medical tourism in India offers western level medical care at a fraction of the US cost. Highest quality of care & mind boggling cost savings are key factors attracting massive number of foreign patients to India. Any person without top of the line health insurance, or limited access to elective modalities & procedures, could easily pay for a 3 week luxury Indian vacation with planned elective surgery and rehabilitation procedure offered by medical tourism in India. To know more about heart valve replacement surgery in India visit us at www.forerunnershealthcare.com. Or mail your queries at enquiry@forerunnershealthcare.com

 

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