High Quality Heart Bypass Surgery Facilitated by Firstcare Medicare in India

April 21, 2010 - PRLog -- Heart surgery is one of the most complicated surgeries. The new techniques and technologies have been developed to improve the survival of heart patients. The coronary artery disease is a common heart disease that involves the arteries of the heart. The arteries become narrow and thus the flow of the blood to the muscles is impaired. Thus it becomes essential for the patient to undergo surgery. The treatment of coronary artery disease involves medication, minimal invasive techniques or open heart surgery. The heart bypass surgery is an open heart surgery where the damaged arteries are bypassed.
1.   What is Heart bypass surgery
Heart bypass surgery refers to grafting of artery from other part of the body to the heart vessels in order to relieve angina and prevent death from coronary artery disease. Commonly called CABG surgery is a widely performed open heart surgery.

2.   What are the indications for Heart bypass surgery
The bypass surgery is commonly indiacted in patients with
a.   Left main coronary artery disease
b.   Triple vessel disease
c.   Disease not treatable by percutaneous insertion
d.   Patients with ventricular dysfunction
3.   What is meant by quadruple bypass, triple bypass, double bypass?
It refers to number of arteries bypassed in the procedure
Quadruple bypass- 4 arteries bypassed
Triple bypass – 3 arteries bypassed
Double bypass – 2 arteries bypassed
Single bypass – 1 artery bypassed
More the number of arteries bypassed more poor is the prognosis
4.   What are the risks associated with Heart bypass surgery
Heart bypass associated
a.   Postperfusion syndrome- characterized by dizziness, cognitive decline
b.   Myocardial infarction
c.   Non- union of sternum
d.   Acute renal failure
e.   Infection
f.   Deep vein thrombosis
g.   Keloid formation
5.   Precautions for Heart bypass surgery
Patients need to take sternal precautions 8-12 weeks post surgery those are
a.   Avoid excessive use of arms
b.   Limiting the weight picked by the arms
c.   Avoiding any over head activity
6.   Why Heart bypass surgery in India
India has many dedicated heart centres which perform Bypass surgery with great precision. The doctors working in these centres have gained years of experience and have performed thousands of bypass surgeries. Most of the doctors have obtained advanced training in western facilities and have kept themselves abreast of latest developments in field of cardiac bypass surgery.  In addition to experienced manpower these dedicated institutes are equipped with state of the art technology which is at par with the western facilities. The paramedical and nursing staff provide highest quality of care and are fluent in speaking English. The last factor that makes the travel to India for bypass surgery a medical value travel is the low cost of treatment. In India an international patient can undergo bypass surgery at costs 1/5th to 1/10th of cost in home country. Firstcare Medicare takes special care of patients coming through it and provide highest quality of comfortable accommodation and treatment services. For more information regarding the Bypass surgery or Heart Surgery in India log on to http://www.firstcareindia.com or mail at info@firstcareindia.com

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