Cardiac Care and Heart Disease Treatments Indian medical tourism

India Cardiac Care and Heart Disease Treatments

Cardiac care has become a specialty in India with institutions like the Asian Heart Institute, Bangalore, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi becoming names to reckon with. They combine the latest innovations in medical electronics with unmatched expertise in leading cardiologists and cardio-thoracic surgeons as well as specialists for non - invasive ECP Treatment in India. These centers have the distinction of providing comprehensive cardiac care spanning from basic facilities in preventive cardiology to the most sophisticated curative technology. The technology is contemporary and world class and the volumes handled match global benchmarks. They also specialize in offering surgery to high risk patients with the introduction of innovative techniques like minimally invasive and robotic surgery.

Renowned Indian hospital like Asian Heart Institute is equipped to handle all phases of heart diseases from the elementary to the latest clinical procedures like interventional cardiac catherisation and surgical cardiac transplants. Their success rate at an average of 98.50% is at par with leading cardiac centers around the world.

Leading heart centers like Lilavati Hospital have Cardiac Care Units with sophisticated equipment and investigative facilities like Echocardiography with Colored Doppler, Nuclear Scanning and Coronary Angiography.

Cardio Vascular Risks
The heart supplies blood to all the organs of the body including itself through its arteries. When there is some damage in one of the arteries of the heart or when the heart itself does not function normally, it could interrupt the blood supply to various parts of the body. This condition is called cardiovascular disease (CVD). Heart attacks and strokes are the two most dreaded CVDs.

Cardiac rehabilitation
The advantage of the cardiac rehabilitation program is that it increases the functional ability of the person, changes the natural history of cardiac diseases and reduces morbidity and mortality.

The program is provided in four stages.

1. As a part of Preventive Cardiology program in which normal persons are assessed for the risk factors of cardiac illness and they are prescribed an exercise program to keep their heart healthy.
2. Acute Cardiac Rehabilitation Program is for the patient admitted in the hospital for a cardiac illness
3. Post Acute Cardiac Rehabilitation Program – This is the most important phase of any cardiac illness. This is a stage of intensive exercise program for a period of 8 weeks after 1 ½ month post Myocardial Infarction (MI) / Heart Attack or post CABG (Bypass graft).

Each patient is assessed for the exercise tolerance test and he is required to attend the rehabilitation OPD twice/ thrice a week for a total duration of 8 weeks. He is trained to do various sets of exercises on a treadmill, bicycle, ergometer, dumbbells and various functional tasks, which help in his activities of daily living.

Follow Up – The patient has to attend follow ups and get checked for his exercise endurance regularly to ensure his heart is maintaining the improvement in health status done by rehabilitation program.

Some of the routine Cardiology Treatment done in India are;

++ Abdominal or Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Surgery
++ ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Closure
++ Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Open Heart Surgery
++ Heart Transplant
++ Heart/Lung Transplant
++ PDA (Patent Ductus Arteriosus) Ligation
++ TOF (Total Correction; four abnormality correction)
++ Valve Replacement Surgery
++ VSD (Ventricular Septal Defect) Closure