Heart Bypass Surgery in India

When a patient's heart doesn’t get enough blood and oxygen, then heart bypass surgery takes place, where surgeons take blood vessels from another part of your body and replace them with blocked arteries.

Heart bypass surgery is also known as coronary artery bypass grafting CABG, and it is one of the most common heart surgeries in the U.S.

Around 500,000 surgeries are performed in the U.S. every year.

Heart bypass surgery lowers heart attack risks and other problems, and once it's treated you will be able to go back to your regular activities.

Why is Heart Bypass Surgery Performed?

Heart bypass surgery treats symptoms of coronary artery disease, which appear due to plaque that builds up inside the arteries.

Doctors suggest you bypass If you have chest pain (angina) or any other symptoms.

How is Heart Bypass Surgery Done?

Heart bypass surgery is performed to treat coronary artery diseases, and now here is the method of the surgery how it performed:

Before the Surgery

• For the first week before the surgery, patients will be asked to stop medicines that might be harder for their blood to clot.
• You can ask doctors what type of medicines you should take on the day of the surgery.
• If you smoke, then you need to stop.
• Tell your doctors if you have a cold, flu, fever, herpes breakout, or any other illness.
• Shower and shampoo well and wash your body below the neck 3 times with special soap.
• A day before surgery, you will be asked not to eat or drink anything.

During the Surgery

• When the procedure starts, general anesthesia will be given to the patient.
• After this, the surgeon will remove the target vessel from the patient's leg, arm, or chest.
• Now, the surgeon will make an incision in the center of the chest and separate the person’s sternum to get access to the heart.
• The patient's heart will be stopped for the surgery and connected to a heart-lung bypass machine.
• Now surgeon will attach the new graft vessels to the side of the blockage to divert blood flow.
• After this, the doctors will remove the cardiopulmonary bypass if necessary, and then the blood flow through the grafted vessel.
• After checking the blood flow, the surgeon will fix the sternum with metal wires and close the incision site.

 After the Surgery

• After the surgery, you will be taken to the intensive care unit to monitor your condition.
• After spending 1 night in ICU, you will be moved to a regular room.
• Patients need to stay in the hospital for 6 to 7 days.
• Patients may have a catheter in their bladder to drain urine and also have an IV for fluids.
• Staff members will monitor patients' pulse, temperature, and breathing.
• Patients will be encouraged to restart their regular activities.
• A patient will be discharged within a week.

Diagnosis and Evaluation

Tests that help to diagnose coronary artery diseases include:

• Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
• Echocardiogram
• Exercise stress test
• Nuclear stress test
• Heart (cardiac) CT scan
• Cardiac catheterization and angiogram

Who are the Candidates for Heart Bypass Surgery?

• Patients with plaque build-up in arterial walls, which affect on supply low blood to the heart muscles.
• Heart failure
• Patients with narrowed or blocked arteries can risk a heart attack.

List of Hospitals for Heart Bypass Surgery in India

• Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
• Medanta - The Medicity Hospital
• Fortis Hospital
• Fortis Memorial Research Institute
• Fortis Escorts Heart Institute
• Artemis Hospital
• Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket
• Manipal Hospital Dwarka
• BLK Max Super Speciality Hospital
• Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta Road

List of Doctors for Heart Bypass Surgery in India

• Dr. Bhaba Nanda Das
• Dr. Naresh Trehan
• Dr. Ajay Kaul
• Dr. Udgeath Dhir
• Dr. Z.S. Meharwal
• Dr. Sushant Srivastava
• Dr. Rajneesh Malhotra
• Dr. Y. K. Mishra
• Dr. Ramji Mehrotra
• Dr. Vivek Jawali

Complications

• Infection, including chest wound infection
• Heart attack
• Stroke
• Heart rhythm problems
• Kidney failure
• Lung failure
• Depression and mood swings
• Low fever, tiredness, and chest pain,
• Memory loss, loss of mental clarity

Conclusion 

The heart bypass surgery procedure is performed to treat patients with blocked or narrowed coronary arteries which cause a high risk of complications. To diagnose the condition, patients undergo various tests such as Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG), Echocardiogram, Exercise stress test, Nuclear stress test, etc, and then prepare for the surgery if necessary. If you are facing any heart issues then you need to consult your doctor immediately.