Best Heart Transplant Hospitals in India

Heart Transplant Surgery

A surgical procedure that is undertaken to fix a damaged or to remove a diseased heart is known as a heart transplant. This is then replaced by the heart that is got from a donor who is considered to be brain dead and one who is put on a life support. Before starting the transplant, it is compulsorily a necessity that the heart tissue of the donor matches the recipient in order to avoid the complications that might arise out of the mismatch of tissues. In some cases, the heart from the donor will be rejected by the recipient if there happens to be a mismatch.

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Heart transplant surgery need:-

In Good Hands offers the surgery for Best Heart Transplant Hospitals in India for people with some heart conditions that might include,

·         Onset of a heart failure and no form of medication or surgery can fix the problem.

·         Occurrence of heart beat pattern that is out of ordinary and threatening to life.

·         Angina in its severe form that does not have a cure in the existing surgeries and medications.

·         Heart defects in children right from their birth that cannot be fixed by normal surgery.

Though heart transplant serves as a better option in many cases, the procedure is restricted and not everyone can undergo it. The list of people who are restricted from the procedure include,

·         Malnourished people.

·         Patients who are above 55 years of age.

·         Person who had a previous case of stroke.

·         Patients who have been infected by HIV.

·         People who are suffering from cases of cancer.

·         People showing active hepatitis infection.

·         Diabetic people and others who are insulin dependent.

·         People who have no family support.

·         Patients who have serious cases of pulmonary hypertension.

·         People who have been found to have cases of drug, alcohol abuses and who are chain smokers.

Procedure:-

The transplant begins with the administration of general anaesthetics to the patient and making an incision over the breastbone. The heart has to be stopped initially by using a solution and then a bypass machine is connected to it which in turn helps to circulate the blood by serving as the oxygen supplier. The recipient’s body is fit with the donor’s heart after removing the damaged heart and the bypass machine is stopped. Blood circulation once again takes its normal route after the heart is started. 

Heart Transplant in India

InGoodHand promises a safe transplant surgery and research indicates that India has had many successful heart transplant surgeries over the years.

One form of the heart transplant is the heterotopic transplant in which the new heart is placed right above the damaged heart without removing it. After this procedure, the patient is fit with tubes in order to regain back the full capacity of the heart and the lungs.

Associated risks:-

These are general risks that one might face when they undergo any sort of surgery or transplant. Major risks arise out of the anaesthesia that is used and this does not pertain to jus t the heart transplant. A risk arises out of a series of factors and one cannot point it towards the surgery or the anaesthetics used alone. Several risks that follow the surgery include,

·         General infection or bleeding due to surgery.

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·         Trouble with breathing from the anaesthetics used.

·         Medications that are given to avoid rejection may affect other organs other than the heart.

·         Rejection of the donor’s heart can lead to the abnormal heart beat and other forms of coronary diseases.

·         Reactions the medicines in the anaesthesia can have with the organs.

·         Reduction in the calcium and increase in the cholesterol after the administration of the drugs during surgery.

·         Onset of blood clots and bleeding after the surgery.

Protocol after the transplant:-

After the transplant surgery is over, the patient is kept in the intensive care unit for 24-48 hours following which he has to stay at the hospital for nearly 21 days or even just a week depending on his condition after the surgery. The patient is advised to be careful for the first one year after the surgery is over and it is really critical for him to have regular checkups and follow ups with the doctor to be sure that no sort of infection starts to grow in the new heart.

Heart Transplant in India

Cost of Heart Transplant in India

InGoodHand gives an approximate estimate for the surgery which includes the series of tests that needs to be done before and after the surgery, nurses assistantship, medicines, room services and in some cases fare for the pickup and drop from the airport. The estimate is provided for a duration of 24 hours after the medical records are submitted.