Heart Transplant Surgery

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(Package: $50000, 20 Days Stay)

Heart Transplant Surgery is the surgical procedure, which is performed to remove the diseased or damaged heart and then get replaced by the heart of the donor. The donation of the heart is usually done by the donor, for whose the brain is dead and lives on the life support. It is important that this heart is matched with the heart of the patient, in terms of type of the tissue, so that the chances of rejection of the heart by the patient’s body will be reduced.

Need for Heart Transplant Surgery

Heart transplantation is needed for the candidates, who suffer from the following.

  • Candidates suffering with severe angina, which cannot be cured with medications and also from other kinds of surgeries
  • Candidates, who have experienced severe heart failure and the medicine and other kinds of surgeries could not cure the problem
  • Abnormal heart beats or rhythms that are life-threatening and are not responding to the other treatments
  • Children, who have the heart defects right from the birth and the defects are could not be fixed with the other surgeries

However, the heart transplantation is not for the candidates, who suffer from the following.

  • Candidates, who are malnourished
  • Candidates, older than 55 years of age
  • The one, who got severe stroke
  • A person with HIF infection
  • Candidate, suffering from cancer
  • For the patients, who have active hepatitis infections
  • Candidates, who have diabetes and are insulin-dependent
  • Candidates, for whom the family support is not present
  • Candidates with pulmonary hypertension, which thicken the vessels of blood present in the lungs
  • Candidates with drug and alcohol abused and smoling

Heart Transplant Surgery

The procedure starts with the general anesthesia given to the patient. A small incision is made over the breastbone. The heart is initially, made stopped to work, by using certain solutions applied over it. Then the heart-lung bypass machine is connected to the heart. The purpose of this machine is to function like a heart and supply the oxygen and blood to the parts of the body, just like heart. Then the diseased or damaged heart is then removed from the patient’s body and then donor’s heart is replaced in its place. After the replacement of the heart, the heart-lung machine is then removed. The blood then starts flowing through the heart to the parts of the body. Heart Transplant Surgery in India has highest success rates & hundreds of patient across the globe got their heart transplant surgery done in India at best heart transplant hospital in India.

There are certain cases, where the heart is not removed from its place and remained in its place and the new heart is placed above its place. This kind of transplantation is called heterotopic transplant.

After the heart is replaced, special tubes are inserted in the chest, so that the fluid, blood and air will be drained. These tubes are placed for several days. It helps the lungs to re-expand to full extent.

Risks

The risks associated with the heart transplantation are the risks associated with the anesthesia, any surgery and transplant.

The risks that may arise from the anesthesia are

  • Breathing problems
  • Reactions found from the medicine

The risks that may arise from any kind of surgery, are

  • infection
  • bleeding

The risks that may arise from the anesthesia are

  • Anti-rejection medicine, may affect the liver, kidney or other organs
  • Blood clots
  • Rejection preventing drugs, causing development of cancer
  • Problems with heart rhythm, heart attack or other coronary artery disease
  • Rejection to the new heart
  • Wound infections
  • Increased diabetes, cholesterol levels and thinning of the bone from the medicine

After Heart Transplant Surgery

After the transplantation, the patient needs to stay in the hospital for 7 to 21 days, after the stay in intensive care unit from 24 to 48 hours. The first year after the surgery is very critical and must have regular follow ups to ensure that there are no infections to the heart.

Cost of Heart Transplant Surgery

The above Package Cost is a tentative Approximate Package Estimate, which includes initial investigations & specialists screening, stay in a Private Room wherein patient’s assistant or relative can also stay with patient, doctor / surgeon fee, nursing care, medicines & consumables, Airport Pick-Up & Drop. 

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