Duration of Treatment
usually takes 4 to 6 hours
Days of Stay
usually 10 days in the hospital and 40 days outside the hospital.
Anesthesia
General anesthesia
Cost
50,000 TO 60,000 USD
How much does Heart Transplant Surgery Cost in India?
- Looking for Heart Transplant Surgery Cost in India at the best heart transplant hospital at an affordable cost in different cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, and Bangalore?
- Here, we answer the question and explain how to choose the best heart transplant surgeon for better results.
- We have the world's best Surgeon, who has pioneered heart transplant surgery and has performed the first successful heart transplant in the country, the count now more than 300 transplants successfully.
- They performed the first implantation of the left ventricular assist device. Our cost is comparatively very less as compared to the US or other countries.
- Heart transplant surgery cost in India: starting from 50,000 to 60,000 USD
- Medicine Cost for a lifetime: 300 to 400 USD (per month).
- Hotel Cost Near Hospital - starting from 18 to 50 USD (as per hotel services)
- Food Cost - starting from 20 to 30 USD (per day)
- Miscellaneous cost - 20 USD (per day).
- It's a rough estimate, final treatment will plan after the fresh evaluation reports.
- In India, heart transplant surgery costs can vary as per the diagnosis, patient conditions, liver surgeon experience, hospital facilities, and city.
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Who is the Best Heart Transplant Surgeon in India?
- Dr. Govini Balasubramani
- Dr. Sandeep Attawar
- Dr. Naresh Trehan
- Dr. Z. S. Meharwal
- Dr. Y. K. Mishra
- Dr. Prem Anand John
- Dr. K R Balakrishnan
- Dr. Arvind Kumar
- Dr. Dhiren Shah
Which is the best hospital for heart transplant surgery in India?
- ARTEMIS HOSPITAL
- MANIPAL HOSPITAL
- FORTIS HOSPITAL
- MEDANTA HOSPITAL
- YASHODHA HOSPITAL
- GLOBAL HOSPITAL
- APOLLO HOSPITAL
- NARAYANA HOSPITAL
- MARGENO ASIA HOSPITAL
Why did you choose Peace Medical Tourism for Heart transplant surgery?
We are one of the best health care services providers with more than 10 years of experience to provide the best treatment in India at an affordable cost and guide our international patients to choose the best hospital and surgeon as per the patient's budget and treatment.
- Comprehensive and 100% transparency.
- Help to Choose the Best Option for Medical Treatment.
- Based on the highest international standard in medical tourism.
- Qualified heart transplant surgeon - For more success rate of surgery.
- Affordable Heart Transplant India
- Patient Safety - Using high-quality instruments for zero infection rate and best results.
What is Heart Transplant?
Heart Transplantation is a major surgery performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or severe coronary artery disease, and there is no more option to improve lifespan. And survival rate of heart transplants is around 90 to 96 percent in one year.
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What is the Sign & Symptoms of a Heart Transplant?
- Congenital Defect
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Valve Dysfunction
- Weakened heart muscle (cardiomyopathy)
- Shortness of breath.
- Fast or irregular heartbeat.
- Drop-in blood pressure.
- Swelling of your feet, hands, or ankles.
What is the Risk factor of a Heart Transplant?
- Infection.
- Rejection of the donor's heart
- Bleeding after the surgery.
- Blood clots after surgery and cause heart attack, stroke, or lung problems.
- Breathing problem.
- Coronary allograft vasculopathy (CAV)
- Death.
How to prepare for Heart Transplant?
- First, you have to choose the best hospital for a heart transplant at an affordable cost for better results in India.
- The patient is required to go for PSC ( Pre-surgery check-up ) to do some blood tests, ECG and ECH for Cardiac check-ups, and urine tests to know whether he /she is fit for surgery or not.
- Before the operation patient’s guardian is asked to sign a consent form, which gives the surgeon permission to carry out the treatment.
- The cardiac surgeons should be informed about any medication that the patient may be taking.
- The patient is admitted to the hospital one day before the procedures and advised to remain empty stomach/Fasting.
- Thinner medicines have to stop before ten days of surgery.
- Most of the patients are operated on under epidural or spinal anesthesia where their legs are numbed and a fine tube is put in the back through which anesthetic agents keep dripping in. This also controls pain in postoperative period
What is the best procedures for Heart Transplant?
Before surgery, the cardiac surgeons and anesthesia doctors will guide you about the benefits and risk factors of a heart transplant.
Step 1 – Anesthesia
A heart transplant is an open-heart surgery that takes approximately four to six hours by giving general anesthesia.
Step 2 – The incision
- In Heart transplant surgery an incision made through the breastbone (sternum).
- The cardiac surgeon will separate your chest bone and open your rib cage so that he or she can operate on your heart.
- The surgeon will connect you to a heart-lung bypass machine to keep oxygen-rich blood flowing throughout your body and remove the patient's heart by leaving the pulmonary vein openings and the back wall of the left atrium intact.
- After that, the donor's aorta and pulmonary arteries are connected to the patient.
Step 3 – Closing the incisions
The Surgeon will flap the skin with the help of Sutures, skin adhesives, tapes, or clips to close the skin incisions, and put the dressing on your wounds.
What is the post-op care for Heart Transplant?
Keep the incision clean and dry and proper dressing. The first two to three weeks avoid rough activities to injure the chest wall. Patients need to follow with cardiology when fever greater than 101°F or a low-grade fever, Difficulty breathing, opening of the wound, or any more complication.
- Immune suppressant drugs a lifelong.
- Managing medications, therapies, and a lifelong care plan.
- Cardiac rehabilitation.
- Diet.
What is the success rate for Heart Transplant in India?
In Heart transplant Surgery, the success rate depends upon the surgeon's experience and post-operative management of surgery. Our hospital's OT and Cardiac ICU are well design for post-care. Our surgeon performs more than 300 heart transplant surgeries successfully. The mean success rate for surgery is 85 to 90%.
What Questions Ask before Heart Transplant?
- Are you a board-certified Heart surgeon for heart transplants in India?
- Am I a good patient for you for this procedure?
- Let me know the success rates and how long time will take for recovery.
- What are the risk factors of surgery?
- What treatment plan do you recommend and why?
- What are the costs involved in heart transplant surgery in India?
- When can I go for normal activities, including exercise?
- Do I have stitches, staples, and/or bandages?
- Do I need any follow-up appointments or tests after my surgery?
- Do your hospitals have the best cardiac intensivist care?
- Does your hospital have the best post-care team?
- Does your hospital have a specialized intensive care unit?
- What are the survival rates of cardiac surgery in your hospital?
