Cardiac Surgeons | Cardiac Surgery Doctors in India

A cardiac surgeon has a specialization in performing surgeries for diseases pertaining to the heart and vessels, as well as lung and esophageal diseases that require surgery.

The term ‘open heart surgery’ means that you are connected to a heart-lung bypass machine or bypass pump during surgery.

Heart surgery usually takes three to six hours, depending on how complex the operation is. For traditional open-heart surgery, a breathing tube will be placed in your lungs through your throat.

Heart bypass surgeries are serious but relatively safe. Surgeons perform hundreds of thousands of heart bypass operations each year, and many of those who have the surgery get relief from their symptoms without needing long-term medication. The more severe the heart disease, the higher the risk of complications.

• Chest pain.
• Palpitations or abnormal heart rhythms
• Foot or hand swelling
• Shortness of breath

A cardiac surgeon treats the following

• Coronary artery disease (artery blockage)
• Valvular insufficiency (leaking or regurgitation)
• Valvular stenosis (blocked or narrowed valves)
• Congestive heart failure (ineffective heart muscle)
• Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
• Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm
• Aortic dissection (bleeding in the aorta walls)
• Aorta transaction (a rupture through nearly all the aorta layers from trauma, collisions, or falls)
• Atrial fibrillation
• Lung cancer
• Mediastinal tumors

Heart surgery can help to maintain and prolong life by restoring blood supply to the heart, by opening or replacing blocked coronary arteries, stretching, repairing, or replacing a damaged heart valve, correcting or regulating an abnormal heart rhythm.

A consultation with a cardiac surgeon would cost around Rs. 1000–2000 in India and USD 250–500 abroad.

Both a cardiac surgeon and cardiologist treat heart conditions, with the only difference being that a cardiac surgeon is licensed to perform surgeries while a cardiologist can only treat the disease through medications.

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