CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY INDIA - FORTIS HEALTHCARE

At Fortis Healthcare Mohali we take pride in performing all known invasive procedures and we have a success rate equaling other international world-class hospitals performing similar procedures. A team of doctors who are experts in their field with many years of experience in invasive cardiology performs these procedures.

Team of Doctors

• Dr. G. S. Kalra - Director
• Dr. H.K. Bali - Director
• Dr. Jagmohan Verma - Director
• Dr. R. K. Jaswal - Director
• Dr. Karamjit Singh (Senior Medical Officer)
• Dr. M.L. Chawla
• Dr. Arun Kochar

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CARDIAC SURGERY IN INDIA - FORTIS HEALTHCARE

Fortis Escorts, Raipur a Super Speciality in Cardiac Sciences provides the following

Cardiology and Cardiac related services: Fully equipped coronary care set-up geared towards managing cardiac emergencies, Fully functional non-invasive cardiac lab-where exercise/pharmacological stress test is conducted, Cath Labs for minimally invasive percutaneous procedures, State-of-the-art Colour Doppler - echocardiography and stress echo conducted on digitized machines, Holter monitoring and 24 hours ambulatory BP monitoring, High-end procedures conducted include Angiography, Angioplasty, Bypass Surgery (CABG), Open Heart Surgery, Pacemaker Implant and R F Ablation.

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CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) involves sewing one end an artery or vein above a blocked coronary artery and the other end below the blockage, thereby allowing blood an alternative means to get to the heart. The arteries or veins used for the bypass (which are known as "grafts") are usually obtained from the leg or the chest wall.

Bypass surgery may not be possible if the coronary artery is heavily calcified or if the disease is very widespread. CABG can be done with or without connecting the patient to heart-lung machine, depending on the kind of blockages and surgeon's decision. Several new surgical approaches are being developed, which can potentially reduce the discomfort and complications associated with traditional bypass surgery.

These are collectively referred to as being "minimally invasive." In general, these approaches focus on performing bypass surgery though a very small chest incision and performing bypass surgery while the heart is still beating (ie, without the need for a heart/lung bypass machine).

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Heart Bypass Surgery - Overview

Heart bypass surgery is performed to route blood flow around clogged arteries supplying the heart.

Coronary arteries are the small blood vessels that supply the heart muscle with oxygen and nutrients. Fat and cholesterol can build up inside these small arteries. The arteries can gradually become clogged. This buildup of fat and cholesterol plaque is called atherosclerosis.

When one or more of the coronary arteries becomes partially or totally blocked, the heart does not get enough blood. This is called ischemic heart disease or coronary artery disease (CAD). It can cause chest pain (angina).

Sometimes CAD does not cause pain until the blood supply to the heart becomes critically low, and the muscle begins to die. The first symptom of CAD in this case may be a potentially deadly heart attack. Symptomless CAD is especially common in diabetics.

Heart bypass surgery creates a detour or "bypass" around the blocked part of a coronary artery to restore the blood supply to the heart muscle. The surgery is commonly called Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, or CABG (pronounced "cabbage").

You will receive anesthesia and be completely free from pain. Then the heart surgeon makes a surgical cut in the middle of the chest and separates the breastbone.

Through this cut, the surgeon can see the heart and aorta (the main blood vessel leading from the heart to the rest of the body). After surgery, the breastbone will be rejoined with wire and the opening will be sewn closed.

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