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All you want to know about Heart Valve Replacement
Written by admin on January 10, 2010 – 10:34 pm -Heart Valve Replacement surgery is done to correct any ailment of the valves. The valves are the most important organs of the human body that help in the proper functioning of the heart.
Heart valve replacement surgery can be done either in a natural (biologic) or artificial (mechanical) way. Human donors provide natural valves in biologic valve replacement surgery. Modified natural valves come from animal donors in valve replacement. Artificial valves are made of metal.
One of the advantages of having natural valves in heart valve surgery is that they rarely require lifelong medication. On the other hand, a heart valve replacement surgery patient receiving an artificial valve may need to take lifelong medication to prevent blood clots. Generally, a doctor recommends heart valve surgery if there is narrowing known as stenosis, or the leaking of the heart valve, also known as regurgitation.
There are many reasons to undergo heart valve surgery for valve caused by birth defects, calcium deposits (calcification), infections such as rheumatic fever, and other external reasons like medications. If the doctor recommends valve replacement surgery, then it should be done immediately as defective valves may result in serious problems like congestive heart failure and infections (infective endocarditis).
Though there are very, very few risks of heart valve replacement surgery like reaction to medications, infections etc, yet till date the success rate of heart valve surgery is high. Valve replacement surgery can relieve all the painfulness of the heart and in fact also prolong your life.
The recovery period of valve replacement surgery differs from patient to patient. Though the hospital may discharge you after a few days of the valve replacement surgery, it takes 6-8 weeks for a heart valve replacement surgery patient to return to normalcy.
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Heart valve replacement surgery in India: Expectations and Results
Written by admin on January 7, 2010 – 4:31 am -Blood is pumped through our heart in only one direction. Heart valves play a key role in this one-way blood flow, opening and closing with each heartbeat. Pressure changes on either side of the valves cause them to open their flap-like “doors” at just the right time, and then close tightly to prevent a backflow. If valve damage is mild, doctors may be able to treat it with medicines but if damage to the valve is severe, surgery to replace the valve may be needed. India is proud to offer access to state of the art heart valve replacement surgery and at low cost. The expertise of Indian heart hospital of Mumbai and Bangalore is among the best in the world in the field of cardiology. All equipments used for heart valve replacement surgery in India are state of the art and the best and most modern cardiac surgery equipment and techniques are used. A large group of experienced adult & pediatric cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, cardiac anesthesiologists and cardiac rehabilitation physicians provide heart valve replacement surgery in India who had their subspecialty training and working experiences from oversea including the US, Australia and Japan.
Severe valve damage means that the valve will need to be replaced. Heart valve replacement surgery is most often used to treat aortic valves and severely damaged mitral valves. Heart valve replacement surgery in India is a popular solution to get rid damaged valves in clinical, yet safe, friendly, and relaxing manner with assurance to get the best possible result. It is also used to treat any valve disease that is life-threatening. Sometimes, more than one valve may be damaged in the heart, so patients may need more than one replacement. There are two kinds of valves used for heart valve replacement surgery; mechanical valves are usually made from materials such as plastic, carbon, or metal. Mechanical valves are strong, and they last a long time. Because blood tends to stick to mechanical valves and create blood clots, patients with these valves will need to take blood-thinning medicines for the rest of their lives and biological valves, which are made from animal tissue (called a xenograft) or taken from the human tissue of a donated heart (called an allograft or homograft). Sometimes, a patient’s own tissue can be used for valve replacement (called an autograft). Patients with biological valves usually do not need to take blood-thinning medicines. These valves are not as strong as mechanical valves, though, and they may need to be replaced every 10 years or so. Biological valves break down even faster in children and young adults, so these valves are used most often in elderly patients.
Hospital in India at Mumbai and Bangalore are leading heart hospitals having wide range of services available for overseas patients with a dedicated international department and serviced apartments for those who require them. Heart valve replacement surgery in India is provided at dedicated heart centre which brings together the finest Indian and internationally trained medical professionals coupled with world class technology and top of the range facilities. India has gained a repute of being one of the famous destination which offers medical tourism. It is considered a popular medical tourism destination because there is abundant availability of medical skills, high quality operation theaters, short waiting times and low costs. Medical tourism in India offers western level medical care at a fraction of the US cost. Highest quality of care & mind boggling cost savings are key factors attracting massive number of foreign patients to India. Any person without top of the line health insurance, or limited access to elective modalities & procedures, could easily pay for a 3 week luxury Indian vacation with planned elective surgery and rehabilitation procedure offered by medical tourism in India. To know more about heart valve replacement surgery in India visit us at www.forerunnershealthcare.com. Or mail your queries at enquiry@forerunnershealthcare.com
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Heart Valve Replacement Surgery: Now Easy to Afford in India
Written by admin on November 24, 2009 – 11:20 am -

Medical industry in India has reached at acme in providing medical healthcare facilities to the international patients at very affordable cost. Now day’s hospitals for cardiac surgery in India are using modern medical treatment facilities for heart valve replacement surgery at the best hospitals in India at Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad. Hospitals in India are gaining confidence of the international patients in providing better medical facilities at very low cost. The cardiac surgeons in India have a strong record of excellence in heart valve replacement surgery and heart valve repair surgery. Each year, heart surgeons repair or replace more than 1,400 heart valves, making Indian Clinics one of the largest and most experienced medical centers in the world for this surgery.

Heart valve repair and replacement can relieve symptoms and prolong life. The success rate for heart valve surgery is high and increasing. It is a technically demanding operation that requires the surgeon and the surgical team to have a high level of skill. Mayo Clinic has state-of-the-art facilities and a strong commitment to research and education which attracts the leaders in cardiac surgery.


Surgery for Heart Valve Repair or Replacement
Stenosis (valve narrowing) may be corrected by cutting, separating or reconstructing the valve leaflets, or other valve components, to widen the valve opening. Most patients with stenosed valves require valve replacement.

Regurgitation (valve leakage) may be corrected by replacing or shortening the supporting valve structures to allow the valve to close tightly, or by inserting a prosthetic ring to reshape a deformed valve. Valve flaps (leaflets) may also be modified to stop blood from flowing backwards.
Annuloplasty is one type of heart valve surgery.

Annuloplasty describes surgical techniques performed on the valve’s annulus, the ring of tissue that supports the valve leaflets. Purse-string sutures are sewn around the ring to make the opening smaller which helps the leaflets meet again when the valve closes. Sometimes when repairing the annulus, it is necessary to implant an annuloplasty ring where the leaflets meet the fibrous annulus to downsize an abnormally enlarged valve opening so the leaflets can come together properly.

Repair of structural support
Repair of structural support replaces or shortens the cords that support the valves (chordae tendineae and papillary muscles). When the cords and muscles are the right length, the valve leaflet edges meet and eliminate the leak.

Valve repair (Valvuloplasty)

Valvuloplasty is one type of heart valve surgery.

Valve repair may be done when a valve leaflet is floppy and prolapses. The procedure involves surgically separating, cutting out a section, or pleating a valve leaflet.
Valve replacement involves removal of the defective valve and replacing it with an artificial (prosthetic) valve by sewing it to the annulus of the natural valve. Approximately 95 percent of all valve replacements are performed for mitral or aortic valves.

Indian medical tourism offers you a complete package of surgical treatment in India for specialized healthcare sectors. There are ample of heart valve replacement surgery hospitals in India at Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad which provide international medical healthcare facilities to abroad patients. The package shall include: Pre-Operative stay in Specialized Guest Houses, surgical package, which includes domiciliary hospitalization and stay in India, in patient care, post operative medical consultancy with complete healthcare advice. In cases of emergencies / critically ill patients we have state of the art Ambulances well equipped with life saving equipments and paramedical forces. In order to facilitate you Indian medical tourism helps in visa processing, Airport pick and drop and your local travel, they will guide you as per your treatment plan. For more details on heart valve replacement surgery in India visit http://www.forerunnershealthcare.com and enquiry@forerunnershealthcare.com
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