| | | | | evaluation to establish the diagnosis andrule out |
| Heart Transplant Surgery | | | | other common causes of symptoms these tests |
| | | | | include : - |
| What is Heart Transplant ? | | | | - History and physical examination |
| Heart transplantation also called cardiac | | | | |
| transplantation performed at accredited hospitals | | | | - Echocardiogram or gaited heart scan to assess |
| in India is an operation in which the diseased heart | | | | ventricular function |
| in a person is replaced with a healthy heart. The | | | | |
| healthy heart comes from a donor who is died. | | | | - Endomyocardial biopsy of check for signs of |
| Ninety percent of heart transplants are | | | | rejection in this a small tissue sample from the |
| performed on patients with end stage heart | | | | donor heart. |
| failure. | | | | |
| | | | | - ECG to check heart function |
| Who Needs It ? | | | | |
| - Heart transplant is preformed on patients with | | | | - Chest X-Ray for early signs of lung infection |
| end stage heart failure or some other life | | | | |
| threatening heart disease. | | | | - Lab work test: Complete blood count for the |
| | | | | number of blood cells, blood chemistry, serum |
| - Patients who have coronary artery disease | | | | electrophysiology, thyroid function tests, urinalysis |
| | | | | for infection |
| - Cardiomyopathy disease of the heart muscle in | | | | |
| which the heart loses its ability to pump blood | | | | - Other test such as cardiac catherization and |
| effectively | | | | electrophysiology studies may be indicated. |
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| - Heart valve disease | | | | Procedure Of Heart Transplant |
| | | | | - Heart transplant surgery is performed under |
| - In babies who have serious heart dysfunction. | | | | general anesthesia. Heart transplant surgery |
| Some of the illnesses that affect the heart include | | | | usually takes about 4hours. |
| congenital heart disease | | | | |
| | | | | - Patients often spend the first days after |
| The transplant journey: Taking the first steps | | | | surgery in the intensive care unit of the hospital. |
| If your doctor recommends that you consider a | | | | |
| heart transplant, he or she will likely refer you to | | | | - Intravenous antibiotics are usually given to |
| a heart transplant center for an evaluation. Many | | | | prevent bacterial wound infection. |
| centers coordinate support groups, assist you | | | | |
| with travel arrangements, help you find local | | | | - The surgeon will open the chest cavity and |
| housing for your recovery period, or direct you to | | | | connect you to a heart-lung bypass machine to |
| organizations that can help with these concerns... | | | | keep oxygenated blood flowing... |
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| Waiting for a donor organ in India | | | | Please log on to : |
| If the transplant center medical team in India | | | | Send your query : Get a Quote |
| determines that you're a good candidate for a | | | | |
| heart transplant, the center will register you on a | | | | We Care Core Values |
| nationwide waiting list. Unfortunately, there aren't | | | | We have a very simple business model that |
| enough hearts for every person in need, and | | | | keeps you as the centre. |
| some people may die while waiting for a | | | | Having the industry’s most elaborate and |
| transplant. | | | | exclusive Patient Care and Clinical Coordination |
| While you're on the waiting list, your medical team | | | | teams stationed at each partner hospital, we |
| will monitor the condition of your heart and other | | | | provide you the smoothest and seamless care |
| organs and alter your treatment as necessary... | | | | ever imagined. With a ratio of one Patient Care |
| | | | | Manager to five patients our patient care |
| Diagnosis Of Heart Transplant | | | | standards are unmatched across the sub |
| Patients presenting with signs and symptoms of | | | | continent. |
| cardiac failure need to proceed with an initial | | | | |