What is Coronary
Artery Bypass Surgery?
Coronary artery bypass surgery is used to treat coronary
heart disease. This is a surgical procedure where one or more blocked coronary
arteries are bypassed by a blood vessel graft to restore normal blood flow to
the heart. In coronary artery bypass graft surgery, a blood vessel is removed
and redirected from one area of the body and placed around the area of
narrowing arteries to bypass the blockages and restore the blood flow to the
heart muscle. This vessel is called a graft. The grafts used in the surgery are
the patient’s own arteries and veins which are extracted from the chest, leg or
arm. These graft goes around the blocked artery to create new pathways for
oxygen-rich blood to flow to the heart. A patient may need to undergo one, two,
three or more bypass grafts, depending on how many coronary arteries are
blocked.
Coronary artery bypass surgery improves the supply of blood
and oxygen to the heart, helps the patient in relieving the pain in the chest
and reduces the risk of heart attack, improves the ability to perform physical
activity. The surgery is performed with a goal to relieve the patient from the
symptoms of coronary artery disease and enables the patient to lead a normal
lifestyle by lower the risk of a heart attack or various other heart diseases.
Why is Coronary
Artery Bypass Surgery performed?
Coronary artery bypass surgery is recommended to patients
who are suffering from the following the conditions:-
• This surgery is recommended to patients who are suffering from severe pain in the chest.
• In case if the patients have several arteries that are narrowed or block and are unable to supply blood to the heart muscles. In many cases angioplasty and stenting procedure can help to unblock the arteries but for some types of blockages, coronary bypass surgery may be the best option.
• If the patient has more than one diseased coronary artery and if the patient’s heart main pumping chamber which is left ventricle is not functioning well then coronary artery bypass surgery is recommended to such patients.
• If the patient left main coronary artery is severely narrowed or blocked. Left main coronary arteries supply most of the blood to the left ventricle.
• This surgery is recommended to patients who has undergone angioplasty or stent placement in past which hasn't been successful.
• If the artery has narrowed again.
• Coronary bypass surgery can be performed in emergency situations, such as a heart attack, or in case if the patient is not responding to other treatments.
• This surgery is recommended to patients who are suffering from severe pain in the chest.
• In case if the patients have several arteries that are narrowed or block and are unable to supply blood to the heart muscles. In many cases angioplasty and stenting procedure can help to unblock the arteries but for some types of blockages, coronary bypass surgery may be the best option.
• If the patient has more than one diseased coronary artery and if the patient’s heart main pumping chamber which is left ventricle is not functioning well then coronary artery bypass surgery is recommended to such patients.
• If the patient left main coronary artery is severely narrowed or blocked. Left main coronary arteries supply most of the blood to the left ventricle.
• This surgery is recommended to patients who has undergone angioplasty or stent placement in past which hasn't been successful.
• If the artery has narrowed again.
• Coronary bypass surgery can be performed in emergency situations, such as a heart attack, or in case if the patient is not responding to other treatments.
Advantages of
undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Patients can experience lots of advantages post-surgery.
Following are some of them mentioned:-
• Coronary artery bypass surgery can improve a patient’s quality of life.
• The surgery lowers the risk of a heart attack.
• The surgery allows the patient to resume to more active lifestyle.
• After the surgery, it helps in improving the pumping action of the heart if it has been damaged by a heart attack.
• The surgery improves the patient’s chance of survival.
• The surgery can reduce angina and various other symptoms of coronary heart diseases.
• Coronary artery bypass surgery is highly effective at eliminating or reducing discomfort.
• Coronary artery bypass surgery can improve a patient’s quality of life.
• The surgery lowers the risk of a heart attack.
• The surgery allows the patient to resume to more active lifestyle.
• After the surgery, it helps in improving the pumping action of the heart if it has been damaged by a heart attack.
• The surgery improves the patient’s chance of survival.
• The surgery can reduce angina and various other symptoms of coronary heart diseases.
• Coronary artery bypass surgery is highly effective at eliminating or reducing discomfort.
Coronary artery
bypass surgery in India with Travcure
India is one of the popular destination for medical tourism.
Many patients from different countries come to India and avail the medical
treatments at affordable costs. Best medical facilities are accessible in India
at the most reasonable expenses if contrasted with some other western
countries. India has some of the best cardiac surgeons. These cardiac surgeons
are highly skilled and qualified. Travcure medical tourism company in India is
associated with the best cardiac surgeons across the country. Travcure offers
customized packages to patients according to the patient’s personal
requirement. Travcure covers an extensive variety of services they offer to the
patients which include stay at best hotels, food, pick and drop facility,
fixing an appointment with doctors, regular follow-ups and visits to exotic
locations on request.
