Cost and Advantages of Valve Replacement Surgery in India

Valve replacement cost in India has become very affordable to the pockets of abroad patients coming from USA, Canada, UK and South Africa. These patients are reaping valve replacement surgery advantages in India with the help of Indian Healthguru Consultant. India is having the best treatment facilities for cardiac surgeries at its avon and advanced hospitals in cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Nagpur. Thanks to medical tourism that is enabling foreign patients to get treatment at an affordable cost without any compromise in its quality.

A valve replacement surgery is also known as aortic valve replacement surgery. It involves replacing of damaged valve in the patient’s heart with a valve made from synthetic materials or a tissue valve taken from animals like pig or cow or even taken from human donors. The new valve relieves strain and makes relief in symptoms like chest pain due to angina and breathlessness.

A patient can become an ideal candidate for valve replacement due to the following reasons:-

1) The patient is having much valve narrowing or leaking that is creating severe symptoms of cardiac diseases like angina (chest pain), fainting spells and other symptoms of heart failure.

2) Though the symptoms of cardiac disorder is not severe but diagnostic tests display that the patient is suffering from valve stenosis and that is seriously affecting the functioning of his heart.

3) The patient is suffering from milder valve stenosis and requires an open heart surgery due to some other reason. The problematic heart of the patient can be replaced during the procedure of open heart surgery thus managing the situation before it gets worse.

Following types of valves are used in the surgery of valve replacement:-

1) Mechanical valves:-These valves have been designed to relieve patients. They have been stress tested since many hundred years. Though mechanical valves are long lasting yet only a single surgery is required however there is a risk of blood clotting with mechanical valves. To stop blood clotting the recipients of mechanical valves should use anti-coagulant drugs like Warfarin.

2) Tissue valves:-These valves are made of animal tissues either from animal pericardial tissue or animal heart valve tissue. These tissues prevent calcification and rejection.

3) Homograft :-A homograft is a human valve that is taken from a human donor. This kind of valve is of great benefit to children and pregnant women because it does not need anticoagulant therapy for a long term.

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