Known for offering a vast range of health care services, India has always been a favourite destination for people seeking medical treatment from across the world. Even for the complex heart surgery procedures, India has established itself as enviable in providing world class facilities as any other country in the world.

Heart Surgery involves a lot of precision and performing the surgery requires use of cutting - edge technologies such as 256 slice CT scan, Cardiac MRI, PET scan, SPECT thallium, 3D echocardiography, Contrast echocardiography and Robotic surgery, to name a few that are available in the world class hospitals in India. These technologies at an affordable cost have lead to an increase in the success rate of Heart Operations in India.

The heart surgery procedures are being performed at state-of-the art hospitals in India that are well equipped with latest technologies and skilled surgeons who are known for their expertise in performing complex heart surgeries with a lot of precision. Despite the quality treatment which is comparable with any other facility in the world, the heart surgery procedures are being performed at an affordable cost in these super-specialty hospitals.

The Common indications for Heart Surgery are: Ischemic heart disease, which may lead to congestive heart failure, conditions such as congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, other cardiovascular diseases etc.

The common Heart Surgery Procedures being performed in Hospitals in India are:

• Minimally Invasive Heart Bypass surgery - Minimally invasive heart bypass surgery or the MIDCAB is a minimally invasive approach to conventional Bypass Surgery, used for the correction of coronary heart disease. It is also referred to as "keyhole" heart surgery.
• Valve Replacement Surgery - Heart valve replacement is a procedure by which surgeons remove a damaged heart valve and substitute it with grafts or parts from body tissues or with synthetic heart valves.
• Angioplasty - It is a non-surgical procedure used to open blocked heart arteries in which a balloon is used to open blood vessels that have been narrowed or blocked due to deposition of plaque.
• Valvuloplasty - Balloon valvuloplasty, is often termed as percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty. The procedure is used to open a narrowed heart valve or stenosis and improves the valve function and blood flow through the heart.
• Pacemaker Implantation - A cardiac pacemaker is a small device that helps the heart beat more evenly.
• Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass - A heart surgery procedure, this allows a surgeon to re-route the flow of blood around a blocked coronary artery, without stopping the heart.

Some other important Heart Surgery Procedures are –

Surgeries for correction of Atrial Septal Defect which is used for treating Congenital Heart Disease - Atrial Septal Defect or 'Hole in the Heart', Cardiac Ablation / Electro Physiological studies (EPS), theprocedure being used for the diagnosis of abnormal heart rates, by locating small areas of abnormal heart tissue that interrupt the heart's normal electrical system.