Heart Transplant Surgery at Fortis

The news of a heart transplant often comes across as a crude shock to most patients. It is a major, invasive operation that requires the removal of a failing, diseased heart along with being replaced by a healthier donor heart. Post operation care and cautionary measures are also equally important to retain optimum health. It might take quite a few months for a cardiac transplant patient to resume his/her normal life. Fortis Hospitals has been one of India’s best hospital for heart transplant, providing cutting-edge cardiac care in India with many lifesaving breakthroughs to our credit. India is witnessing nearly 2 million heart attacks a year and a majority of the victims are youngsters. Fortis, being one of the best heart surgery hospitals in Bangalore and India, conducts advanced, innovative heart transplant surgeries that provide patients with a second chance at life.

The heart is a hollow organ made of smooth muscles. It’s about the size of a closed human fist. The main job of this organ is to pump and circulate blood throughout your body. As the blood is circulated to body tissues, it delivers nutrients and oxygen, and removes waste products. A healthy heart is capable of pumping blood to all parts of your body in a matter of seconds. Heart failure occurs when the heart can no longer pump forcefully enough. This might be the result of a disease or injury or even aging. The blood that should be pumped out of your heart backs up and collects in the lungs and other parts of your body, when your heart function is abnormal. This is why patients experience shortness of breath and swelling in the extremities, e.g. hands, legs, and feet. 

One of the best heart surgery hospitals in Bangalore, cardiac transplants at Fortis are performed when other treatments for heart problems haven't worked, leading to gradual heart failure. While a heart transplant surgery is a major operation, your chance of survival is good, with appropriate follow-up care. 

Some of the most common ailments that require a heart transplant are:

• Coronary heart disease: A narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, that leads to reduced blood flow to the heart. The organ fails to function properly if the oxygen inflow is hampered.
• Congestive heart failure: An end-stage disease in which the heart muscle fails severely in its attempt to pump blood through the body, and in which all other available treatments prove to be redundant.
• Cardiomyopathy: A disease of the heart itself, all three major types of the disease affects your heart’s ability to pump blood and deliver it to the rest of your body.

Fortis, being one of India’s best hospitals for heart transplants, has conducted thousands of successful cardiac transplants in the last decade. Our cardiology department has an expert team of cardiologists in India. With the latest technology and best practices across a wide range of cardiac problems, Fortis Hospitals is one of the best heart surgery hospitals in Bangalore.