Cardiac Surgery
Each year, the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery cares for thousands of patients, young and old, who require virtually every type of heart surgery including
- Coronary bypass surgery.
- Elective or emergency surgery for aortic aneurysm, arrhythmias (such as atrial fibrillation), heart failure, Marfan syndrome and other less common conditions.
- Heart valve surgery for abnormalties like mitral regurgitation or aortic stenosis.
Our surgeons work with the newest surgical techniques, equipment and devices.Over the years, the Cardiothoarcic surgery unit at Apollo Hospitals Chennai has
performed over 55,000 cardiac surgeries with a mortality rate of less than 1%. The patient on whom the first heart transplant was performed 9 years ago, is still
well today.
The depth and breadth of experience in dealing with a
wide variety of cases allows surgeons to handle more
complex surgeries with success rates at par with
the best centres. The entire gamut of cardiac
surgery – from surgery on a 2 day-old infant to
pacemaker implantation in a 97 year-old has been
successfully undertaken .
The centre also offers contemporary techniques
including the off-pump bypass. Over 98% of the surgeries
are "off-pump" or “beating heart”
surgeries, which offer patients faster
post-operative recovery and extract less of a toll
on their systems. Beating-heart surgery allows the
patient to forego cardiopulmonary support. The
precise area of operation is stilled with high-tech
stabilizing devices.
The team regularly performs surgeries like valve
repair, replacement, and combined surgical
procedures using tissue valves and mechanical
valves.
The centre is supported by a well-equipped third
generation Cardiac Catheterisation Lab, Critical
Care Units and Intensive Care Units.
