VALVE REPLACEMENT SURGERY

/ BALLOON VALVOTOMY

• Balloon valvotomy is a non-surgical procedure performed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. A thin flexible tube is inserted through an artery in the groin or arm and threaded into the heart. When the tube reaches the narrowed valve, a balloon device located on the tip of the catheter is quickly inflated. This relieves the obstructed valve.
• During a valve repair surgery, parts of a stenotic valve that are stiff or hardened may be cut and separated to help them open wider. If a valve can't be repaired, it may be replaced with a prosthetic (artificial) valve.
• During

  valve repair or replacement surgery

  , the breastbone is divided, the heart is stopped, and blood is sent through a heart-lung machine while the valve is being replaced.

Special Care Units / Diagnostic Equipment / Facilities

• Treadmill Test (TMT)
• Echocardiography (Colour Doppler)
• Stress Echocardiography
• 24 Hour Holter Monitoring
• Ambulatory BP Monitoring
• Stress Thallium Test
• 64 slice CT angiography
• Coronary and peripheral angiograph
• Electrophysiology Study
• Endovascular Suite (For the first time in India)
• Flat Panel Cath Labs with stent boost technology  

Team of Specialists: Cardiology

• Dr. B KalraConsultant- Cardiology at Artemis Health Institute, GurgaonView Profile

• Dr. Niraj KumarConsultant- Interventional Cardiology View Profile

• Dr. KubbaConsultant- CardiologyView Profile