What do you mean by Heart Transplant surgery?

The concept of replacing a bad organ with a good one is known as organ transplantation.

Similarly, a heart transplant is a surgical procedure used to treat the most serious cases of heart disease. It is an operation in which a diseased heart is replaced with a healthier donor heart. This surgery is performed on a person who has undergone medicinal treatment and other surgeries, but no improvement was seen in the disease. It is an end-stage treatment option for heart failure.

Heart transplant surgery is done as a life-saving measure for a person suffering from end-stage heart failure.  This surgery has to be carried out by an expert Cardiac surgeon.

What is the process of transplant?

 

  • The heart transplant surgery begins with seeking the donor’s heart. A heart donor is a person who is declared brain dead.
  • The cardiac surgeon and his team will connect you to a heart-lung machine. It does the work of your heart and takes the stress off your lungs. It pumps out filtered, oxygen-rich blood into your body so your heart is calm during the operation.
  • Then they will remove the diseased heart and replace it with a healthy heart.

Who needs this surgery?

 People suffering from end-stage heart failure or their heart might have been caused by:

  • Coronary heart disease.
  • Hereditary conditions.
  • Viral infections of the heart.
  • Damaged heart valves and muscles.
  • By birth heart problem (congenital heart defect).
  • Failure of a previous heart transplant.

Even if a person has any of these conditions or been through these conditions there are still more factors that need to be considered for heart transplantation.

What to Expect After a Heart Transplant?

1-2 weeks recovery in hospital and for the next 3 months, the transplant team will keep monitoring you.

You will also be monitored for any signs or symptoms of rejection, like shortness of breath, fever, fatigue, not urinating as much or weight gain. It is very important to let your cardiac surgeon and his team know if you notice any signs or symptoms of rejection or infection.

Where to seek heart surgery?

If you are residing in Pune and looking for a Cardiac surgeon in Pune meet Dr. Ashish Khanijo.

He is an experienced Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeon, for the last 12 years. He is practicing in Pune, Maharashtra. His Specialization is to perform Coronary Bypass Surgery, Heart Valves Surgery & Congenital Heart Surgery.

Dr. Khanijo does Heart Transplantation and the minimally invasive open-heart surgeries and has experience of dealing with patients requiring ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation).

To know more about Heart Surgery visit https://www.drashishkhanijo.com/

Dr. Ashish Khanijo: Heart and Cardiac Surgeon in Pune

Dr. Ashish Khanijo is an experienced Heart Surgeon and Cardiac Surgeon in Pune with around 12 years of experience. His specialization is into Coronary Bypass Surgery, Heart Valves Surgery & Congenital Heart Surgery. He operates at Ruby Hall Clinic, N.M. WADIA Institute of Cardiology Pune.

Dr. Ashish Khanijo has a special interest in minimally invasive open-heart surgery. He has completed his MBBS from Krishna Institute of Medical Science, Karad. Later he completed MS in (Gen Surgery) from Shivaji University, Kolhapur, and DNB (Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery) Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune.

He has been an active member of the heart transplantation team at Ruby Hall Clinic & has started the heart transplant program at Ruby Hall. He has also established the ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) and the heart failure clinic or program in the same hospital. He holds an enormous experience and has extensive knowledge related to heart diseases. Dr. Ashish Khanijo is an experienced Heart Transplant Surgeon in Pune also he is known for offering excellent patient care.

Looking for a Heart specialist in Pune? Book an appointment with Dr. Ashish Khanijo.

Dr. Ashish Khanijostarted practicing independently in 2007; he mostly operates adult cardiac surgical patients. He has good experience of working in the cath lab for pacemakers and Endovascular procedures. He is also a member of the Indian association of cardiothoracic surgeons.

Services provided by Dr. Ashish Khanijo, Heart & Cardiac Surgeon in Pune: 

Cardiac Surgery:

Heart Surgery/ Cardiac Surgery is performed to extend the lifespan of the patient, and to provide surgery if medical treatment hasn’t worked out on the patient.

Coronary Bypass Surgery:

Coronary arteries disease is a condition where a layer of fatty substance gets stored on the wall of the arteries.

Heart Valves Surgery:

In Heart valve surgery; we have four heart valves to keep the blood flow in the correct direction, out of that at least one doesn’t function properly. To carry out the flow smoothly, open-heart surgery or minimally invasive heart surgery is conducted.

Heart Transplant Surgery:

A heart transplant surgery is conducted when a patient’s damaged heart is replaced with a healthy heart received from a brain dead donor. To carry out successful Transplantation you will need an experienced Heart Specialist.

For more info visit us at: https://www.drashishkhanijo.com/

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