Cardiac
care has become a speciality in India with names such as the Escorts Heart
Institute and Research Centre, All India Institute of Medical Science and
Apollo Hospital becoming names to reckon with. They combine the latest
innovations in medical electronics with unmatched expertise in leading
cardiologists and cardio-tho-racic surgeons. These centres have the
distinction of providing comprehensive cardiac care
spanning
from basic facilities in preventive cardiology to the most sophisticated
curative technology. The technology is contemporary and world class and the
volumes handled match global benchmarks. They also specialise in offering
surgery to high risk patients with the introduction of innovative techniques
of minimally invasive and robotic surgery.
Renowned Indian
hospitals like Apollo and Escorts Heart Institute today, are equipped to
handle all phases of heart diseases from the elementary to latest clinical
procedures like interventional cardiac catherisation and surgical cardiac
transplants. Their success rate at an average of 98.50 per cent is at per
with leading cardiac centres around the world.
Leading heart
centres like The Escorts Heart Institute have Cardiac Care Units with
sophisticated equipment and investigative facilities like Echocardiography
with coloured Doppler, Nuclear Scanning and Coronary Angiographies.
The
Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology in Banglore, the Cardiology Hospital in
Kanpur, the Heart Hospital in Calicut and the Sree Sudihindra Medical
Mission Hospital in Coaching are some hospitals in India devoted exclusively
to cardiac treatment.