Heart Diseases

Heart Disease is the number one cause of untimely deaths in the world. Bad lifestyle choices is the main cause for cardiac disease. Fatty food, lack of exercise, stress, smoking and alcohol are bad for heart health. Genetics also plays an important role in heart disease. Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is the most common amongst the heart diseases. Another problem that is common is irregular heart beats, medically called arrhythmia. The treatment for this is very common and successful in India through pacemaker and Implantable Cadioverter Difibrillator (ICD) device. ICD device is also implanted for patients suffering from heart failure.

Other heart diseases include blockage in heart arteries, calcification or blockage in aortic or mitral valve, hole in the heart, increase in the heart size, reduced blood pumping etc. Patients with irregular heart rate, Cardiac or Heart Failure are also very commonly treated in India by the heart specialist through pacemaker and ICD devices..

ICD for Heart Failure

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator or ICD is an electronic device which is implanted in the chest to for correcting the irregular heart beats or arrhythmia. Irregular heart beat can be either fast or slow. The ICD device helps in regularizing the heart rate by giving a small shock to the heart when it is going fast or slow.

There are three types of ICD devices that are used by cardiologist in APG Hospital, Purnia Single Chamber ICD, Dual Chamber ICD and Biventricular Device. Single Chamber ICD device is used by heart specialist at APG Hospital, Purnia for patients who just have problem in the right ventricle whereas the dual chamber ICD device is used for the patients to manage right ventricle as well as right atrium. Best of the lot is Biventricular Device that is used by heart specialist in for patients having loss of cardiac muscle as well as heart failure as it manages right ventricle, right atrium and left ventricle. In short it can be called as artifical or mechanical heart.

Best Doctors and Cost

ICD Device Implantation in Purnia has been introduced for the first time at APG Hospital due to its high success rates as well as faster recovery. Our team of interventional cardiologists are trained in performing ICD Device procedure. However, when it comes to best doctors then senior cardiologists at APG Hospital are considered as the best exponents for ICD procedure in Purnia and Seemanchal region of Bihar. If you have an individual health insurance policy then this surgery is covered after a period of 4 years from the date of inception of the policy. However if you are a beneficiary of company given policy then the surgery is covered from day one. Always go through the terms of your health insurance policy like room rent capping and co-payment to avoid any kind of financial shocks later on.

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