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Healing touch for an ailing heart by Dr Divakar Bhat
Senior Cardio-thoracic surgeon Divakar Bhat believes surgery is only ¼ th in the process of healing, understanding the patient & listening to them are rather more important.
Long life through short sharp knife
Very few heart problems require surgery, but who undergoes a successful surgery will have a long quality life.
Beating heart surgey technique
Heart is an organ which works always. Repairing the engine while it is working is a challenge.
Key Hole Heart Operation
Cut on the skin gets smaller, but the magnitude of operations remains same with more benefits.

Dr.Divakar Bhat is well known for his "Beating heart surgery" technique where in heart (engine) is repaired without stopping, thus helping the patient to recover very fast from major operation. Valve replacement, pediatric heart operations, key hole heart operations, vascular operations & lung surgeries are done with high success rate in his hands. By now he has performed more than 3500 operations independently, involved in more than 6000 operations as assistant surgeon, and actively involved in around 100 heart lung transplants when he was in Sydney.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are heart problems ?

Heart Problems are mainly coronary artery diseases (CAD), which cause myocardial infarction commonly known as "Heart Attack". It is blockage developing inside the blood pipes (coronary artries) which supplies blood to heart muscles. Once the blockage is significant blood supply to the heart muscle is reduced and person will experience chest pain. If the blockage is sudden and complete, will result in Heart Attack.

Rheumatic Heart Dieases ?

This is the cross infection of the heart valves from throat infection during childhood. This will result in over the time either narrowing of the valve (stenosis) or leakage of the valve (regurgitation).

Congenital Heart Dieases ?

These are defects during formation of the heart. Child is born with heart defects.

Aortic Aneurysms-Dilatation of the main pipe coming out of the heart.

Aortic Dissection - Blood starts flowing in between layers of the aorta instead of inside the lumen, leading to life threatening situation.

What is heart attack?

Heart attack is sudden stoppage of blood supply to heart muscles, person will experience severe squeezing intolerable chest pain with giddiness and sweating. If proper treatment is given on time muscle damage can be prevented or reduced.

What is heart failure?

Heart failure is markedly reduced heart function after significant muscle damage either due to multiple heart attacks or some sort of infection.

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