The Dharam Vira Heart Centre was inaugurated on 6th
February, 1999 by then President of India Mr. K. R. Narayanan.
Besides being a hub of modern technology, the centre is
renowned for its humane touch, keeping in view the critical condition of the
patients.
Departments of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Anesthesia at
the Dharamvira Heart Centre are a composite unit with State of the art
equipment to handle open-heart adult and paediatric surgeries in its two
operation theatres.
The center caters to a wide spectrum of cardiac cases
from neonates to adults and from the routine to the very complicated.
At present the department is doing following procedures
regularly.
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Coronary artery bypass surgery including total
arterial revascularisation.
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Beating heart bypass surgery (OPCAB/Minimally
invasive/Key hole).
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Valve replacement/repair
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Congenital heart operation which includes cynotic as
well as acynotic congenital heart disease.
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Closed heart operations
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Aortic Arch replacement and repair surgeries.
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Carotid artery surgeries.
The cardiac surgeons at DVHC are well versed in the art
and fine nuances of coronary artery bypass surgery, especially total
arterial revascularisation, redo beating heart bypass surgeries and
minimally invasive (key hole) surgeries.
In last 7 years since the inception of the department,
over 4000 surgeries have been done.
We had the previous five years witness a conceptual
change in the approach to coronary artery bypass surgery. The very concept
of beating heart surgery was taken to newer heights, when department
attained a very high percentage of total arterial grafts and an amazingly
low mortality and morbidity rate amongst our patients. Infact the success of
our surgical programme, places Sir Ganga Ram Hospital amongst the better
institutions, not only at the national level, but also internationally.
One of the offshoot of aggressive cardiological
intervention is that now we are doing Coronary Surgeries on patients with a
far greater severity of disease than seen earlier and with a host of
associated medical problems. For us this has translated into a far more
demanding surgical and anaesthetic challenges and needless to say success
equally so rewarding.
The overall mortality has come steadily down from 3.8% in
2001 to 1.8% in 2002, 1.1% in 2003 and 0.7% in 2005. Infact the last 250
Open Heart/ CABG have been free of any mortality.
Along side surgical programs, the department gives equal
importance to the academics. A very aggressive teaching programme has been
pursued for the DNB candidates and visiting medical personnel, interested in
our techniques. Conferences and workshop with excellent presentations and
award winning papers have been main stay of our presence on the academic
front at the national level.
