Frequently Asked Questions

Costs vary based on the number of bypasses, hospital, and complexity of the case. Dr. Pavan Kumar's team provides a detailed, transparent cost estimate after your first consultation and reports review.

Age alone is not a barrier. With careful pre-surgical evaluation, many patients in their 70s and 80s safely undergo valve replacement and recover well.

Most patients are up and walking within 2-3 days and return to normal daily activity within 6-8 weeks, depending on overall health and the type of surgery performed.

It depends on the number, location, and severity of blockages. Dr. Pavan Kumar reviews your angiography personally to advise which option gives you the safest, most durable outcome.

Yes. Dr. Pavan Kumar has performed successful bypass surgery in patients with ejection fraction as low as 13%, using techniques suited to weaker hearts.

Redo CABG is a second bypass surgery for patients who've had one before. It's more complex, but with the right surgical experience, redo surgery can be performed safely and effectively.

This depends entirely on how many coronary arteries are blocked, which is assessed through your angiography report during consultation.

Valve surgery costs depend on whether the valve is repaired or replaced, and whether a tissue or mechanical valve is used. A precise quote is given after clinical evaluation.

For suitable patients, beating-heart surgery can mean less trauma and faster recovery. Not every patient is a candidate - this is assessed case by case.

Look at surgical volume, mortality track record, and experience with complex cases - not just hospital branding. Dr. Pavan Kumar's 16,000+ surgeries and zero-mortality record are exactly these markers.

Modern CABG has a high success rate in experienced hands - Dr. Pavan Kumar's practice has maintained a 99% success rate and zero in-hospital mortality over many consecutive years.

Yes. Myxomas are typically non-cancerous and can be fully removed surgically. Dr. Pavan Kumar has performed 80+ such surgeries with a 100% success rate.

MAZE is a surgical treatment for atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat), often performed alongside bypass or valve surgery when needed.

Timing depends on the patient's stability and the extent of heart damage. Some patients need surgery within days; others benefit from a short stabilisation period first.

Yes. International patients regularly travel to Mumbai for consultation and surgery, with support for medical visas, travel coordination, and remote second opinions before arrival.

Heart bypass surgery or Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) is performed on patients to improve the blood flow to their heart. A surgeon takes blood vessels from another part of your body to go around, or bypass the damaged/blocked arteries.

The bypass surgery is performed so that more blood and oxygen can flow to your heart again. It is recommended to patients when their arteries are blocked or damaged

When you visit a heart surgeon in Mumbai, a team of doctors, including our best cardiac specialist in Mumbai, Dr Pavan Kumar will identify whether you need coronary bypass surgery. There are few risk factors your doctor will examine which affect surgical success. These risk factors are:

• Diabetes. smoking, drinking
• Lung disease
• Kidney disease
• Peripheral arterial disease (PAD)

If your doctor recommends bypass surgery in Mumbai, they will offer you a complete guide on the do and don’ts before and after the surgery.

If your surgery hasn’t been scheduled under emergency circumstances, you will be asked to undergo few preoperative appointments and tests to diagnose your health condition, effectively. Your doctor might ask you to get the following tests done:

• Blood tests
• Chest X-ray
• Electrocardiogram (ECG),echo cardiography
• Coronary Angiography

Bypass surgery is performed under the supervision of several types of specialists to ensure the surgery gets completed accurately. The surgical team includes a perfusion technologist who works with the cardiopulmonary bypass machine. Dr Pavan Kumar, the best bypass surgeon in Mumbai, will perform your surgery and an anesthesiologist will ensure the anaesthesia is delivered to your body correctly to eliminate any discomfort or pain to you during the surgery

A bypass helps your heart to receive an adequate amount of blood supply to function healthily. However, the patient needs to make some necessary changes in their lifestyle to prevent future chances of heart disease. Book your appointment with Dr Pavan Kumar to get the best coronary bypass surgery in Mumbai and safe return back to normal life.

Cardiac surgeon or Heart Surgeon performs operation on heart. Typically medical professional gets Post Graduate training in General Surgery. After this training super speciality training in Heart surgery for 2 – 3 years. So 5 years after Medical degree of MBBS one can be called at qualified Cardiac Surgeon or Heart Surgeon allowed to practice in INDIA.

Best Cardiac Surgeon is called by his experience, expertise to perform a particular Variety of heart operation with lowest risks & excellent Long term outcomes.

In a busy work place / heart hospital which performs 300 plus heart operations per month, a heart surgeon working as independent surgeon for 5 or more years should be qualified as adequate experience. More the years of work in busy hospital better is experience.

Bypass Surgery done on Coronary Arteries which are on Surface of heart. Heart is not opened for Bypass Surgery. Open heart surgery is a misnomer for heart operations done on heart – Lung machine.

Bypass Surgery is known Coronary artery bypass surgery or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG ) surgery, in common man’s language Heart Bypass Surgery. It is a surgical procedure to restore normal blood flow to beyond obstructed coronary artery.