Heart Double Valve Replacement Cost in Bangalore, India

Double valve replacement (DVR) replaces two heart valves, usually the aortic and mitral valves, in a single operation.

Rheumatic heart disease, still common in South Asia and Africa, often damages the mitral and aortic valves together. Valve infection (endocarditis) and age-related changes can also affect more than one valve.

Sometimes one valve is repaired while the other is replaced.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust explains that a mechanical valve may last for life but needs lifelong warfarin with regular blood tests, while a tissue valve usually avoids long-term warfarin but lasts about 10 years on average.

Atrial fibrillation is common in long-standing mitral disease and may need its own treatment. A yearly echocardiogram is typical.

Flying home: UK Civil Aviation Authority guidance for health professionals suggests about 10 to 14 days after heart surgery, and after a longer two-valve operation the surgeon may wait until early echo and INR checks are stable.

The cost of heart double valve replacement in Bangalore typically ranges from $5,700 to $9,100 USD (about ₹5.41 lakh to ₹8.63 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If your surgery is planned, you recover without problems and you stay in a shared room, your bill is likely to be closer to $5,700 (about ₹5.41 lakh). It is likely to be nearer $9,100 (about ₹8.63 lakh) if your operation is more complex or a repeat operation, you need longer in intensive care, special valves or grafts are used, or you choose a private room.

When comparing Bangalore packages for heart double valve replacement, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Intensive care days
• Valves, grafts or devices
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

Bangalore hospitals usually put together an estimate for heart double valve replacement from these elements:

• Pre-operative work-up: angiogram, echo, blood tests and anaesthetic assessment.
• Theatre and perfusion team: operating time and heart-lung machine charges.
• Surgeon and team grade: consultant fees vary by hospital and seniority.
• Valve types: mechanical, tissue or a mix.
• Extra repair: such as tricuspid valve repair.
• Intensive care: after a longer operation.
• Hospital stay: usually a week or more.

Ask the Bangalore hospital for an itemised quote that shows the device or implant brand, intensive care days and room category.

Bengaluru's private hospitals include a number of cardiac centres with cardiothoracic theatres, perfusion teams and cardiac intensive care, which lets overseas patients request written estimates from more than one centre before travelling.

Accreditation by the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH), part of the Quality Council of India, is India's main hospital quality standard, and the NABH website shows whether a Bangalore hospital's accreditation is current.

Some Bengaluru hospitals also hold Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation, an international standard, and JCI's public directory lets you confirm a hospital's status before you book.

Patients travelling from abroad can apply online for India's e-Medical visa, and accompanying family members for an e-Medical Attendant visa; check the current conditions on the official Indian visa portal before booking.