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Cardiac Care in India: What International Patients Should Know

India's cardiac centres perform some of the world's highest volumes of bypass, valve, and pediatric heart procedures — here is how the journey works for an international family.

SSF Global Care Team · 30 June 2026 · 7 min read
Surgical team performing a procedure in a modern operating theatre

Cardiac sciences remain the single most requested specialty among the international patients we coordinate. The reasons are consistent: internationally accredited hospitals, surgeons with very high procedure volumes, modern technology, and costs that are a fraction of Europe or North America.

The procedures families ask about most

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), angioplasty and stenting, valve repair and replacement, and pediatric corrections for congenital heart conditions. For each, the hospital provides a transparent package estimate covering surgery, ICU, hospital stay, medicines, and diagnostics — reviewed with you before you ever book a flight.

A typical cardiac journey with SSF Global

It starts with your reports: ECG, echo, angiogram if available. Within days you receive a specialist opinion with treatment options and a cost estimate. Once the family decides, we arrange the medical visa, flights, airport pickup, and accommodation near the hospital.

Admission, diagnostics, and surgery follow a planned calendar, with daily updates to the family and an interpreter alongside the patient. After discharge, recovery accommodation and follow-up consultations are coordinated before a fit-to-fly clearance brings you home.

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