KG Hospital is a famed super-multispecialty medical facility in Coimbatore, widely recognized as the best heart surgery hospital in Coimbatore, expertly handling all sorts of heart valve replacement procedures.

Heart is a precision organ in the body. It must function smoothly and spontaneously. The lub-tubs of the heart should happen in a rhythmic manner. For this to happen the valves inside the heart should carry on their function correctly.

It is the valves that act as the gateways for blood to come to the heart, thengo to the body and vice versa. As such, the valves should be in perfect trim.

When the valves change their form by way of shrinkage (stenosis), or gets thickened, or gets struck due to malfunction, the blood pumping gets retarded. Diseaseand infection can have their toll on the vavles. It could be owing to defects by birth (congenital), too.

As a result, shortness of breath and other complications would arise. Heart failure might also occur. Due to a dysfunctional valve, blood might change course and flow back. This condition is called valve regurgitation.

If the defective valves could be repaired it is well and good. If not, total replacement is the only way out. Under the replacement procedure, the choice might fall between choosing a mechanical valve or a biological valve, as the case may be.

Mechanical valve made of certain metals might last longer.Either titanium or carbon is used to make an artificial valve, as such durability is assured. However, the patients fitted with a mechanical valve would have to be put on life-long blood thinner.

On the other hand, biological valve obtained from an animal or a human donor might be a better option, provided the tissues compatibility is right. In this case, no permanent dependence on blood thinner is required.

Valves are being replaced through mainly three procedures—traditional open heart surgery, modern minimally invasive surgery, or insertion of the replacement valve through catheter.

KG Hospital has proven expertise and outcomes in all types of surgical replacement of valves. Let it be valve repair or replacement, KG Hospital is equipped with all wherewithals to make the heart resume its normal function.

As the valves are gateways to blood circulation, KG Hospital is a well-knowngateway to fine tune the heart.