My Overseas Doctor | Affordable Healthcare Abroad

A U.S. patient recounts his experience in India at Wockhardt Hospital.

Do you want to save 60%, 70% or even 80% or more off your anticipated angioplasty costs or angioplasty surgery prices? My Overseas Doctor can provide you with an easy, extremely affordable solution. By outsourcing your angioplasty surgery abroad you can save tens of thousand of dollars! My Overseas Doctor is comprised of a network of World-class Doctors and Internationally Accredited Hospitals that specialize not only in Angioplasty Operations/Surgery but much, much more….

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My Overseas Doctor is able to offer you the same exact care (in most cases at a level that even exceeds) you are used to at much cheaper prices abroad due to 2 major factors:

• The value of US/UK currency is higher overseas - a higher exchange rate will get more value for your money in most of the countries we work with
• Operating costs for Doctors and Hospitals in our network are 10x lower than those in US/UK

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Drug eluting stents (heart stents coated with drugs that inhibit blood clots) are placed in the hearts of more than a million Americans a year to treat coronary disease and generate about $5 billion a year in sales for the two companies that make them. But are drug eluting stents placing your life at risk?

We’ve covered various treatments of clogged heart arteries previously, and there is no question that heart stents have saved countless lives in the short term by preventing impending heart attacks or opening arteries while an attack is being treated. However drug eluting stents may result in the incident of what is known as stent thrombosis, or the formulation of a blood clot within the stent itself. While the drug eluting stent is time-releasing its drugs, it effectively stops the re-growth of muscle cells inside the stent. This results in a clot which in turn results in a heart attack.

Neither type of stent, bare metal stents nor drug eluting stents have been shown in rigorous clinical trials to improve long-term survival compared with open heart bypass surgery. In December 2006, an expert FDA panel concluded that drug-eluting stents are even more likely than bare-metal stents to cause thrombosis.

Stents, which come in varying sizes and designs, are inserted by a cardiologist though a small opening, typically in the leg. The stents are then snaked to the heart on a microscopic balloon that opens the artery and is removed after the stent is in place.

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The history of clearing clogged coronary arteries and implanting is one of progress and setbacks:

1960s: Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG) is introduced to repair arteries clogged with plaque. Surgeons harvest healthy veins from a patient’s legs and transplant them around blocked arteries near the heart, restoring blood flow.

The problem: Although effective, it’s a major operation. Surgeons saw through the patient’s sternum and pry open the rib cage. About 500,000 such surgeries a year are performed.

1977: Doctors begin to unclog arteries with balloon angioplasty. They make a small slit in the patient’s groin, run a wire-like catheter up the femoral artery and inflate a tiny balloon inside the plaque blockage, opening it, restoring blood flow.

The problem: Within six months, one-third to one-half of patients experience a re-narrowing of the artery due to plaque, called “restenosis.”

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Interested in learning more about affordable angioplasty or angioplasty procedures? You’ve come to the right place! 

What is a Balloon Angioplasty?

Angioplasty, also known as Balloon Angioplasty is a medical procedure in which a balloon is used to open narrowed or blocked blood vessels of the heart.

How is it done?

Angioplasty procedures generally take up to 1 - 2 hours. The patient is awake for the angioplasty procedure but local anesthesia is used and pain medication can be given as needed. During the procedure the surgeon will insert a small balloon catheter into an artery in the groin or arm and advance it toward the narrowing in the coronary artery. The balloon is then inflated to enlarge the narrowing in the artery. In some cases, a stent of wire mesh inflates with the balloon and is left behind to support the artery walls.

Why is it done?

When successful, Balloon Angioplasty can relieve chest pain of angina, improve the prognosis of patients with unstable angina, and minimize or stop a heart attack without having the patient undergo open heart surgery.

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