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Procedures & surgeries
What each procedure involves, how long recovery takes and what it typically costs in Pakistan — so your family can ask the right questions before deciding.
دل کے آپریشن اور طریقۂ علاج
Step 1
Consult a specialist
Video or clinic visit with a PMDC-verified cardiologist or surgeon.
Step 2
Get a second opinion
Upload your angiography or echo — a senior expert reviews it before you decide.
Step 3
Compare hospital costs
Our advisor shares package estimates from partner hospitals — free of charge.
انجیوگرافی
A thin tube is passed through the wrist or groin to inject dye and take X-ray pictures of the heart's arteries — the gold-standard test for blockages.
Who may need it: Chest pain on effort, an abnormal stress test, or after a heart attack.
Typical cost
Rs. 40k – 1.2 lakh
Private hospitals · varies by hospital, devices used & room type
Done by an interventional cardiologist
انجیوپلاسٹی
A tiny balloon opens a narrowed artery and a stent (small mesh tube) is placed to keep it open. No chest opening is needed.
Who may need it: Significant blockages found on angiography, or during a heart attack (primary PCI).
Typical cost
Rs. 3 – 8 lakh
Private hospitals · varies by hospital, devices used & room type
Done by an interventional cardiologist
بائی پاس سرجری
Open-heart surgery that uses a vein or artery from your leg, arm or chest to route blood around blocked coronary arteries.
Who may need it: Multiple or complex blockages, especially with diabetes or a weak heart.
Typical cost
Rs. 6.5 – 15 lakh
Private hospitals · varies by hospital, devices used & room type
Done by a cardiac surgeon
والو کی تبدیلی
A damaged heart valve is repaired or replaced with a mechanical or tissue valve — common after rheumatic heart disease.
Who may need it: Severe valve narrowing or leakage causing breathlessness, swelling or a weak heart.
Typical cost
Rs. 8 – 20 lakh
Private hospitals · varies by hospital, devices used & room type
Done by a cardiac surgeon
بیلون والووٹومی
A balloon is guided to a narrowed mitral valve and gently inflated to widen it — avoiding open-heart surgery in suitable patients.
Who may need it: Rheumatic mitral stenosis with a suitable valve shape on echo.
Typical cost
Rs. 2.5 – 5.5 lakh
Private hospitals · varies by hospital, devices used & room type
Done by an interventional cardiologist
پیس میکر
A small device is placed under the skin below the collarbone to keep the heartbeat steady, or to shock a dangerous rhythm (ICD).
Who may need it: A very slow heartbeat, heart block, fainting spells, or high risk of sudden cardiac arrest.
Typical cost
Rs. 3.5 – 18 lakh
Private hospitals · varies by hospital, devices used & room type
Done by an electrophysiologist
ایبلیشن
Catheters map the heart's electrical circuit and treat the faulty spot with heat or cold energy, often curing the rhythm problem.
Who may need it: Recurrent palpitations from SVT, WPW, atrial flutter or selected atrial fibrillation.
Typical cost
Rs. 3 – 9 lakh
Private hospitals · varies by hospital, devices used & room type
Done by an electrophysiologist
بچوں کے دل کا آپریشن
Surgery or catheter-based device closure to fix holes in the heart and other birth defects in babies and children.
Who may need it: Children diagnosed with congenital heart disease on echo — timing is decided by the pediatric cardiologist.
Typical cost
Rs. 3 – 15 lakh
Private hospitals · varies by hospital, devices used & room type
Done by a pediatric cardiac surgeon
Costs are indicative ranges at private hospitals in major cities and are shared for planning only. Final cost depends on the hospital, devices (stents, valves, pacemakers), room category and your medical condition. Many government and trust hospitals offer these procedures at lower or no cost.
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