Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
Open-heart surgery that creates new routes for blood to flow around blocked coronary arteries using grafts from other blood vessels. The gold standard for multi-vessel coronary artery disease.
Cost comparison
92.2%
savings compared to US pricing
12.9× cheaper
Procedure details
Duration
3–6 hours
Hospital stay
5–10 days
Recovery
6–12 weeks, 3–6 months for full recovery
When is this surgery needed?
- Multi-vessel coronary artery disease
- Left main coronary artery disease
- Failed angioplasty or stenting
- Diabetes with multi-vessel disease
Why is it cheaper in India?
- ✓Same surgical technique and equipment (on-pump and off-pump CABG)
- ✓Lower surgeon and team fees — not lower training standards
- ✓High volume — top Indian centres do 2000+ CABG per year
- ✓Indian-made heart-lung machines and consumables reduce costs
Quality & safety
Narayana Health, AIIMS, Escorts Fortis, and Apollo perform CABG with outcomes matching STS (Society of Thoracic Surgeons) benchmarks. Off-pump CABG (OPCAB) pioneered and widely used in India. Many surgeons trained at Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, or UK centres.
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