Heart surgery, because of its prohibitive cost in the West, is one of the most common forms of surgical treatment opted for by medical tourists. Top-quality heart surgery is available at many places in Asia and Eastern Europe for a fraction of the cost of the West, and performed by extremely highly-qualified doctors.

A number of hospitals in Asia have becomes pioneers in cardiac surgery. In India, for example, the Apollo Group, the largest healthcare corporation in India, touched 60,000 cardiac surgeries last year at a success rate of 95-98%, a figure that compares well with other specialty cardiac hospitals around the world. Similarly, at the Escorts Heart Institute, in New Delhi, the death rate for coronary bypass patients is 0.8 percent, which is, by some accounts lower than some of the most well-known cardiac hospitals in the world.

No wonder, an increasing number of patients, put off by the high cost of complex heart surgery in the West are opting for hospitals such as Apollo and Escorts in India, and Bumrungrad in Thailand.

More information on heart bypass surgery can be found at the following sites:
American Heart Association
NIH