HEART & LUNG TRANSPLANT

HEART & LUNG TRANSPLANT

For advanced heart or lung failure, a transplant can be the option that changes everything, and it calls for one of the most experienced teams in medicine. We work with centres that take on these complex cases with the intensive care, donor coordination, and follow up they demand. You are looked after from the first assessment through the operation and the months that follow by a team that does this work routinely.

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OVERVIEW

Advanced Heart & Lung Transplant Care, Trusted Outcomes, New Life

India is a globally preferred destination for heart and lung transplantation, offering world-class cardiac and thoracic surgeons, advanced critical care infrastructure, and internationally benchmarked clinical outcomes at significantly more affordable treatment costs. Leading transplant centres provide comprehensive care for heart transplant, lung transplant, heart-lung transplant, pediatric cases, high-risk surgeries, and re-transplant procedures.

WHY CHOOSE INDIA

Experience World-Class Healthcare in India

Internationally Trained Transplant Surgeons

India's cardiac and thoracic transplant surgeons have extensive experience in standard, pediatric, high-risk, and re-transplant procedures with outcomes comparable to international benchmarks.

NABH / JCI Accredited Hospitals

Dedicated transplant centres with advanced surgical theatres, cardiac ICUs, ECMO support, and comprehensive post-transplant rehabilitation facilities.

Advanced Surgical & Critical Care Facilities

ECMO, ventricular assist devices (VADs), mechanical circulatory support, and state-of-the-art cardiopulmonary bypass systems ensure the highest level of surgical safety.

Significantly Lower Treatment Costs

Heart and lung transplant costs in India are 65–80% lower than the UK, US, or Europe, making life-saving transplant surgery accessible to international patients.

High Success Rates & Long-Term Outcomes

India's leading transplant centres report one-year and five-year graft survival rates comparable to international transplant registries.

End-to-End International Patient Coordination

Seamless support from medical report review, visa, travel coordination, transplant surgery, ICU recovery, to virtual long-term follow-up after returning home.

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

Advanced Heart & Lung Transplant Technologies in India

India's top heart & lung transplant centers use advanced technologies that improve accuracy, reduce surgical risk, and help patients recover faster with better long-term results.

Orthotopic Heart Transplant

Orthotopic Heart Transplant

Orthotopic Heart Transplant

The most commonly performed heart transplant procedure where the diseased heart is completely replaced with a healthy donor heart. It is recommended for patients with end-stage heart failure and severely reduced cardiac function who have exhausted all other treatment options.

Pediatric Heart Transplant

Pediatric Heart Transplant

Pediatric Heart Transplant

A specialized procedure designed for infants, children, and adolescents with congenital heart disease or severe cardiomyopathy, performed by expert pediatric transplant teams with advanced neonatal and pediatric cardiac ICU care.

High-Risk Heart Transplant

High-Risk Heart Transplant

High-Risk Heart Transplant

Performed in critically ill patients with complex conditions such as pulmonary hypertension, previous cardiac surgeries, or multi-organ complications. It requires advanced surgical precision, intraoperative ECMO support, and intensive post-operative care.

Heart Re-Transplant

Heart Re-Transplant

Heart Re-Transplant

A repeat transplant procedure performed when a previous heart transplant fails due to rejection or graft dysfunction, offering renewed hope in highly complex cases with careful pre-operative evaluation and multidisciplinary management.

Heart-Lung Transplant

Heart-Lung Transplant

Heart-Lung Transplant

A combined transplant procedure where both the heart and lungs are replaced simultaneously in patients with end-stage cardiopulmonary disease. This complex procedure requires exceptional surgical expertise, coordination between cardiac and thoracic teams, and specialized post-transplant care.

Single Lung Transplant

Single Lung Transplant

Single Lung Transplant

One diseased lung is replaced with a healthy donor lung. It is suitable for selected patients with conditions such as COPD, pulmonary fibrosis, or other unilateral lung diseases, allowing preservation of the patient's remaining functional lung.

Bilateral Lung Transplant

Bilateral Lung Transplant

Bilateral Lung Transplant

Both lungs are replaced in a single surgery, commonly recommended for advanced respiratory diseases such as cystic fibrosis or bilateral pulmonary fibrosis requiring complete lung replacement. This procedure offers the best long-term outcomes for selected patients.

Pediatric Lung Transplant

Pediatric Lung Transplant

Pediatric Lung Transplant

A highly specialized procedure for children with severe or congenital lung disorders, requiring dedicated pediatric intensive care, size-matched donor lungs, and long-term paediatric pulmonology follow-up.

ECMO & Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs)

ECMO & Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs)

ECMO & Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs)

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and ventricular assist devices are used to provide mechanical circulatory or respiratory support to critically ill transplant patients before surgery (as a bridge to transplant) and during post-operative recovery, significantly improving survival in complex cases.

COST COMPARISON

Heart & Lung Transplant Treatments and Cost Comparison (USD)

Explore treatment costs across countries to make informed and confident healthcare decisions.

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HEART PROCEDURESTURKEYTHAILANDSOUTH AFRICAINDIA
Standard Heart Transplant$90,000 – 160,000$100,000 – 180,000$80,000 – 150,000$35,000 – 65,000
Pediatric Heart Transplant$100,000 – 180,000$110,000 – 200,000$90,000 – 170,000$40,000 – 70,000
High-Risk Heart Transplant$120,000 – 220,000$130,000 – 240,000$110,000 – 210,000$50,000 – 85,000
Heart-Lung Transplant$200,000 – 350,000$220,000 – 400,000$180,000 – 230,000$62,000 – 87,000
Single Lung Transplant$90,000 – 160,000$100,000 – 180,000$80,000 – 150,000$40,000 – 65,000
Double Lung Transplant$120,000 – 200,000$130,000 – 220,000$100,000 – 180,000$50,000 – 80,000
Pediatric Lung Transplant$130,000 – 220,000$140,000 – 250,000$110,000 – 200,000$55,000 – 90,000
Lung Re-Transplant$180,000 – 300,000$200,000 – 320,000$160,000 – 280,000$70,000 – 120,000
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