The Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia at SGRH has come a long way since its inception in the year 1999. From the era of on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting to that of off-pump procedures, and now stepping into the future of cardiac surgery, with minimally invasive operations; the department has kept itself at par with international standards in terms of patient safety, monitoring equipment and postoperative outcome. The mortality rate and the complication rate in the department have come down signifi cantly since 1999, which refl ects the department’s comprehensive efforts towards patient safety throughout the perioperative period. The Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia is accredited by the National Board of Examinations and the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Anaesthesiologists to conduct two-year fellowship courses in cardiac anaesthesia. We have successfully conducted cardiac transplantation in the year 2011 and have thus become the fi rst private institution in North India to achieve this feat. In future, we will continue to adopt the latest monitoring technologies and therapeutic interventions so as to make cardiac anaesthesia even more safe and further improve patient outcomes.
Cardiothoracic anaesthesiology is a subspecialty of anaesthesiology, dedicated to the perioperative care of patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery. The subspecialty has expanded its horizons to provide specialist services such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and therapeutic hypothermia along with playing a pivotal role in the management of critically ill patients in the cardiac intensive care unit and the cardiac catheterization laboratory. The Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia has two well-equipped, state-of-theart cardiac operating rooms (OR), a recovery area for immediate postoperative care and a 13-bedded postoperative surgical ICU. All beds are connected to a central monitor and are equipped with modern ventilators, advanced facilities and support systems, such as an arterial blood gas analyser, point-of-care coagulation monitoring such as TEG and sonoclot, patient-controlled analgesia pumps, infusion pumps, intra-aortic balloon pumps and centrifugal pumps.
The Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia provides round-the-clock services at the Dharma Vira Heart Centre (DVHC). These include anaesthesia management of routine and emergency cardiac surgical procedures, postoperative care, and management of sick patients in the cardiac critical care unit and in the cardiac catheterization laboratory
Advanced haemodynamic monitoring:
The Cardiac Anaesthesia Department is actively involved in the critical care of cardiac patients in the CCU, IMCU and SICU. With the growing population (80 years plus/octogenarians) special care in all aspects of healthcare such as nutrition, physical rehabilitation and care of tracheostomized patients is at an advanced level. We are hoping to continue to do more good work in the future.
5th Floor, Dharma Vira Heart Centre, Ext: 1508 Helpline no: 2943
