Hyderabad: A 45-year-old man working in an IT software industry in Bengaluru has been given new life after a team of cardiologists at Medicover hospitals performed a critical heart procedure by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that was not approved not. -surgical pump technology.
Madhu underwent a kidney transplant in 2002. He was diagnosed with a failed transplant in 2018 and had a weakened heart pump, for which he underwent a coronary angiogram, which shows a triple disease with chronic total blockage of two vessels.
His repeated admissions to a UAE hospital for stabilizing heart failure did not help and he could not plan for a second transplant due to severe heart failure. In this condition he was presented at Medicover Hospitals.
After going through the complete clinical information, the team of doctors led by Dr A Sharath Reddy, director-interventional cardiologist, and Dr Kamal Kiran, a nephrologist, decided to perform percutaneous intervention for his blockages in the heart blood using hemodynamic support with a percutaneous left ventricle. tool (Impella).
The team performed more than 5 hours of percutaneous intervention by placing a new percutaneous LV tool-Impella CP-before the procedure, which maintains the steady heart output of more than 3.4L, giving the interventionist enough time to accurately close his closed blood to work. vessels.
‘Impella is the only US FDA-approved non-surgical heart pump technology. It is mainly indicated in patients with severe heart disease with other health conditions requiring high-risk PCI. It is the safest and most effective heart pump for critical individuals, “said Sharath Reddy, director-interventional cardiologist, in a statement.
“Impella-guided PCI procedure ensures good blood flow to all organs, including the heart, enabling the operator to perform a procedure without any problems, while reducing the need for lengthy hospitalization and multiple procedures,” Reddy said. added.
After the procedure, the doctors observed him in the hospital for one and a half days and then discharged him with ordinary medication. After the recovery, Madhu can sleep at night without interruption, the doctors said.
Source: The Siasat Daily