States »SoutPosted at: Aug 4 2021 3:31PM Apollo performs Mitraclip implant
Chennai, Aug 4 (UNI) Apollo Hospitals today announced that it has successfully
performed MitraClip implant on a 41-year-old farmer who had waited for over
three months in different hospitals for a heart transplant.
The patient was back on his feet within a few days after the procedure and might
not even need a heart transplant.
Talking to reporters here today, Dr.Sai Satish, Senior Interventional Cardiologist
said the MitraClip is a small metal clip with a polyester fabric that is inserted
in place to fix the leaky mitral valve thereby ensuring that the blood flow is in
the right direction.
It is a globally accepted procedure for patients with heart failure. Patients with
moderate to severe or severe primary and secondary mitral regurgitation who
are not improving on medical treatment can opt for this minimally invasive
solution that offers them a vastly improved quality of life and health, he said.
MitraClip implants give a new lease of life for frail and elderly patients who cannot
go in for conventional open-heart surgery.
He said the minimally invasive MitraClip procedure is effective in both functional
and degenerative mitral regurgitation. The procedure is performed percutaneously
in a cath lab and the device is removable and repositionable.
These important attributes contribute to the safety of this procedure. Diligent
patient selection is an important element to ensure success.
Data from 119 patients in the International MitraBridge Registry on critically ill
patients on a transplant list showed procedural success was achieved in 87.5
per cent of cases, and 30-day survival was 100 per cent, Dr Sai Satish said.
Repeat hospitalisations are avoided after the MitraClip procedure as compared to
conventional surgery, making it economical in the long run and patients are able
to recover and resume life in a very short span of time, he said.
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