New technology to protect patient from risk of stroke

According to a press release, the technology was used for a transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) on a high risk 89-year-old man.

Published: 17th June 2022 01:23 AM  |   Last Updated: 17th June 2022 04:58 AM   |  A+A A-

Dr G Sengottuvelu, who did the procedure, and his team at Apollo Hospital

By Express News Service

CHENNAI:   Doctors at Apollo Hospital successfully completed a procedure using the sentinel, cerebral protection system, a new technology shown to help protect patients from risk of stroke during a minimally invasive heart valve procedure.

According to a press release, the technology was used for a transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) on a high risk 89-year-old man. It was carried out by Dr G Sengottuvelu, Senior Consultant and Interventional Cardiology, Apollo Hospital.

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