Heart Transplant at Fortis Escorts gives 23 year old a new life

Fortis Escorts Heart Institute bids adieu post the recovery period to 23 year old patient, Oshin Goyal who has just received a new lease of life with a heart transplant. The transplant was performed by Dr. Z S Meharwal, Director & Coordinator, Cardiovascular Surgery Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. 

The donor, a 58 year old man, suffered a brain hemorrhage and was rushed to a local hospital. The patient was referred to Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI) when the doctors at a nearby hospital failed to revive him. The heart reached the recipient in just 27 minutes 56 seconds and the surgical procedure for the transplant took four hours for completion.

Oshin Goyal is a young girl at 23 years of age and had been suffering from restrictive cardio myopathy since the last nine years. She initially had swelling of her feet and legs and gradually developed worsening breathlessness, abdomen and face. she was diagnosed with a rare cardiac condition called Restrictive Cardiomyopathy and was treated at our heart failure centre.

Restrictive cardiomyopathy is a rarest form of cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the walls of the lower chambers of the heart (the ventricles) are abnormally rigid and lack the flexibility to expand as the ventricles fill with blood. The heart is, therefore, restricted from stretching and filling with blood properly, eventually, leading to heart failure. As a consequence of poor pumping of the heart, adequate amount of oxygen does not reach the various body parts and the body begins retaining high levels of water. Organs like the lungs, abdomen and veins fill up with water that leads to an swelling of the body. There are no drugs that can reverse or control this condition. Even temporary devices are not available for Restrictive Cardiomyopathy. So she was kept on our transplant recipient list.