Karnataka's Kasturba Hospital uses a left atrial plug device to prevent risk of strokes
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Becomes the first hospital to operate a 68-year old man affected with atrial fibrillation, already on biological prosthetic valve and medication
Karnataka based-Kasturba Hospital has created a breakthrough in heart surgery, by operating a 68-year old man suffering from artrial fibrillation with an artrial plug device, so as to reduce the risk of a stroke in future. The patient was already on biological prosthetic valve and a contraindication for blood thinning agents like Warfarin. The team at Kasturba Hospital, lead by Dr Tom Devasia performed this procedure on this patient with atrial fibrillation and no other structural heart disease, but with a contraindication for Warfarin, a blood thinning medicine.
Karnataka based-Kasturba Hospital has created a breakthrough in heart surgery, by operating a 68-year old man suffering from artrial fibrillation with an artrial plug device, so as to reduce the risk of a stroke in future. The patient was already on biological prosthetic valve and a contraindication for blood thinning agents like Warfarin. The team at Kasturba Hospital, lead by Dr Tom Devasia performed this procedure on this patient with atrial fibrillation and no other structural heart disease, but with a contraindication for Warfarin, a blood thinning medicine.
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