Doctors at MGM Healthcare perform first cross-blood heart transplant surgery on 18 months-old-girl
Chennai: In a first, Indian doctors from a private hospital in Chennai were able to perform India's first successful cross-blood heart transplant surgery on a one-and-a-half-year-old baby girl, an official said.
"MGM Healthcare has successfully completed an ABO-incompatible paediatric heart transplant, crossing the blood group barrier. The one-and-a-half-year-old baby had multiple episodes of cardiac arrest before the transplant surgery. Dr KR Balakrishnan, Dr Suresh Rao KG, and their team handled the child cautiously, resuscitated the patient every time she had a cardiac arrest, and successfully performed an ABO incompatible paediatric Heart Transplant," hospital authorities said.
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According to the hospital authorities, a one-and-a-half-year-old child who was suffering from terminal heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) was airlifted from Bulgaria to Chennai for possible further treatment.
On the way, over Karachi airspace, the baby suffered a cardiac arrest, was successfully resuscitated after 40 minutes of CPR, and finally landed in Chennai. On arrival at MGM Healthcare, the baby suffered another cardiac arrest and was resuscitated after 45 minutes of CPR with chest compressions.
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