Doctors at Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences perform rare heart surgery on 30-year-old patient
Itanagar: Doctors at the lone medical college hospital in Arunachal Pradesh successfully conducted a rare surgery, as they closed a congenital hole in the heart of a 30-year-old female patient, officials said on Friday.
Cardiologists of the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) near here performed the first closure of the Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) of the patient under local anesthesia, on Thursday.
The surgery was performed percutaneously (through the skin) by Dr Rinchin Dorjee Megeji and Dr Tony Ete along with a team of nurses.
“This is the beginning of a new era in medical science in the state,” Ete said.
The ASD is an opening or hole in the wall (septum) that separates the top two chambers of the heart. The opening is present at birth, but later the septum grows and seals the opening. However, in a few cases it does not get sealed, resulting in an increase in the workload on one side of the heart and excessive blood flow to the lungs.
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