First in India: PGI Chandigarh performs two cases of orbital atherectomy procedures

It has a 1.25 mm diamond-coated crown which ablates the calcium into fine particles approximately 2 micron in size and creates micro fractures in the calcium, said the statement.

The Department of Cardiology has implemented a strategic, innovative and ultra-precision approach which has helped it in maintaining the least mortality in acutely ill cardiac patients, including patients with acute coronary syndrome (heart attack) and cardiogenic shock.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that the premier Health Institute, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI Chandigarh) had successfully performed its first-ever simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant on a Type-I diabetes patient. It was possible after a 21-year-old accident victim's family came forward to donate organs. The PGI Chandigarh had conducted its first-ever simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplants involving retrieval of the pancreas from a deceased donor while the kidney was donated by the sister of a patient. In a statement on Monday, the institute said the magnanimous gesture of the family of the donor, Kundan Baitha, saved four lives.