IMS-BHU doctors successfully perform high-risk Angioplasty
According to Prof Shankar, her angiography revealed that the most important artery of her left side of heart (ostial left main), was seen to be narrowed to the thread-like structure.;
Varanasi: Doctors at the department of cardiology of the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (IMS-BHU), have saved the life of a 35-year-old woman suffering from a rare heart disease, after performing a difficult angioplasty procedure on her.
The team led by Prof Om Shankar said that the condition of the woman, who hailed from Azamgarh, was so severe that she wasn't even able to walk a few steps without an unbearable chest, jaw and upper limb pain. All the symptoms pointed towards a serious heart disease.
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She had already got her angiography done in a private hospital, which revealed a serious condition of a heart ailment, also difficult to treat locally, hence she was referred to the cardiology department of Sir Sunderlal Hospital, BHU.
According to Prof Shankar, her angiography revealed that the most important artery of her left side of heart (ostial left main), was seen to be narrowed to the thread-like structure.
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