IMS-BHU doctors successfully perform high-risk Angioplasty

This type of heart disease is considered to be the most serious and many people facing similar conditions often become victims of untimely deaths due to sudden cardiac arrests.

He said that considering the severity of the disease, only two treatments were possible in this case. Either the patient had to undergo open heart (bypass) surgery, which would have been costly, or it has to be dealt with angioplasty, which was followed in this case.

"We decided to conduct angioplasty on her, which was a really challenging task," he said, adding that the condition of the artery was difficult to negotiate through the wires.

Then the position and alignments of the blood vessels was such that it was also quite a task to determine where to place the stent. Even a slight mistake in this procedure could have cost the patient's life.

Finally, her narrowed vessel was opened up with the help of wires, balloons and stents by inserting a needle into the artery of the hand. Immediately after angioplasty patients became completely healthy, that too without any incisions.

The procedure cost Rs 50,000, he said.

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