Doctors at GMC Jammu perform complex double heart valve surgery on 25-year-old patient
Jammu: In a rare case, a team of doctors successfully performed a complex double heart valve surgery at Super Specialty Hospital, Government Medical College, Jammu.
The surgery was performed by the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (CVTS).
An official said that a 25-year-old female patient was suffering from Rheumatic Heart Disease with severe mitral and severe aortic valve disease.
“She had multiple admissions for severe heart valve-related problems in GMC Jammu and had been advised surgery long back,” said the official adding that the patient was operated on under total Cardiopulmonary Bypass (when Aorta is cross-clamped and the heart is not beating) and moderate hypothermia (decreased temperature during surgery).
“The patient had severely diseased, dystrophic, calcific, stenotic and regurgitant valves. Her diseased Mitral and Aortic Valve were excised, calcium was removed and both the valves were replaced with St Jude prosthesis,” said a doctor.
The Cardiac Anesthesia team was led by the Head of the Cardio-Thoracic Anesthesia Department Professor (Dr) Pooja Vimesh and was assisted by Dr Rasmeet, Dr Vikas, Senior Residents and Residents. Senior and other technologists from CTA Vikas Sharma, Sumit and Arif were part of the team.
Anaesthesia was so smooth that the intraoperative period, extubation and postoperative period were uneventful, the doctor said.
The surgical team led by Dr I A Mir included Dr Arvind Kohli, Dr Shyam Singh, Dr Mohit Arora, Dr Vivek Gandotra and Dr Javaid Banday.
The Cardiopulmonary machine (which functions for heart/lung during surgery) was run by Senior Perfusionist Charan Jeet Singh and Roshan Lal.
Other supporting staff included Vishaali, Sapna Kumari, Balvir Kour, Fareena, Renu Nathyal, Rigzen Angmo, Sonia Sharma, Arjumand Shaheen, Susheel Sharma, Sunil and Deepak.
“Before the surgery, the patient needed consultations with the Department of Cardiology, Neurology, Nephrology, Chest Disease Medicine, Dermatology and Dentistry,” said operating surgeon Dr I A Mir.
The Department also expressed gratitude to the Principal and Dean GMC Jammu Dr Shashi Sudhan Sharma for always been at the forefront to bring the department at par with other best centers in India.
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