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In the first of its kind in medical history, doctors of Escorts Heart and Super Specialty Institute at Amritsar have successfully conducted a rare heart surgery that involved triple bypass on a beating heart.
By Ravinder Singh Robin
Amritsar, Sept 4 : In the first of its kind in medical history, doctors of Escorts Heart and Super Specialty Institute at Amritsar have successfully conducted a rare heart surgery that involved triple bypass on a beating heart.
After a year of the surgery, Hardeep Singh, an agriculturist, 61 is not only alive, but also in good health.
Chief Cardiac Surgeon of Escorts Dr HS Pannu and Chief Cardiologist Dr Puneet Verma, who led a team of doctors, announced their success after a year.
The doctors said the patient has been under medical observation for more than a year and has exhibited amazing recovery.
The unique case has been invited for presentation in the national and international scientific forums, including Cardiology Society of India, Hyderabad and International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgeons in Boston, US, and is expected to generate active deliberations, besides having great potential for future applications.
Hardeep was suffering from a complex heart condition with multiple-organ failure and his chances for survival were minimal.
This was accompanied by total rupture of 'septum' (main partition of the major chamber of heart) causing impure blood to mix with pure blood, a life threatening condition.
According to the medical index literature, in 90 per cent of such cases patients die within one week.
Apart from this, Hardeep had advanced blockages in all three arteries of heart along with feeble pump function of left and right heart chambers.
The four-hour long operation, involved triple- bypass surgery and placement of metallic umbrella "directly" through the right chamber on a beating heart, and thus sealing the rupture and restoring proper blood supply to heart.
This procedure was carried out after struggling to stabilize the patient's kidneys and lungs, while the heart and other organs were still in a precarious condition, said the doctors.
A conventional surgery, involves stopping of the heart to repair the rupture.
The complex and high-risk surgical repair was done on a beating heart making it the first of its kind.
Dr Verma revealed that despite strong opposition by the entire village Hardeep was confident of going through the complex surgery.
ANI
