Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 20: In Amandeep Medicity, Amritsar, an obese patient, whose heart was functioning 25 % only, was given a new life by the doctors after performing a critical surgery of 8 hours.
Addressing a press conference at Amritsar, Dr Bhawna Singh, HoD CTVS at Amandeep Medicity, Amritsar, said, “Few days ago, a 58-year-old woman, Harjit Kaur (name changed), resident of Chheharta, Amritsar whose stature was just 4 feet 6 inches, body weight 77 kg and the body diameter 1.72 sq m came to Amandeep Hospital, Amritsar with complaint of having constant pain in the chest, its choking and unstable angina”.
She said the woman’s neck was too small and the veins of the neck did not appear properly due to the high obesity. The legs were too thick. The patient was having constant pain in the chest and was getting chocked & unstable angina. On examination in the hospital, it was found that the blood vessels of the heart (Aortic Anulus) are too small in size and due to obesity, the heart walls got swollen which caused the heart to require more oxygen to work properly and the heart was functioning 25% only (ELVF 25%). For this reason, heart was requiring more power to function properly.
Dr Bhawna said after a long meeting with her team including Dr Manish Arora, HoD Cardiac Anesthesia, she decided to go for the bypass surgery of the patient with 3 grafts & valve replacement. As patient’s heart was functioning only 25 per cent, the risk was too high. The heart was placed on a “heart-lung machine” for 3 hours 40 minutes and the team of doctors started the surgery. After all, the hard work of 8 hours did a miracle and the surgery was successful. “Our team of doctors succeeded in giving the patient new life”, she added.
On the occasion, Dr Ravi Mahajan, HoD, Plastic Surgery Department, Amandeep Group of Hospitals, Dr Kanwarjeet Singh, Medical Director, Amandeep Medicity, Dr Yadvinder Singh, Director-cum-HoD Cardiology Department, Amandeep Medicity and Dr Sumeet Kumar Aggarwal, Consultant, Pediatric Surgery were also present.
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