Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 1: Dr Arvind Kohli, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon from Government Medical College Jammu (GMC-J) participated in a national level Heart Lung Workshop held at Coimbatore.
The workshop titled ‘Thohart 2022’ was organized at PSG Institute of Medical Sciences, Coimbatore, which has a state of the art skill lab and animal facility with in-house cardiopulmonary infrastructure.
Ten CTV surgeons from all over India, including Dr Arvind Kohli from Jammu, had registered for the workshop while Dr KR Balakrishnan, leading cardiac transplant surgeon of the country who along with his team has conducted 500 cardiac transplants, was the course director.
Apart from thorough understanding of preparation of a donor and recipient for heart and lung transplant, the workshop focused on hands on live surgical donor heart and lung harvesting, preparing the recipient heart for taking up the transplant and finally the transplant on cardiopulmonary bypass.
The session was dedicated to installation of mechanical circularity support like peripheral and central ECMO which is frequently required in pre and post cardiac transplant patients and the new Impella device. The workshop helped all the participants in enhancing their skills for crucial heart lung transplant.
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