Chennai: The city-based Kauvery Hospital has successfully performed India’s first single stage hybrid coronary revascularisation procedure.
Talking to reporters, hospital senior consultant interventional cardiologist Dr R Anantharaman said the 44-year-old patient visited the hospital with a history of heart attack, blockage in multiple arteries and limited heart function of 30 per cent, which required immediate surgical intervention.
He said traditionally, blood flow in patients with multiple coronary blockage was restored by coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG) through sternotomy (Opening Breast Bone) which requires longer recuperation time at the hospital and increased risk of infection, especially during a pandemic.
“Undertaking a complex procedure and enabling the patient to walk back home within a span of two to three days is a huge step in treatment and provides a lot of hope for patients with such conditions”, he said.