Expertise:
D. Seshagiri Rao, HoD of Cardiology,
NIMS, explaining about the surgery performed at the hospital
HYDERABAD: Cardiologists of Nizams Institute of Medical
Sciences (NIMS) have successfully performed a complicated non-invasive heart
surgery on a-44-year-old woman B. Vijaya Gouri, hailing from Ongole. The NIMS
doctors claimed that they have managed to open up a fully blocked left artery
of the heart through coronary angioplasty.
The cardiologists opted to do a small incision in the leg to
send the balloons and stents to unclog the artery. “We have managed to dilate
or widen the narrow artery with good results,” Head of the Cardiology wing of
NIMS Dr. Seshagiri Rao, told media persons on Monday.
The doctors informed that Vijaya had a history of heart
ailments with regular arterial blockage leading to paralytic strokes.
“She recently suffered another paralytic stroke. The local
doctor asked us to rush her to Hyderabad immediately,” Vijaya’s husband, a mechanic
with APSRTC said.
Due to her critical state, minimally invasive technique of
balloon angioplasty was used.
“It is common to take up such surgeries. But in this case,
the artery was completely blocked. Dr. A.N. Patnaik, Dr. Brajaraj Das and Dr.
Suresh were involved in it.
Source: www.hindu.com
