70-yr-old high-risk heart patient gets a new lease of life at SGPGI
Lucknow: A 70-year-old patient with serious
heart valve problem
was treated at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) with the use of a simple and less risky method called MitraClip.The patient also had other health problems like kidney disease and a history of stroke, which made open-heart surgery too dangerous.A team of cardiologists at SGPGI — Prof Roopali Khanna, Prof Satyendra Tewari, Prof Aditya Kapoor, and Dr Harshit Khare — used the MitraClip system, which is performed without cutting open the chest.It is a special clip that is put inside the heart using a thin tube.
The clip helps fix the mitral valve and reduces the backward flow of blood from one part of the heart to another. "The patient had many health issues, including kidney problems and a past stroke. He had
mitral regurgitation
, a condition where the heart valve does not close properly, and blood flows backward. If not treated, this can lead to heart failure and poor quality of life. The patient had been admitted to the hospital many times because of heart failure.
Due to his age and health problems, he could not go through open-heart surgery," Prof Roopali Khanna said. "This case shows how new treatment methods can help patients who were earlier thought to be too weak for surgery.
The MitraClip helped in reducing leakage in the heart and improved the patient's condition with only a short recovery time," Prof Aditya Kapoor said.Prof Satyendra Tewari said it was first time such a procedure was done in UP. "It may help other patients in future," he said. The anaesthesia team — Dr Prabhat Tiwari, Dr Ashish Kanaujia, and Dr Larib — helped during the procedure.The procedure was performed on April 22."SGPGIMS continues to treat difficult cases and provide advanced treatments to patients who need special care," said SGPGIMS director Prof RK Dhiman.
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