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RMLIMS launches laser-based coronary angioplasty in city
Lucknow: Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) started laser-based coronary angioplasty on Thursday, with four procedures successfully performed. Officials claimed that with this, RMLIMS became the first in the state and the first govt institute in North India to do laser-based the trea ted cases was a 75-year-old man from Bahraich with severe calcium buildup in his arteries, who underwent laser angioplasty of the left coronary artery.
An 82-year-old woman from Ambedkar Nagar with a 100% blocked right coronary artery was also treated using the laser technique after all other angioplasty methods proved ineffective. A 65-year-old woman from Mau, whose previously placed stent became blocked, underwent laser-assisted cleaning of the stent followed by re-angioplasty of the right coronary artery. Another male from Azamgarh, suffering from a long-term 100% blockage, was treated with laser angioplasty of the right coronary artery.
Prof Sudarshan Kumar Vijay, who led the team, said, "Laser angioplasty is a blessing for patients in whom traditional balloon angioplasty or even rotablation – a method using a rotating burr to grind calcium – does not work. It helps dissolve cholesterol and clots in arteries and restores blood flow." He added that in such difficult cases, rotablation is usually attempted first, but if that fails, laser angioplasty becomes the only option before bypass surgery.
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However, he cautioned that laser angioplasty is complex and involves an additional cost of about Rs 1 lakh compared to standard procedures. "With this successful advancement, RMLIMS has made high-end cardiac care more accessible to patients with severely blocked arteries, said RMLIMS director Prof CM Singh.
