The patient had 80 per cent blockage in the left main vessel which was blocking the blood supply to the heart and a major cause of cardiac arrest
A rare stenting procedure was performed at Rela Hospital, Chennai on an 80-year-old female patient Meenakshi, who had a sudden episode of myocardial infarction. The patient had 80 per cent blockage in the left main vessel which was blocking the blood supply to the heart and a major cause of cardiac arrest to this patient. Doctors at Rela Hospital saved the octogenarian from a complex heart condition using very a rarely done- technically challenging procedure – Left Main Bifurcation Stenting.
The cardiac intervention team of Rela Hospital under Dr Ashok Kumar (Senior Consultant Cardiologist) did a thorough evaluation of the patient, A CTVS consultation and CABG was done, which revealed that the major vessel that divides into two vessels and supplies blood nearly entire heart is occluded, and she had three major blocks in arteries.
“The stent procedure to the octogenarian was complex since it involves deploying two stents simultaneously to prevent compromise on any vessel,” said Dr Ashok Kumar, Senior Consultant Cardiologist, Rela Hospital.
“Since the patient condition was deteriorating, we quickly did a complex and technically challenging procedure used- mini crush Left Main Bifurcation as that was the only way to get it treated and though it was a risk-taking procedure we did it to save the life of the 80-Year old. Three stents were placed to help relieve the blockage, the Complex angioplasty was done Door to Procedure Time under the benchmark of 90 minutes by our efficient cardiac intervention team at our hospital,” added Dr Ashok Kumar.
Post-procedure the patient’s blood pressure started to improve, supports were gradually weaned, extubated the next day, and mobilised on the third day. Currently, the patient is walking independently and doing well.
