Manipal Hospitals Dwarka saves 75-year-old-man’s life through TAVR surgery
SRINAGAR, : Manipal Hospitals Dwarka, part of India’s leading healthcare network successfully saved life of a 75-year-old patient, Ramesh Kapoor, through percutaneous Transcatherter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) under conscious sedation in their Cath Lab. The procedure was performed by a team of doctors led by Dr. Yugal Kishore Mishra, Head of Cardiac Sciences & Chief Cardio Vascular Surgeon.
The patient was suffering from severe aortic stenosis, which is a condition in which the aortic valve opening is narrowed and it makes severe enough to reduce blood flow through the aortic valve. The aortic valve of the patient was found heavily calcified with left ventricular ejection fraction up to 35%.With respect to the patient’s ailment, doctors had two options for his treatment- surgical aortic valve replacement or Transcatheter Aortic Valve replacement (TAVR). While taking X-rays of the aorta in the heart, a catheter was placed inside it to set out the aortic valve, aortic route and to analyse the aorta. It showed specs of calcification in the upper part of the aorta and in the portion of main artery.
The patient had many risk factors related to his surgery, like his age, risk of redo surgery, co-morbid conditions-diabetes mellitus type-2, chronic kidney disease, hypothyroidism, specs of calcification in ascending aorta and left ventricular dysfunction. Considering all the risks involved, the doctors decided to proceed with TAVR surgery as surgical aortic valve replacement is considered dangerous in patients with older age.
On the success of the procedure, Dr. Yugal Kishore Mishra, Chief of Clinical Services, Head of Cardiac Sciences & Chief Cardio Vascular Surgeon, said “The non-surgical procedure with no cardiopulmonary bypass is an effective technique to save lives of people with complicacies like severe calcified aortic stenosis. The procedure was successful and the patient was stabilized haemo-dynamically. Post procedure, eco reveal normal function behavior of valve at aortic position. Patient recovery was uneventful and he was discharged three days after his surgery.”
Thanking the Manipal Hospitals, Mr. Ramesh Kapoor, said “I am grateful to Dr. Kishore and his team for providing me the right treatment and saving my life when I was at critical stage. I didn’t expect I would be discharged from the hospital within three days post my operation. Now I am feeling well and is perfectly fine. The hospital staff cared about me as a person, not just a patient.”
Dr Mishra’s OPD is conducted every month in Srinagar at Kashmir Clinic. This month the OPD is on 16th June, 2019. For appointments call 94191 81519.
