Chennai : Dr Ajay Kaul, Chairman - Fortis Heart & Vascular Institute, Noida, and his team of medical experts performed an extremely rare surgery, in which the artificial heart (LVAD) of a 56-year-old patient from Iraq was removed through a complex procedure after his heart had recovered completely (which was done in 2018). So far, there are only few such cases which have been reported worldwide. Fortis Hospital Noida has created a record by successfully performing the first surgery of this kind in India and saving the patient’s life.
On presentation the 56-year-old patient from Iraq had terminal heart failure. He was extremely breathless and could not do routine activities like taking bath without help. Since no surgical procedure was possible, he was put on heart transplant list. While waiting for the donor heart patient started deteriorating and became so critical that he required life-saving machines to keep him alive. It is then that we decided to put him on LVAD or artificial heart.
Dr Ajay Kaul, Chairman - Fortis Heart & Vascular Institute, Noida said, “The insertion of the LVAD went well, and the patient recovered completely. The patient was discharged from the hospital after 2 weeks and on follow up we found that the heart support system was functioning well. He was then sent back to his country and was asked to come for a follow up every six months. He was doing very well, but after one and a half years he developed a driveline infection. We tried to treat it and during a routine checkup we found that his heart had recovered completely.”
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