Docs perform rare cardiac procedure to correct defect

Aurangabad | Tuesday | 10th July, 2018

Summary:

Following the heart attack, stitching up the hole becomes difficult as the muscles are fragile. Aurangabad: Treating a heart complication which manifests in just one per cent of all heart attack cases, city doctors performed a cardiac catheterization to save a 65-year-old woman from Jalna’s Bhokardan tehsil. The patient with ventricular septal defect (VSD) recovered after the the procedure and will be discharged on Wednesday.The Kamalnayan Bajaj Hospital received the patient soon after she suffered a heart attack earlier this month. She felt immediate relief from breathlessness as soon as the device was fitted, the patient confirmed.The team of doctors included Sachin Nachne, Vaibhav Kulkarni, Gunasagar Padghan and Ashwini Pawar. In addition, the open heart surgery has a high rate of complication..