65 year old Jagat Veer Singh, resident of Mohanpur Jat village, got a new life. Awakening
Jagran correspondent, Rishikesh. Doctors at AIIMS Rishikesh have saved the life of a 65-year-old man whose pumping capacity was reduced to only 20 percent due to leakage in the heart valve. Due to valve failure the elderly man was not even in a position to undergo open heart surgery. In such a situation, cardiologist experts removed the leakage of valves using the state-of-the-art technology Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER). The elderly are now healthy and have been discharged from the hospital.
The elderly patient is a resident of Mohanpur Jat village of Tehsil Roorkee. After treatment, 65-year-old Jagat Veer Singh told that in the year 2023, he had undergone a stent in his heart. For the last few months, he started feeling short of breath again and was facing severe difficulties in walking. He told that various hospitals of Haridwar reported serious leakage in the mitral valve of his heart and the need for immediate surgery. The case was risky due to his old age and previous heart surgery. Doctors of the Cardiology Department at AIIMS treated him with TEER method. After treatment, the patient has been discharged from the hospital three days ago.
Cardiologist Additional Prof. of AIIMS had reduced the capacity to twenty percent. Barun Kumar told that due to severe leakage (severe mitral regurgitation) in the mitral valve of the patient's heart, the pumping capacity of his heart was reduced to only 20 percent. Whereas normally it remains 60 percent. In this interventional method, this process of treatment is done without surgery. Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) technique was used in this procedure. Prof. in the team Apart from Barun, cardiologist Dr. Suven Kumar, senior surgeon Dr. Anshuman Darbari, anesthesia Dr. Ajay Kumar were included.
What is TEER technique? In this procedure, without opening the chest, a small clip is passed to the heart through the blood vessel of the thigh, which reduces the reverse flow of blood to a great extent by connecting the leaking parts of the mitral valve. This improves heart function and gives the person significant relief from symptoms like shortness of breath, fatigue and difficulty in daily activities.
This achievement reflects the state-of-the-art, world-class cardiovascular treatment facilities available at the institute. Now treatment of complex heart diseases is possible successfully even without open heart surgery. All the doctors included in the team have done commendable work. - Pro. Meenu Singh, Executive Director AIIMS Rishikesh
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