90-yr-old man undergoes coronary angioplasty
8 Nov 2014 4:22 AM IST
Doctors at a city hospital have given a new lease of life to nonagenarian Sardar Sewa Singh,, enabling him to celebrate Guru Purab festival with his family.
Singh had been spending sleepless nights, as he would often wake up at midnight with severe breathlessness. In an attempt to bear the agony, he used to lie down in bed but in vain, as only sitting up would allow him to breathe. Singh was advised urgent bypass surgery in view of left main disease.
However, the team led by Dr Ajay Kaul, Chairman of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at BLK Super Speciality Hospital decided not to intervene surgically in view of his age and co-morbidities. ‘Singh’s bypass surgery carried a very high risk. Coronary angioplasty by interventional cardiology was his only chance of survival,’ said Kaul. Singh underwent coronary angioplasty to his left main and LAD artery on 3 November, using two drug eluting stents under the back-up cover of naesthesia and cardiac surgery team.
Singh had been spending sleepless nights, as he would often wake up at midnight with severe breathlessness. In an attempt to bear the agony, he used to lie down in bed but in vain, as only sitting up would allow him to breathe. Singh was advised urgent bypass surgery in view of left main disease.
However, the team led by Dr Ajay Kaul, Chairman of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at BLK Super Speciality Hospital decided not to intervene surgically in view of his age and co-morbidities. ‘Singh’s bypass surgery carried a very high risk. Coronary angioplasty by interventional cardiology was his only chance of survival,’ said Kaul. Singh underwent coronary angioplasty to his left main and LAD artery on 3 November, using two drug eluting stents under the back-up cover of naesthesia and cardiac surgery team.
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