Sky Hospital saves life
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 03 2019:
IABP (Intra Aortic Balloon Pump) has saved the life of a young man identified as Azad Khan (35), a resident of Mayang Imphal.
He was admitted to emergency room of Sky Hospital on July 1 with acute massive heart attack.
He had already developed severe heart failure and cardiogenic shock as a complication of the heart attack, said Sky Hospital in a statement yesterday.
On July 2, coronary angiogram was performed and IABP was implanted under fluoroscopic screening in the Cath Lab, said Sky Hosptal.
Dr L Shyamkishore Singh, Chief Cardiologist and Chairman, SKY Hospital, Imphal West, stated that IABP is a life saving machine, if timely used in the hand of experienced cardiologists.