Another feather in the cap for SKY Hospital
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, June 20 2019: For the first time in Manipur, Lutembacher Syndrome, a complex heart condition, was successfully operated at SKY Hospital yesterday.

Lutembacher Syndrome is a very rare disease entity in which a large hole in the heart called Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), present from birth, and Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis (blocked mitral valve of the heart), develops after birth, are present in the same heart.

T Yuithing (52) of Kashung village, Ukhrul district, having the rare heart problem had been suffering from breathlessness, cough, chest pain, palpitation etc for many years, said a press release issued by PRO, SKY Hospital& Research Centre Pvt Ltd.

The accurate diagnosis was made at his first visit to SKY Hospital where his case study revealed that his Pulmonary Arterial (PA) pressure was severely high at 78 mmHg with high PVRI of 5 (> 6 not operable) putting him at high risk category of open heart surgery for two operations � mitral valve replacement (MVR) and closure of the large ASD.

SKY Heart Team performed the double operation, which started at 7 pm and finished at 11:50 pm.

He was put on life support including ventilator, pacemaker for the first 48 hours post-operatively.

Subsequent post-operative recovery was smooth although slow.

Another major achievement of this operation is the reversion of his Atrial Fibrillation (irregular palpitation).

He started eating, drinking, mobilizing gradually and was discharged home.

Dr L Shyamkishore expressed happiness and satisfaction on the success of such high risk operation of the patient and appealed to the people to be aware of the sophisticated equipment, infrastructure and highly experienced specialists available at SKY Hospital to treat various high risk and complex heart diseases.

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