Oldest patient with birth heart defect treated at SKY Hospital
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 07 2018:
For the first time at SKY Hospital, a 55-year-old woman Achung Runthan from Ukhrul District, who was born with a big hole in the heart called Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) was presented to SKY Hospital on January 14 with increasing breathlessness and palpitation after seeing a number of specialists in and outside Manipur.
According to a press release from SKY Hospital & Research Institute, the woman had Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) with which she was considered a high risk patient for open heart surgery for the closure of the hole (VSD).
After careful assessment of her cardiovascular haemodynamic, she was given the option of device closure of the hole without surgery.
Achung Runthan consented for the high risk device closure procedure.
The procedure was performed on January 18.A 12 mm device diameter called Amplatzer VSD Occluder Device (American made) was implanted inside the heart via the right femoral vessels at the level of groin.
The device closure procedure took 1 hour 32 minutes and was a complete success.
Immediately after the implantation of the device across the hole closing it, check angiogram using Philip's Cath Lab Machine and GE made Echocardiographic Machine showed no residual flow at the VSD (hole) site.
Half an hour later the patient could talk and started eating and drinking.
The patient went home on January 26 .
Dr L Shyamkishore, Chief Cardiologist & Chairman of SKY Hospital expressed happiness on saving the life of the patient who had been suffering for so long without a curative treatment.
He informed that such a patient who is traditionally treated with open heart surgery may be given an opportunity/option for non-operative Device Closure of the hole in the heart at the hospital.