Hyderabad: Prof. D Seshagiri Rao, Head of the Department of
Cardiology, NIMS and a team of cardiologists implanted the Drug Eluting
Bifurcation-stent for the first time in South India at Nizams Institute of
Medical Sciences (NIMS) on Saturday.
This procedure was performed by Prof. D Seshagiri Rao and his team comprising Dr B Srinivas, Dr A Suresh and Dr Amarpal Singh as part of Live Transmission to the Advanced Cardiovascular Solutions (ACVS) Conference being held at HICC, Hyderabad. As many as 500 cardiologists from all over India witnessed this rare surgery.
The stent was implanted in a 45 year old Malleswar Rao to clear the blocks at the branching points of the main vessel and side branch.
The stent now helps to keep both blood vessels open. In this case, if an ordinary stent was placed it may have closed the side branches.
In the bifurcation stent, small sleeve of the stent extends into the side branch also to keep it open. Prof. D Seshagiri Rao said, “This Drug Eluting Bifuraction-stent technology had come into use this week only.
The stent was prepared by a French company and it had chosen me to perform this operation for the first time in South India. Though this technology is advanced, my previous experience of having performed many Bifurcation -stent surgeries stood me in good stead.
This new technology is very affordable and in the coming days would be used more often.”
This procedure was performed by Prof. D Seshagiri Rao and his team comprising Dr B Srinivas, Dr A Suresh and Dr Amarpal Singh as part of Live Transmission to the Advanced Cardiovascular Solutions (ACVS) Conference being held at HICC, Hyderabad. As many as 500 cardiologists from all over India witnessed this rare surgery.
The stent was implanted in a 45 year old Malleswar Rao to clear the blocks at the branching points of the main vessel and side branch.
The stent now helps to keep both blood vessels open. In this case, if an ordinary stent was placed it may have closed the side branches.
In the bifurcation stent, small sleeve of the stent extends into the side branch also to keep it open. Prof. D Seshagiri Rao said, “This Drug Eluting Bifuraction-stent technology had come into use this week only.
The stent was prepared by a French company and it had chosen me to perform this operation for the first time in South India. Though this technology is advanced, my previous experience of having performed many Bifurcation -stent surgeries stood me in good stead.
This new technology is very affordable and in the coming days would be used more often.”
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