PGI performs first robotically assisted bioresorbable stent implantation

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The first ever case of robotically assisted bioresorbable stent implantation in the world was done by the Department of Cardiology in the Advanced Cardiac Centre of the PGIMER, Chandigarh as an interventional procedure. The case was performed by Yash Paul Sharma, Department of Cardiology head, and his team. The patient was a 47-year-old with coronary artery disease and 90 percent stenosis of major coronary arteries. Patient underwent successful implantation of bioresorbable stents through the Corindus Robotic Arm of Cardiac Cath Lab.  Newer bioresorbable stent with thinner struts (100 microns) developed in India have been introduced and now these stents dissolve in body over two-three years leaving the natural artery intact.    

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