The doctors of Fortis Escort heart institute here have successfully carried out a cardiac surgery to implant tissue heart valve in a female patient. Informing the newsmen about the achievement on Tuesday the Facility Director, Fortis Escort Hospital Dr. Jatinder Arora said that the surgery was very complex and involved an aged patient. The patient was diabetic, hypothyroid, obese and had difficulty in breathing. She was diagnosed to have Severe Aortic Stenosis with Coronary Artery Disease. The doctors successfully performed high risk surgery of Aortic Valve Replacement and Bypass on September 9. During the operation a new generation bioprosthetic Heart Valve Trifecta was implanted. Dr Arora claimed that the patient is making satisfactory progress.
He said that the doctors of the hospital have also performed a Bentall surgery for ascending aorta aneurysm on a 40-year-old woman. Aortic aneurysm is an enlargement of the aorta which is progressive in nature and if left untreated eventually leads to rupture and could lead in the death of the patient. A Bentall procedure involves replacement of aortic valve, aortic root and ascending aorta with a composite graft and re-implantation of coronary arteries into the graft. Arora said that this high risk surgery can be performed only in a major cardiac center of the country and Fortis Escort Heart institute Dehradun has joined the distinguished league after successful surgery.