Doctors at the Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) have claimed to have performed India's first transcatheter aortic valve replacement surgery on a patient who underwent a failed valve surgery in the past.
The team comprising of RK Jain, Director and HoD of Cardiology and TNC Padmanabhan, senior interventional cardiologist, along with other experts have successfully performed the surgical procedure on a 69-year-old woman.
The patient underwent a surgical procedure with Meril MyVal (Indian Valve) on May 19 and since is doing fine. This procedure has been done for the first time on Indian soil and can be considered a promising advancement to address patients' facing high risk surgeries.
The patient, who had undergone an open-heart surgery in the past, had developed severe breathlessness and chest pain grossly limiting her daily activities. An obese person with high blood pressure, the patient had to be treated with utmost care.