- Doctors at Global Hospitals, Mumbai saved a 78-year-old from aortic stenosis by the unique procedure of sutureless aortic valve replacement.
- The patient, Unmay Fatima's cardiac efficiency was as low as 20 per cent.
- She suffered from comorbidities of stiff neck and rheumatoid arthritis as well.
- The new technique was even perfomed before by Dr. Hamdulay, Director and HOD of CVTS, to save the lives of four other cardiac patients.
- Sutureless aortic valve replacement is especially advantageous to older patients.
- Unlike a regular valve surgery, the heart is not stopped for an hour in this procedure and the recovery is faster.
Source: Global Hospitals, Media Update