86-yr-old heart patient gets new lease of life

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 15

Col Raj Kumar Huskar, an 86-year-old patient from Shimla, who had advanced aortic stenosis with gross heart failure and blocked coronary arteries, has been treated successfully at a non-surgical valve implant clinic of Fortis Hospital, Mohali.

Fortis Hospital, Mohali’s super-specialty in heart centre, had last month launched its non-surgical valve implant clinic under the guidance of Dr RK Jaswal, Director, Cath Lab and HoD, Fortis Hospital, Mohali, for the benefit of patients suffering from advanced heart valve disease.

Earlier, the only available option for these patients was open heart surgery and a surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR).

Dr Jaswal, in a press conference here today, said transaortic valve replacement was attempted on the patient in Delhi three years ago, but could not be done. Now, the patient came to us with critical aortic valve and artery blockages.

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