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Fortis Bangalore Gives Second Life to Three Senior Citizens Suffering from Heart Failure and Comorbidities via Impella; World's Smallest Heart PumpThe patients were at a high risk of mortality and above 70 years of age | ||
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Fortis Bangalore gave a new lease of life to three elderly people who had been suffering from a failing heart for long by conducting complex angioplasties with the assistance of Impella Heart Pump within a span of 30 days. The elderly patients were suffering from multiple heart blockages and were left with no treatment options for survival; Impella became a lifesaving option to assist emergency angioplasties on the patients. The doctors involving Dr. Keshava R (Director-Interventional Cardiology, Fortis Hospital, Cunningham Road), Dr. Srinivas Prasad (Consultant, Interventional Cardiology-Bannerghatta Road) Dr. Gopi A (Director , Interventional Cardiology) Dr. Sridhara R (Senior Consultant, Interventional Cardiology) successfully performed Impella procedures on 81-year-old gentleman, 71-year-old lady and 85-year-old gentleman respectively.
L-R: Mr. Akshay Oleti - Business Head; Dr. Srinivas, Dr. Keshava, Dr. Vivek Jawali, Dr. Sridhara (Dept. of Cardiology) and Mr. Anand Angadi - Facility Director All the three elderly patients had undergone angioplasty a few years back and were again diagnosed with multiple heart blockages. Considering the advanced age and risk factors involved in performing another angioplasty, these cases seemed inoperable cases. Therefore, doctors opted for Impella device to go ahead with angioplasty.
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