DOCTORS at Apollo OMR Hos- pital recently removed a stent, which led to intracoronary in- fection, from the coronary ar- tery of a 76-year-old patient with precision. It was a rare and high-risk intracoronary stent extraction procedure. Coronary stents are typically inserted to treat patients with minimal coronary artery block- ages, a common and low-risk procedure. Though intracoro- nary stent infections are rare, they can lead to severe compli- cations and life-threatening situations, according to a press release. The patient was admit-
Complex Stent Extraction Performed Successfully
27 October 2023
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DOCTORS at Apollo OMR Hos- pital recently removed a stent, which led to intracoronary in- fection, from the coronary ar- tery of a 76-year-old patient with precision. It was a rare and high-risk intracoronary stent extraction procedure.
Coronary stents are typically inserted to treat patients with minimal coronary artery block- ages, a common and low-risk procedure. Though intracoro- nary stent infections are rare, they can lead to severe compli- cations and life-threatening situations, according to a press release. The patient was admit- Apollo Coron Stent Extractic Mure
(Left to right) Dr Kannaiyan, senior consultant, Medicine; Dr Madhu Prabhuda, Cardiologist; Salim (patient); M M Yusuf, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon; Dr Kalyana Raman, Cardiac anesthesiologist and intensivist | EXPRESS
ted with complaints of persist- ent fever. A cardiac CT scan re- vealed that the patient had an intracoronary stent infection. He had undergone the proce- He had undergone the proce- dure from another hospital after a heart attack. The infection had eroded the coronary artery and posed a risk of rupture, ex- tending to the aorta wall, a ma- jor blood vessel in the heart, the release added.
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