by Sengottuvelu G | Feb 2, 2018 | Catheterisation Labs
There are certain procedures which can be performed inside a cathlab. Percutaneous coronary Intervention (PCI): PCI is a technique with which blocks can be removed and thus it can be used to clear blocks or even cure acute heart attacks. A special catheter is used by...
by Sengottuvelu G | Jan 29, 2018 | Catheterisation Labs
Methods implemented inside a cathlab permits the doctors to conduct complex repair or replacement procedures. These procedures were not administered to certain patients earlier, because these patients possessed co-morbid conditions that would complicate the success of...
by Sengottuvelu G | Jan 22, 2018 | Catheterisation Labs
The human heart has been studied by scientists, doctors and artists for a long time. However, it was in the late 1800s when doctors identified the realisation “fix a broken heart”. In 1896, the first heart surgery was performed. It was a German surgeon who refurbished...
by Sengottuvelu G | Jan 17, 2018 | Interventional Cardiology
Transcatheter Aortic Valve replacement is a valve replacement procedure done through “catheter means” without open surgery. In the earlier version TAVR valves were very big (24 F) i.e 7.92 mm sized, with advances in technology, it is how smaller become (14 F to 16F)...
by Sengottuvelu G | Jan 1, 2018 | Interventional Cardiology
Doctors like me have been putting an effort to treat structural heart diseases without open surgery. In fact, fifteen years ago we were not even able to even conceive the idea of replacing a valve without open heart surgery. However, today it is actually possible....
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