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South India’s first SENTINEL™ Cerebral Protection System
Dr. G. Sengottuvelu Senior Consultant & Interventional Cardiologist Apollo Hospitals Chennai is the first in South India to use the SENTINEL™ Device designed to reduce the risk of Stroke during Heart Valve Replacement Procedure. It is also the first time in...
Catheterisation Labs: Processes Administered in a Cathlab
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...
Catheterisation Labs: The Present Frontier in Cardiology
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...
Catheterisation Lab: A New Venue for Interventional Cardiologists
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....
Less Invasive TAVR – New Aortic Valve Procedure is the Enhancer of Life
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)...
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Solution to needy heart patients with no other option
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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