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Doctors said besides the technical complexities involved in the implant of the coronary artery, the challenge in the surgery was baby’s weight. The infant, who was born in Haryana and brought to PGI in December, weighed only 2.7 kilograms when he was operated upon on December 30. The baby was born to Bhateri Devi and Rakesh, a labourer from Karnal in Haryana.
“The surgery was performed 15 days ago and the baby is doing quite well. He has undergone arterial switch surgery successfully, a first to be performed at PGI. Since the surgery is successful, the baby can lead a normal life and should not encounter any complication due to the congenital heart disease that he suffered from,” said Prof Shyam T Singh, Head, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery.
Transposition of Great Arteries (TGA) is an abnormality of the heart vessels that is present from birth. Babies born with this defect do not survive for more than one year if an open heart surgery is not performed.
TGA is the condition where the main arteries in the body are reversed. While in a normal heart, the aorta is attached to the left side of the heart and the pulmonary artery is attached to the right side of the heart, in TGA the position of the arteries is reversed and blood is supplied in wrong areas.
“Of the 1,000 babies born, at least five to eight are born with some congenital heart disease. But out of this small proportion of babies, only 8-10 per cent has TGA. This explains that the complication is quite rare and tiny details have to be kept in mind while operating the patient. There is virtually no margin of error,” added Prof Singh.
The team of doctors involved Prof Shyam T Singh, Head, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Dr V K Arya, Additional Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Dr Rohit Manoj, Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology and Dr Sachin Kuthe, Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery.
Coming soon at PGI: valve bank
PGI is contemplating to start banking (storage) of human valves. The banking will involve preserving the valves of either the braindead patients or those patients whose hearts can be preserved for a few weeks to transplant them in those who require a valve replacement. “The banking does not require very advanced technical knowhow but we need patients whose valves can be stored. Here, we can begin the banking once we shift our operations completely in the Advanced Cardiac Centre,” said Prof Singh. The human valves are considered a better replacement by the doctors rather than the artificial valves. The valves can be stored either by refrigeration (up to 1 week) or in liquid nitrogen (up to 3 months). These can even be couriered or transported physically to the other locations.
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The doctors of PGI is so careless persons. because i see this. one patient is suffering from heart disease. doctor tell his husband to get money.but he is so poor. five days i see nobody do his opration.she feel so much pain.but no any doctor help her. i see all this metter live.i feel so much angry. then i say this topic to any nurce in the hospital and his answer was why shoud i do. so iwant to say all the team of PGI hospital is shamless persons.
In a rare feat, a team of doctors from the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and the Department of Anesthesia at the PGI performed an open heart surgery on a three-month-old baby boy suffering from TGA, an unusual congenital heart disease. same case prof shyam t singh contact no . my contact no is 01732646828 The team of doctors involved Prof Shyam T Singh, Head, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Dr V K Arya, Additional Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Dr Rohit Manoj, Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology and Dr Sachin Kuthe, Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery.