Heart Surgery

Rare surgery in Delhi reconstructs half of baby's heart

New Delhi: In a first-of-its-kind surgery in India, doctors at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital operated upon a 46-day-old baby to recreate half of her heart, giving her a normal life she would have otherwise missed, medical officials said on Thursday. A look at six-month-old Isha (name changed) does not indicate any abnormality with her, but the baby has had an open heart surgery to rectify her underdeveloped heart. The baby, who hails from Rohtak in Haryana, was brought to Ganga Ram when she was just 40 days old.

"She would keep crying, did not take milk, and was getting weak day by day. Our doctor in Rohtak told us that she has a problem in her heart and we were referred to Ganga Ram," said Isha's mother, who did not want her identity disclosed. Doctors at the premier Delhi hospital detected that the left ventricle of her heart was underdeveloped. "The heart has two halves, the left ventricle and the right ventricle. The right ventricle pumps blood to the lungs for purification, while the left ventricle pumps blood to the rest of the body," explained Raja Joshi, Senior Consultant Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon at Ganga Ram. "Her left ventricle was not developed," he said.

The doctor said usually in such cases, doctors remove the left half and a surgery is done so that right part of the heart does the work for both halves. "However, when the child grows up, the right half of the heart is

10:17 AM, Oct 05, 2012

Neil Armstrong undergoes heart surgery

by Associated Press

Columbus: Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was recovering on Wednesday from heart surgery, days after his 82nd birthday. It wasn't clear where the surgery occurred or where Armstrong was recuperating. A NASA spokesman who talked to Armstrong's wife, Carol, said only that the former astronaut was recovering Wednesday. His birthday was on Sunday. A Facebook statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden wished Armstrong a quick...

10:59 AM, Aug 09, 2012

Mumbai: Rare surgery cures baby of birth defect

by Nikita,CNN-IBN

Mumbai: Like most infants, 14-month-old Pranav is fascinated by the sound of his rattle, thankfully oblivious to the complicated surgeries he's just undergone. Malnourished from birth, he also suffered from a rare congenital heart defect. Dr Snehal Kulkarni, Pediatric Cardiologist, Kokilaben Hospital, said, "The baby was blue when he came in. It explained his condition. Pure and impure blood was getting mixed in the right side of his heart." That's...

09:50 AM, Mar 02, 2012

Chennai remains heart-happy with pacemakers

by Daniel Thimmayya,The New Indian Express

CHENNAI: The first thought of a pacemaker for anyone is a small white device much like a transistor from the mid-80s, forming a lump under their grandfathers white shirt. But when Wilson Greatbatch - whose implantable pacemaker was sewn up into the body of a patient with an ailing heart - passed away on September 28, it barely made news. However, with the advent of better research and heavily-funded medical...

12:07 AM, Nov 02, 2011

Cardiac surgeon dies after patient's surgery

by IANS

Rome: An Italian cardiac surgeon has died minutes after he completed a complicated operation on an elderly patient at a clinic near Milan. Before the operation, Vincenzo Capacchione, 49, complained of chest pain but managed to successfully carry out the four-hour surgery on a 70-year-old patient who was admitted to a clinic in a critical condition. The surgeon, who had three daughters, died after the patient was taken away from...

11:41 AM, Jun 30, 2011