Cardiologist from Japan to perform complex heart surgery in Amritsar

New Life-Saving technique for patients with 100% blocked heart artery

Amritsar, Feb. 8 (Punjab Post Bureau) –   Medical science has achieved new success in treating patients with 100 percent blockage of heart artery, and through non-invasive technique can resume normal life in a matter of days. Dr. Kenji Kawajiri, a highly specialized intervention cardiologist from Japan, and an expert in coronary angioplasty in chronic total occlusion (CTO), i.e. hundred-percent blockage of coronary artery addressing a press conference said that in developed countries, open heart surgery is being avoided and especially when 100% blockage of artery is there, non-invasive procedure has been developed, like antegrade and retrograde stenting, with which blocked arteries can be opened safely, and stent can be deployed. Dr. Manan Anand, Director Intervention Cardiologist of Nayyar Super-Speciality Hospital said that we are making special efforts to tie-up with world-class super-specialists who, not only share their expertise with us, but also save lives with the latest know-how and technology. Total coronary artery blockage is a serious condition and is widely prevalent in population of the region due to sedentary lifestyle, diabetes, consumption of saturated fat, and hypertension, Dr. Anand said. Dr. Kawajiri would be operating upon three critically serious patients suffering from CTO at Nayyar Super-Speciality Hospital, informed Dr. Anand.  Japanese have developed special skills in opening up fully-blocked arteries and inserting bio-absorbable stents in patients whose bypass surgery cannot be done, informed Dr. Manan Anand. This is a minimal invasive procedure and patient can be discharged in three days and resume normal life, said Dr. Manan Anand. Dr. Shashi Nayyar and Dr. Prabhjot were also present.