Doctors in Mumbai replace woman’s heart valve with
that of a cow’s
A 52-year-old woman suffering from a severely damaged
heart valve was successfully treated with a replacement surgery and implanted
with a cow’s pericardial valve at a Mumbai hospital. Amita Patki was diagnosed
with aortic aneurysm — enlargement of the aorta. An aneurysm is a bulge or
‘ballooning’ in the wall of an artery, which carries oxygen-rich blood from the
heart to the rest of the body. An overstretched and weak aorta can burst,
causing serious bleeding and leading to death. A 2D Echocardiogram — also known
as echo test — revealed to the doctors at Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital
that the valve damage was in an advanced stage.
‘We performed a surgery on her and replaced the defunct
valve with a biological bovine pericardial valve,’ said Hemant Pathare, Surgeon
(Cardiovascular and Thoracic) at Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital. ‘The
patient was also diagnosed with ascension in her aorta up to the base. The
ascending aorta was also replaced along with a part of the arch of aorta,’
Pathare added. The patient is responding well to post-surgery treatment and
will be discharged soon, the doctor said.
Source: www.thehealthsite.com
25.06.2016
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