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Rare heart birth defect treated in Chennai |
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Written by Babychen
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 |
Doctors at the Institute of Child Health, a government hospital in Chennai, India, successfully operated on a one-year-old with a rare heart birth defect.
Doctors at the Institute of Child Health, Chennai, India, successfully repaired a rare heart birth defect in a one-year old baby last week.
In a complicated 3-hour operation, the doctors used the 'sandwich patch' technique to repair the aorto-pulmonary window. This approach is a new surgical approach that has been performed in very few centres worldwide.
The baby, Balamurugan, was born with an abnormal connection between the two major arteries of the body - an Aorto-Pulmonary (AP) Window. This rare condition is said to affect only one in every 1,00,000 children and causes lung blood pressure to rise very rapidly. Early surgery is critical as, without treatment, the condition is fatal.
The team that performed the operation consisted of paediatric cardiac surgeons Dr.Moorthi, Dr.J.Sivakumar and Dr.Sivasubramanian, and a group of specialists headed by Dr.Suresh, Dr.Soundarapandian and Mr.Jagannathan.
The treatment costs were borne by the State Government as Balamurugan's family could not afford expensive treatment in private hospitals.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 25 May 2006 )
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