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Two surgeries transmitted live at cardiology congress
Cardiologists from the Dubai Health Authority’s team performed two heart surgeries on Thursday which were transmitted live at the World Congress of Cardiology, taking place in Dubai until April 20.
The cardiologists performed the surgeries at Dubai Hospital and hundreds of delegates present at the congress had the opportunity to view the ‘live’ streaming of the surgeries.
The first surgery was performed this morning on a 74-year-old Iraqi woman, who required a valve replacement but was too old to undergo surgery.
Dr Fahad Baslaib, consultant interventional cardiologist and director of Rashid Hospital’s cardiology department and Dr Talib K Majwal, consultant, interventional cardiology and director of interventional cardiology at the Heart Centre in Dubai Hospital, performed the latest procedure known as Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) for this patient.
Dr Baslaib said: “This technology has been developed for those patients who cannot tolerate open heart surgery and, or, run a high risk with surgical procedures. The beauty of this technique is that it is a minimally invasive outpatient procedure which means no hospitalisation is required and the period of recovery is much shorter.” The DHA has already performed this procedure for nine patients all aged between 60 to 80 years. “Previously, patients had to travel abroad for this treatment and the cost of performing this procedure abroad is five times more than the cost of performing it locally,” he said.
The second live surgery was performed on a patient who needed the Absorb treatment. Dr Baslaib said: “This procedure is particularly beneficial for younger patients as the scaffold dissolves in the body over time.”
“In this region, heart attacks take place earlier than in the west and we diagnose patients who are quite young with blocked arteries and other such problems.”
Two surgeries transmitted live at cardiology congress
Cardiologists from the Dubai Health Authority’s team performed two heart surgeries on Thursday which were transmitted live at the World Congress of Cardiology, taking place in Dubai until April 20.
The cardiologists performed the surgeries at Dubai Hospital and hundreds of delegates present at the congress had the opportunity to view the ‘live’ streaming of the surgeries.
The first surgery was performed this morning on a 74-year-old Iraqi woman, who required a valve replacement but was too old to undergo surgery.
Dr Fahad Baslaib, consultant interventional cardiologist and director of Rashid Hospital’s cardiology department and Dr Talib K Majwal, consultant, interventional cardiology and director of interventional cardiology at the Heart Centre in Dubai Hospital, performed the latest procedure known as Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) for this patient.
Dr Baslaib said: “This technology has been developed for those patients who cannot tolerate open heart surgery and, or, run a high risk with surgical procedures. The beauty of this technique is that it is a minimally invasive outpatient procedure which means no hospitalisation is required and the period of recovery is much shorter.” The DHA has already performed this procedure for nine patients all aged between 60 to 80 years. “Previously, patients had to travel abroad for this treatment and the cost of performing this procedure abroad is five times more than the cost of performing it locally,” he said.
The second live surgery was performed on a patient who needed the Absorb treatment. Dr Baslaib said: “This procedure is particularly beneficial for younger patients as the scaffold dissolves in the body over time.”
“In this region, heart attacks take place earlier than in the west and we diagnose patients who are quite young with blocked arteries and other such problems.”
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