Dubai doctors save Indian expat suffering from rare heart condition

Dubai - His surgery took five hours.

The cardiothoracic surgery department at Dubai Hospital conducted a highly complicated, five-hour long heart surgery to save the life of an Indian expat who suffered from a rapture in the wall of the left side of his heart.
The 58-year-old patient was admitted to the emergency and trauma centre at Rashid Hospital with severe chest pain and critically low blood pressure.
Doctors diagnosed him with an acute myocardial infarction that was causing an impending rupture to the free back wall of the left side of his heart and a critically stenotic right coronary artery.
Following his diagnosis, the patient was transferred to Dubai Hospital for an emergency open-heart surgery as he was in critical condition and required an increased amount of heart medication to support his high blood pressure.
Dr Bassil Al Zamkan, senior consultant of cardiothoracic surgery; and Dr Fayaz Khazi, consultant cardiac anesthetist at Dubai Hospital, performed the surgery, which is considered to be the first of its kind and took approximately five hours.
Dr Al Zamkan said that this kind of heart disease is not only rare but also has a high mortality rate, which is why the patient had to undergo a timely and immediate open-heart surgery to treat the ruptured wall of his heart as well as coronary artery bypass using a grafting procedure.
He also commended the cooperation between the heart experts at Rashid and Dubai hospitals regarding the diagnosis and treatment of the patient to ensure that the right medical decision and treatment is taken to treat the case.
Once he was stable, he was then transferred to the intensive care unit for recovery.
Dr Maryam Mohammad Al Rayssi, CEO of Dubai Hospital congratulated the team and said: "The positive outcome of this procedure is due to the highly qualified personal staff as well as the unlimited support from the Rashid and Dubai hospital's Heart Team. It is because of our skilled teams that we are able to do these high-risk cases successfully and at par with international standards."
asmaalizain@khaleejtimes.com

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