AIIMS-Delhi doctors perform challenging 90-second surgery on heart of foetus inside womb
1 year, 9 months ago

AIIMS-Delhi doctors perform challenging 90-second surgery on heart of foetus inside womb

India Today  

A team of doctors at AIIMS in Delhi successfully performed a complex surgery on a grape-size heart of a foetus and reshaped it inside the womb. The 28-year-old pregnant woman who had suffered three miscarriages was disappointed when she was informed about the heart condition in the foetus, PTI reported doctors at AIIMS as saying. "A team of interventional cardiologists along with doctors from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at AIIMS performed the procedure termed balloon dilation in the obstructed valve of the heart. He took to Twitter and wrote, "I congratulate the team of doctors of @AIIMS_New Delhi for performing a successful rare procedure on grape-size heart of a foetus in 90 seconds.

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‘Proud of India’s doctors’: PM Modi on successful heart surgery on baby in womb
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Proud of India’s doctors’: PM Modi on successful heart surgery on baby in womb

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lauded the efforts of the AIIMS Delhi doctors team who performed a successful rare procedure on a grape-size heart of a fetus in 90 seconds. "Proud of India's doctors for their dexterity and innovation," PM Modi tweeted quoting Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya's tweet. Mandaviya, who shared the story in his tweet wrote, “I …

Reaching heart through liver: Delhi doctors perform rare surgery to save 38-year-old woman
3 years, 5 months ago

Reaching heart through liver: Delhi doctors perform rare surgery to save 38-year-old woman

India Today  

Doctors at Delhi government-run GB Pant Hospital conducted a rare surgery to save a 38-year-old-woman. However, when the patient was taken for valve dilatation using a balloon, the medical team found that the largest vein of the body which comes from the thigh and used to access the heart was absent in her since birth and hence the procedure could …

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