Avid Tennis player in Chennai with 100% Blockages in Two Major Coronary Arteries, Underwent Coronary Angioplasty Stenting, Sans Bypass surgery
~Dr. Arun Kalyanasundaram performed the procedure with Drug coated stents, utilizing advanced CTO techniques and intravascular imaging ~
Chennai, January 6th, 2023: A 28-year-old man an active Tennis Player in Chennai visited Promed Hospital, a multispecialty hospital at Kottivakkam, Chennai with a complaint of severe chest pain with minimal exertion for months. He had already undergone angiography at a private hospital in Chennai, which revealed that the patie nt’s two out of three coronary arteries, circumflex, LAD (left anterior descending artery) were completely blo cked, and the third vessel RCA (Right Coronary artery) had a significant blockage. He was recommended for byp ass surgery at three different hospitals in 2 metropolitan cities. The patient was unwilling to undergo bypass sur gery at that age and was looking at non-surgical options.
The patient was referred to Dr. Arun Kalyanasundaram, an eminent Interventional cardiologist and Director of Promed Hospital, Chennai, who specialised in complex Coronary Interventions and Chronic Total Occlusion. Dr. Arun after examining the patient decided to perform complex coronary angioplasty with stenting. The patient was able to revascularize the RCA, and the 100 % blockages of both major vessels in the left system (circumflex and LAD) with drug-coated stents, utilizing advanced CTO techniques and intravascular imaging. Post-procedu re the patient recovered very well and got discharged from the hospital within 2 days of the procedure. He res umed his active lifestyle and started playing tennis.
Speaking about the double CTO procedure Dr Arun Kalyanasundaram said, “As the patient was unwilling to bypass surgery, we decided to perform the complex procedure to clear the 100 % blocks in both the arteries. We managed to ope n these complex blocks with the latest advanced CTO techniques both the blocks got opened completely and non-surgic ally. With today’s breakthrough in interventional cardiology, any blockage can be opened by skilled professionals non-surgically, allowing patients to resume normal lives in a short period of time after complete revascularization, added Dr. Arun.
About Promed Hospital:
Promed is a Multispeciality hospital located close to Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai focusing on delivering trustworthy and ethical medical care. The Hospital focuses on health, not just disease! Our medical awareness programs, per so nalized preventive health check-ups, cardiac rehabilitation programs, exercise and fitness training programs, etc help in attaining a holistic approach to health and fitness.
The hospital was designed with state-of-the-art diagnostic facilities with well-trained and experienced physicia ns in combination with courteous staff . Promed equipped with an ultramodern facility designed to provide conv enie nt and efficient care to patients where a clean and safe environment is our priority.
