K M Dayashankar
KARIMNAGAR, AUGUST 21, 2024: The team of doctors at Renee Hospital in Karimnagar town including Cardiologists, a Cardiothoracic surgeon and a Cardiac Anaesthetist performed a rate hybrid procedure known as PDA device closure in a newborn baby with complex congenital heart disease on Wednesday.
The neonate weighing just 900 grams was born with a condition named Pulmonary Atresia in which the Pulmonary Valve is absent. The blood flow to the Pulmonary Arteries is maintained by a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), a small tube-like structure that tends to get blocked soon after birth. As the vessels are tiny in neonates the access for putting a stent is always challenging. The same was provided through an open carotid cut down by the Cardiothoracic Surgeon which helped in smooth delivery of the stent by the cardiologist. This has given a new lease of life to the baby who is recovering well from the procedure.
The Renee hospital authorities said that the neonate was born in Florets Children’s Hospital suffering from Congenital heart disease and could not be healed with medicines. Following the suggestion, the parents brought the neonate to the Renee hospital.
A team of doctors led by Paediatric Cardiologist Dr Raja Vijayendra, cardiologists Dr Dinakar Tatimatla, Dr Shravan Kumar and Dr Krishna Reddy and the hospital staff had successfully conducted the PDA stenting on a newborn. Earlier, the hospital had performed surgery on a neonate weighing 1200 grams and this case is very as the neonate was weighing only 900 grams, which is first of its kind.
Renee Hospital being the flagbearer super-speciality centre of Karimnagar has always been at the forefront in managing the full spectrum of complex Congenital Heart diseases. In a statement, Renee Hospital chairman Dr Bangari Swamy said that the motivated team of the Cardiology department have been instrumental in providing state-of-the-art specialized tertiary care for the management of all heart-ailing conditions by utilizing a comprehensive team approach and cutting-edge technology.
