Fortis\nEscorts Heart Institute (FEHI), New Delhi performed India’s First Coronary\nShockwave Lithotripsy to open up a severely blocked artery in a 67 year-old\npatient who had recently had a heart attack. \nIt was done by a team of doctors led by Dr Ashok Seth, Chairman, FEHI, New\nDelhi. The patient had 90 percent blocked artery which could not be opened by\nthe standard technique balloon angioplasty at extremely high pressures with\nballoon bursting and it became impossible to open the blockage. Then the novel\nshockwave balloon was inserted inside the heart artery and sonic pulses\ndelivered to break the calcium in the blockage. After that the blockage opened\neasily at even low pressures with subsequent stent implantation and a\nsuccessful procedure. Shockwave Coronary Lithotripsy is a novel procedure which\nbrings hope for those suffering from an advanced form of coronary artery\ndisease (CAD) having angina or heart attack in which the blockage becomes very\nhard due to deposit of calcium. This happens in 20-25% of the patients\nundergoing angioplasty and stenting especially those who are old, diabetic,\nhave chronic kidney disease, have long standing blockages or who have undergone\nprevious bypass surgery. Shockwave Coronary Lithotripsy is a major advancement\nover the previous techniques used for such hard blockages. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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