First in Chennai: Medway Hospitals performs a complex Heart surgery on a kidney failure patient
A 32-year-old man with kidney failure undergoes safe & successful complex Heart Surgery at Medway Heart Institute, Chennai Chennai, April 15, 2022: A team of doctors from Medway Heart Institute, a tertiary cardiac centre at Medway Hospitals, a premier and integrated multi-specialty group of hospitals located in Kodambakkam, Chennai, performed an extremely challenging Aortic Dissection surgery on a 32-year-old man with kidney failure. VideoЁЯСЗ Patient history and line of treatment: The patient, Rajkumar hailing from Tiruvannamalai, with a history of Kidney failure and high blood pressure developed a severe pain in his chest and back. On immediate examination by local doctors, followed by ECHO and Scans, he was diagnosed with Aortic Dissection, a life-threatening medical condition associated with high morbidity and mortality. Given the grave condition, he was promptly referred to Medway Heart Institute in Chennai, for an emergency surgical intervention. Speaking about the c...
