KIMS Saveera performs advanced surgery to treat woman with coronary clot in heart
Doctors at KIMS Saveera Hospital in Anantapur successfully treated a 60-year-old woman suffering from a severe heart attack caused by a coronary artery clot. The team utilized an advanced mechanical thrombectomy system after conventional methods failed to clear the blockage.
Why it matters
The successful use of advanced aspiration thrombectomy demonstrates the increasing availability of specialized cardiac interventions in regional medical centers.
Doctors at KIMS Saveera Hospital, Anantapur, have treated a 60-year-old woman who suffered a severe heart attack caused by a massive blood clot completely blocking a major coronary artery. The medical team used an advanced mechanical thrombectomy technique involving the CATRx catheter and Penumbra aspiration thrombectomy system after conventional clot-removal methods failed to restore adequate blood flow.
The woman, R. Annapurna, of Guntakal in Anantapur district, visited the hospital with symptoms of an acute heart attack. An electrocardiogram (ECG) and other investigations confirmed an inferior wall myocardial infarction (IWMI), indicating a heart attack affecting the lower portion of the heart.
An emergency coronary angiogram revealed that the patient’s coronary arteries were abnormally enlarged, a condition known as coronary artery ectasia. The right coronary artery (RCA), a major blood vessel supplying the heart, was completely blocked by an extensive blood clot.
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