Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsKIMS Heart Care team on Saturday successfully performed the first successful Extra corporeal cardiac life support (ECMO) procedure on a 21-year-old engineering student, claimed to be first of its kind in the state. The patient was referred to KIMS in a critical condition after being treated at different hospitals for fulminant myocarditis and severe cardiac failure. She sustained recurrent episodes of cardiac arrest as well. The team of doctors headed by Dr Y A Nazar decided to place her on ECMO support. ECMO employs tubes attached to large blood vessels in the neck and leg, an artificial heart and lung that takes over the exchange of oxygen,carbon dioxide and monitoring equipment. The purpose of ECMO is to allow time for the patient’s heart and lung to recover. The patient was put on ECMO on July 9 with state-of-the-art continuous monitoring life support system. From the third day, there was considerable success and was separated from the life support system on July 16. The patient was discharged on Saturday.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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KIMS Heart Care team on Saturday successfully performed the first successful Extra corporeal cardiac life support (ECMO) procedure on a 21-year-old engineering student, claimed to be first of its kind in the state.
The patient was referred to KIMS in a critical condition after being treated at different hospitals for fulminant myocarditis and severe cardiac failure. She sustained recurrent episodes of cardiac arrest as well. The team of doctors headed by Dr Y A Nazar decided to place her on ECMO support. ECMO employs tubes attached to large blood vessels in the neck and leg, an artificial heart and lung that takes over the exchange of oxygen,carbon dioxide and monitoring equipment. The purpose of ECMO is to allow time for the patient’s heart and lung to recover. The patient was put on ECMO on July 9 with state-of-the-art continuous monitoring life support system. From the third day, there was considerable success and was separated from the life support system on July 16. The patient was discharged on Saturday.
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