Medical feat: Kumaran Hospitals & Rela Institute deploy ROTA-PRO procedure to save heart patient

Leading team of medical experts from the cardiology department of Kumaran Hospitals & Rela Institute, Kilpauk have jointly performed the first multi vessel coronary angioplasty using ROTA – PRO procedure which was recently launched in the country only a week ago.

The doctors claimed that it was the first procedure in the country performed on an elderly woman who happened to be the oldest in the Tamil Nadu to receive the treatment.

The expert team was led by Prof Ajith Ananthakrishna Pillai & Dr Sidharthan, who had performed the high-risk procedure in the acute heart attack situation to save the life of the patient.

• The doctors claimed that it was the first procedure in the country performed on an elderly woman who happened to be the oldest in the Tamil Nadu to receive the treatment

The procedure took nearly two hours. Post the procedure, the patient recovered well and was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday.

Sarala, 60, a resident of Chennai suffered an acute heart attack and was brought to Kumaran Hospital in a very critical condition. Due to the age factor, regular angioplasty becomes impossible for the patient due to heavy calcifications in the blood vessel. Hence, the team of doctors decided to perform first of its kind procedure to treat the Triple Vessel Disease using ROTA-PRO procedure.

The procedure involves navigating a catheter fitted with a Rotablator device through the site of the blockage, under a local anaesthetic. The device then rotates at a speed of up to 150,000 rpm, gently pulverizing the blockage into tiny particles that can pass safely through the bloodstream.

Prof Ajith Ananthakrishna Pillai, Senior Consultant – Interventional Cardiologist said, “The recently launched ROTA – PRO in India is a safe and sufficient technique for the endovascular treatment of heavily calcified coronary artery lesions. With the recently installed state of the art “artificial intelligence” enabled hybrid cath lab, available at Kumaran hospitals, has helped in performing the procedure successfully on the patient.”