Dr. Gokhale performed a rare surgery and implanted the first Heart Assist Device in Andhra Pradesh, thus saving an old heart patient’s life. The 63 year old homemaker, P.Kasturi from AS Rao Nagar received the first heart assist device, also called Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD), under their new Ventricular Assist Device programme. This complicated […]
Heart Transplantation is a major heart surgery. It is considered for a patient with heart disease only when there is no other option to make him/her to live longer with quality life and without it person is unlikely to live longer than a few months. Classical indications for Heart Transplantation are: 1.NYHA class III or IV* […]
Our Bureau, Mumbai Monday, April 16, 2012, 14:25 Hrs [IST] Yashoda Hospital recently organized and conducted a live international workshop on minimal access cardiac surgery also called minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MISC) at its academic hall. The aim of the workshop was to discuss the latest advances and improved outcomes of MISC thus taking it to […]
