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A man aged 63 receives second life through a successful heart transplant at Kauvery Hospital

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 22 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kauvery Hospital Chennai, a unit of Kauvery Group of Hospitals, a leading multispecialty healthcare chain in Tamil Nadu, successfully performed a heart transplant for a 63-year-old with cardiogenic shock and a complex medical history. In a first-of-its-kind approach in India, the man was given Impella percutaneous left ventricular assist device (pVAD), to support his heart until he received a heart transplant. Impella, also known as the world's smallest percutaneous heart pump aids a failing heart in pumping blood from the ventricles to the rest of the body while allowing the heart to rest and recover. The 63-year-old man had a sudden onset of breathlessness and was admitted to a local hospital two weeks after an episode of severe chest pain, where he was managed for low blood pressure. During the same time, he had episodes of Ventricular Tachycardia (an abnormally fast heart rate that eventually leads to cardiac arrest), an

Kauvery Hospital successfully treats a 33-year-old woman who suffered heart failure due to blood clots in lungs

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 21 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kauvery Hospital Chennai, a unit of Kauvery Group of Hospitals, a leading multispecialty healthcare chain in Tamil Nadu, successfully treated a 33-year-old woman with heart failure related to long standing blood clots in her lungs. The reason was a rare autoimmune blood clotting disorder called APLA (Antiphospholipid) syndrome. In this condition, the immune system creates antibodies that attack blood vessels. These antibodies cause blood clots to form in the arteries and veins all over the body. Four years ago, the woman approached with complaints of swelling in the leg. There was a delay by 3 to 4 months in diagnosis of blood clots in lungs prior to the evaluation at Kauvery, and she had chronic clots in her abdomen and lungs by this time. After a thorough examination she was diagnosed with the APLA syndrome and managed with medications. "The medication, however, was not completely effective in dissolving the existing clot

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