The life of a cardiologist is fascinating. They are life-savers. interventional cardiologist tend to perform the most complex surgeries in their careers, each of which is significant in saving someone from the deathbed. Dr. Ziad M. Elghoul, MD, a renowned cardiologist in Arizona, shares his experience performing one such complex surgery in his career.
“Patients who are admitted with heart attack and what is called cardiogenic shock are very sick patient and usually part of their care is to be taken to the cardiac cath lab where they usually have an occluded artery and require a procedure as a stent placement to undo the blockage of the artery, in addition, you had to insert a special pump call Impella to help the heart pump until it recovers for the initial injury.”, explains Dr. Ziad. He further says, “These procedures are usually done in an emergency situation, fairly intense and often in the middle of the night and require a high level of skills to perform. These are life-s