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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 ....
The team also has Dr Srinivas Rajagopala, who is the Director of Transplant Pulmonology & Lung Failure Unit and a Senior Consultant in Interventional Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine ....
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 25 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kauvery Hospital Chennai, a unit of Kauvery Group of Hospitals, a leading multispecialty healthcare chain in Tamil Nadu, announced the expansion of their Heart and Lung Transplantation unit by appointing Dr Kumud Kumar Dhital and Dr Srinivas Rajagopala. ....