SKY Hospital introduces non-surgical closure of hole in the heart

IMPHAL | Oct 28

Chairman and chief cardiologist of SKY Hospital, Dr. Shyamkishore stated that many children or grown up patients with various holes in the heart, who are advised for surgical closure may have the advantage of non-surgical device closure at SKY.

A release said that hole in the heart is a type of Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) in which a child is born with a hole or several holes in the heart. The reported incidence of CHD is approximately 1000 per 100000 live births.

Traditionally, a big hole in the heart is closed with open heart surgery which involves opening of the chest and heart and closure of the hole by direct suturing or suturing using a patch od a part of the heart called pericardium or a material called Dacron patch, it added.

For the first time in Manipur, the big hole in the heart called Atrial Septal DEFECT (ASD) measuring 26mm in its diameter was closed without open heart surgery using an umbrella like material called ‘36mm Septal Occuluder Device’. Recently, a 16 years old girl with a large heart defect was successfully closed at SKY Hospital on October 14 and she will now grow up as a normal person, said the release.