Bhubaneswar: A woman, afflicted with a congenital cardiac defect, known as Coarctation of aorta, has recovered completely after treatment at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, here.
The 34-year-old woman from Jajpur district, who had been suffering from
hypertension for a long period and was on medication, had been treated at several places without any relief before coming to IMS and SUM Hospital.
After investigations, the doctors at the IMS and SUM Hospital found that she was a Coarctation of aorta patient. The cardiac defect was caused by narrowing the aorta, the largest artery in the human body which moved oxygen-rich blood from heart to rest of the body. It led the heart to pump harder to move blood through the aorta.
Dr Dibya Ranjan Behera leading a team of experts conducted the complicated surgery on the patient in the hospital cath lab while stents were placed in the aorta to expand the same. It led to normal flow of blood from the heart.
“This condition often leads to problems like hypertension, brain hemorrhage and kidney ailments and the patient experiences pain in both legs,” Dr Behera said.
The patient is no longer required to take medicine to control the blood pressure
and is doing fine, he said adding that the treatment was conducted under the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY).
