The emergency department at Imam Al-Hujjah Hospital received the case of a man in his 50s who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. The medical and nursing team immediately started CPR for 50 minutes. The patient started to respond and his heartbeat gradually went back to normal. Lebanese interventional cardiologist Hussein Al-Chaabi explains: “The patient was sent to the cath lab for an emergency catheterization and we discovered clots and 100% blockage in the left anterior descending artery (LAD). We performed balloon angioplasty with the assistance of cardiologist Hussein Al-Kurdi to open the blockage and control the patient’s condition. He’s in good health now, praise be to Allah.”
