The cath lab team at Imam Al-Hujjah Hospital performed a complex procedure for a man in his 60s suffering from chest pain and fatigue. Interventional cardiologist Hussein Al-Chaabi (Lebanon) stated that the patient’s medical history shows past heart attacks that were treated in hospitals outside of Iraq. The examination also revealed damage in one of the implanted meshes due to narrowing in one of the patient’s arteries.
Al-Chaabi added: “There was a possibility that the patient’s heart might stop because the mesh was to be placed on the trunk of the left circumflex artery (LCX). Thankfully, we were able to implant the new mesh inside the old one and open the narrowed artery without any complications. This high-precision surgery was successful and the patient is making a speedy recovery now.”
