A specialized medical team at IHH successfully cleared blocked arteries for a sixty-year-old woman, avoiding open-heart surgery.
Dr. Sami Saad, an interventional cardiologist at our hospital, mentioned that “The patient experienced a heart attack about 3 years ago and underwent diagnostic and interventional catheterization at another hospital. The left descending artery was opened during that procedure. The doctor there informed them that the remaining arteries would require open-heart surgery to address them.”
He also added: “The patient neglected this matter until her health condition worsened and reached this advanced stage. Additionally, she suffers from chronic diabetes.”
He continued to state that “The patient arrived at the emergency department after having experienced severe pain for a period of time. “After having conducted the necessary procedures in the emergency department, the patient was transferred to the cardiac care unit for monitoring. Following consultation with the family, it was decided to perform a diagnostic catheterization, revealing severe blockages in both the posterior left artery and the right artery of the heart.”
The doctor added: “A therapeutic catheterization was performed for the patient, and the blocked arteries were successfully opened using two stents. The procedure took approximately two hours due to the severity of the blockages and acute calcification in the arteries.”
Dr. Sami Saad emphasized that “Despite the challenge posed by the procedure, as all doctors had initially diagnosed the blocked arteries as requiring open-heart surgery, our medical team successfully opened the arteries completely using catheterization, eliminating the need for open-heart surgery.”
