Written By: Shraddha Rupavate | Updated : February 18, 2015 9:24 AM IST
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Doctors at Medipulse Hospital, Jodhpur carried out the first -of-its-kind surgery in the country and the third in the world, to treat a man suffering from rare congenital heart condition. 42-year-old Pali Devaram, was diagnosed to have five atrial chambers instead of four, which resulted in symptoms like breathlessness and continuous coughing and heart pain. The heart defect was termed 'Cortriatrium with Mitral Regurgitation' after he underwent a medical check up.
The private hospital's cardiologist Alok Madan confirmed that the patient was suffering from a rare congenital disease. 'We carried out some more tests in consultation with a cardiothoracic surgeon and found him to have five chambers in his heart instead of four,' he said.
The surgery went on for four hours on Wednesday, where the doctors cut the membrane that resulted in five chambered heart. 'We cut the membrane above fourth valve, forming a fifth chamber and made it a four chambered heart, which is a normal heart, said Cardiothoracic surgeon Sanjeev Suresh Waidand said.
Highlighting that this is the first-of -the kind surgery, the hospital's director Navneet Agarwal said, 'First two surgeries of such type have been performed in China and Germany.' He said that the age of the patient and the severe Mitral Regurgitation made this surgery unique and rare, which costed about Rs 1.25 lakh to the patient. Patient's relative Dinesh said they had visited many doctors and hospitals across the country but no one was able to diagnose the disease. The patient has a normal heart now and will be able to lead a healthy life.
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