WockhardtHospitals Nagpur is a leading healthcare provider with a tradition of care and innovation that makes this hospital a boon for patients in Central India. Wockhardt Hospitals Nagpur , which handles critical patients, successfully operated on yet another critically ill patient today. A fifty-year-old patient had congestive heart failure. The pericardium, the compartment in which the heart is protected, was damaged. And the heart muscles were damaged causing rent in the myocardium (muscle of heart) and pericardium, due to major heart attack, this condition is very serious known as True Aneurysm of Left ventricle. In addition, there was a blood clot in the ventricular cavity. Also he was a case of kidney failure on treatment.
A patient with such a heart disease along with pre existing kidney disease is very sensitive to any surgery. He had obstructed Inguinal Hernia and was very serious needing urgent surgery. However, Under the supervision of famous cardiologist Dr. Amey Beedkar, senior surgeon Dr. Chhajed took on this extremely difficult case, and successfully operated on this patient at WockhardtHospitals Nagpur.
Dr. Amey Beedkar said, “Hernia surgery is not very complicated. However, when the ejection fraction i.e.pumping of the heart is reduced associated with large blood clot in the ventricular cavity, in such a situation, the patient is at a high risk of stroke or gangrene of limbs and there’s risk of sudden death. It is important to maintain cardiac rhythm and pumping during both the initial anesthesia and then the surgery with adequate blood thinning measures (anticoagulation). At any moment there is a risk of severe hypotension and heart failure. For that, specific type of treatment and care is needed. Due to the team work of the doctors, comprising of cardiologist, highly skilled anaesthetists and surgeon, this high risk surgery could be performed.
Dr. Amey Beedkar is highly respected and accomplished interventional cardiologist and offers patients and the community a wealth of experience and knowledge in the field of cardiovascular medicine.Dr. Beedkar is a board-certified cardiologist with several years of experience in the field. He completed his fellowship at John Hopkins Medical School from Baltimore, USA. A winner of several awards and accolades, he has a special interest in treating heart failure, valvular heart disease, and hypertension, and is skilled in performing a wide range of invasive and non-invasive procedures to diagnose and treat cardiovascular conditions. He was also selected among the top 50 cardiologists in India for SCAI-AV Gandhi Award, for best research in Cardiology.
Dr Amey Beedkar has published more than 20 research papers in international and national journals .Bioresorbable and Self-Absorbing Stents, TAVI and Heart Transplant are the unique and highly expert skill sets which he possesses. Dr. Beedkar is committed to offering the best possible care and to staying up-to-date with the most recent advances in cardiovascular medicine.
Dr. Amey Beedkar and Dr. Chhajed’s team and highly skilled Anesthetists and other colleagues helped to make the surgery successful.
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Wockhardt Hospitals is a chain of tertiary care super-specialty hospitals with facilities in Nagpur, Nasik, Rajkot, South Mumbai & North Mumbai. All WockhardtHospitals have state-of-the-art infrastructure and globally benchmarked processes to enable Patient Care & Safety. Wockhardt Hospitals Ltd. is one of the few professionally managed corporate hospital groups in the country which prioritizes patient safety and quality of care at the core of its strategy. The guiding philosophy is to serve and enrich the Quality of Life of patients.