Hybrid surgical stent procedure performed

Aortic dissection is a condition caused by a tear in the inner lining of the aorta. Aortic dissection is a potentially life-threatening condition in which there is bleeding into and along the wall of the aorta, the major artery carrying blood out of the heart. The pain experienced by the patient is the first symptom of the condition. And this pain is unique. The pain starts suddenly. It is usually described by the patient as “tearing, ripping or stabbing”.This is in contrast to the pain normally associated with heart attacks. In an unusal effort, Cardiac and Vascular Surgeons at Star Hospitals performed a unique and highly risky Hybrid Surgical Stent Procedure for the first time in thestate of Andhra Pradesh on a forty years old patient from Kukatpally in the city.This new procedure is a combination of surgery-cum-stent one.“Aortic dissection is a rare, but potentially fatal condition in which blood passes through the inner lining and between the layers of the aorta. The dissecting aorta usually does not burst, but has an abnormal second channel within it.The aorta is the large blood vessel that leads from the heart and carries blood tothe rest of the body. The aorta has a thick wall, with three layers of muscle that allow the blood vessel to withstand the high pressure that is generated when the heart pumps blood to the body,” informed Dr M Gopichand, chief cardiothoracic surgeon and managing director, Star Hospitals.