Mysore/Mysuru: The doctors at Cauvery Heart and Multi-Speciality Hospital at Siddarthanagar in city have successfully performed a rare and complicated procedure on a patient suffering from leakage in the artificial heart valve.
The patient, 54-year-old Umadevi had undergone aortic valve replacement in 2015 at Hyderabad and had developed a major leak in the bioprosthetic artificial valve a few months back. As the patient’s condition rapidly worsened, she was advised to undergo repeat valve surgery which carried high risk to her life.
