Doctors at city’s AICTS successfully perform rare stenting procedure in newborn

The team that performed the procedure included cardiologists, cardio-thoracic surgeon and cardiac anaesthetist. (Photo shared by hospital authorities through Defence PRO)

“The same was provided through an open carotid cut down by the cardiothoracic surgeon, which helped in smooth delivery of the stent by the cardiologist. This has given a new lease of life to the baby who is recovering well from the procedure,” the press note stated. The team that performed the procedure included cardiologists, cardio-thoracic surgeon and cardiac anaesthetist.

AICTS is a premier institute that deals with complex interventional cardiology, intricate cardio-thoracic surgeries, pulmonary and interventional radiology and pathology. The institute was raised as an Indo-Burmese General Hospital in 1942 and was named Military Hospital Aundh in 1946. The hospital shifted to its present location in 1972 and became a specialty institute under the name Military Hospital Cardio-Thoracic Centre (MHCTC). In February 2020, it was rechristened as Army Institute of Cardio-Thoracic Sciences and began undertaking research.