March 04 2016, 14.33 PM IST || Pocket News Alert
Bangalore: M S Ramaiah Narayana Heart Centre attends many cardiac emergency cases daily. However, the case of this 53 year old man was different. He was rushed to the hospital in a very critical condition. Heart function was drastically reduced due to lack of blood supply to the heart. Various organs of the body did not receive sufficient nutrition and oxygen due to the inability of the heart to pump adequately. The patient was in ‘Cardiogenic Shock’. He also developed severe breathlessness due to excess fluid in his lungs. This was a challenging case for the team specializing in Cardiac Emergency at M S Ramaiah Narayana Heart Centre as the patient’s condition was deteriorating. His breathing was supported with mechanical ventilation; however both his blood pressure and oxygenation continued to be low.
“Since we felt that his condition is potentially correctable and we had already given maximum conventional treatment, we decided to support both his heart and lungs using Extra Corporeal Life Support popularly known as ECLS or ECMO where a pump is used to take over the function of the heart and a membranous oxygenator is used to take over the function of the lungs”, explained Dr. Ravi Shankar Shetty, Consultant Cardiothoracic & Transplant Surgeon at M S Ramaiah Narayana Heart Centre.
During ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) the heart and lungs are bypassed and the blood is oxygenated outside the body(extracorporeal) by an artificial lung and circulates with the help of an external pump, allowing the heart and lungs to rest. This is similar to the heart-lung bypass machine used during open heart surgery.
The patient was supported on this system for five days. “His condition had to be intensively and meticulously monitored round the clock during this time”, informed Dr. Ravi Shetty. “He also received multiple transfusions of blood components and by fifth day both his heart and lungs had improved significantly”, he said.
Extracorporeal Life Support was used on a patient who suffered from Myocardial Infarction, which is rare. This treatment modality is not commonly used for this category of patients in India.
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