Doctors at a Mumbai hospital gave a new lease of life to a Vasaikar recently after conducting a high-risk surgery. A team led by Dr Anup Taksande, consultant interventional cardiologist at Wockhardt Hospitals in Mira Road, carried out the pioneering Cardiac Intervention (CHIP) PCI to address complex heart blockages, saving the life of a 69-year-old lady to ensure she gains a new lease of life.

Tracilla Alphonso, a resident of Vasai with comorbidities like hypertension experienced pain and discomfort in the chest and around her neck in mid-September. The Mumbaikar got her ECG done from a local hospital, and her ECG revealed Ischemic changes and urgent angiography was performed. An angiography revealed critical calcific left main narrowing and near total occlusion of the Right Coronary Artery. After which, she was advised to undergo an urgent Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) given the angiography picture. It was later discussed that the option of extremely complex high-risk angioplasty to the Left Main and Right Coronary Artery (RCA) with imaging guidance and Rotablation for cutting the calcium when the patient came for a consultation to Dr Anup.