In a landmark medical achievement, doctors in Thane successfully performed a life-saving Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) on a 69-year-old man suffering from severe aortic stenosis, cardiogenic shock, and multi-organ failure — marking one of the most challenging high-risk cardiac interventions undertaken at the hospital.

The patient was transferred from another facility in a critical condition, with a heart function (ejection fraction) of just 15 per cent, and complete kidney shutdown for the past 12 hours. Laboratory tests revealed a creatinine level of 5 mg/dl and deranged liver functions, while he remained dependent on high doses of noradrenaline, adrenaline, and dobutamine to sustain his blood pressure.