Apollo Hospitals performs Rotashock using shockwave lithoplasty

Indore : Apollo Hospitals , Asia’s largest and most trusted multi specialty chain of hospitals, performed a breakthrough to remove Calcified hard blocks in the heart valve using “Lithotripsy” for the first time in Indore The procedure successfully performed by Dr. K RoshanRao Head Consultant Interventional cardiologist& Dr. SaritaRao  Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist Apollo hospitals Indore also assisted by Dr. ShirishAgrawal and Dr. Vikas Gupta.

75 year old suffered acute heart attack and it was fond that his left sided artries had very tough calcium chunks where conventional balloons even at higher pressure failed. This is when the team decided to perform aLithoplasty on the patient. It is a combination of ballooning followed by Intra vascular lithotripsy (IVL) .

The new technology SHOCKWAVE uses acoustic sonic waves and the principle of lithotripsy which is created on extremely low pressures to address the most challenging calcium, Pulsatile sonic pressure waves are delivered through a specialized balloon with this intravascular lithotripsy therapy which breaks up and soften calcium, without the risk of major injury to the blood vessel.

This simple technique of lithotripsy ensures lowest risk rates including perforations /dissections unlike conventional techniques whichis marred by these complications.

Dr. K RoshanRao Head Consultant Interventional cardiologist Indore said “There are many times that in complex cases with calcium in coronary arteries residing for over years or decades doesn’t let the conventional balloons even at extremely high pressures to dilate the lesion and leads to unsatisfactory results in angioplasties performed with high incidence of emergency Bypass surgery.

 Dr. SaritaRao informed that with the advent of shockwave the most complex lesions with hard calcium shall be handled in a much simpler way with least rate of adverse event.

Shockwave is given by pressing the button of a unique pulse generator which is attached to the console of the systems in just 30- 40 seconds. Challenging calcium is now just a button away using this safe device

Dr. SaritaRaofuther explained that the best part of IVLis that it is hard Calcium and Soft in Soft tissues so there is no chance of complaints. Dr. Ashok Bajpai and Dr. DevendraBhargava quoted in unison that this is again one of the very first innovative technique that our hospital done first time  in Indore has done and rightly so Apollo Rajshree Hospitals Indore pioneering Cardiovascular therapeutics in Central India.