Media Release
Mangalore, Dec 14: A 69 year old Swiss citizen recently underwent Coronary Angioplasty here for the main vessel (LAD), which showed borderline lesion of 60-70% on coronary angiography.
This procedure was done with the help of a new technology called Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR), by Dr BV Manjunath, Chief Cardiologist, AJ Hospital and Research Centre, Mangalore.
FFR is used to determine the significance of borderline Coronary Artery Disease to decide whether any procedure like angioplasty is required. This is the most accepted, scientific way of doing a procedure in the world, where the FFR calculates the gradient across of the stenotic lesion accurately, thus determining exactly its nature and management.
After this technology is used, unnecessary procedures like angioplasty or CABG (Bypass Surgery) for those borderline lesions can be avoided. At the same time, those lesions which look borderline by angio may be significant enough to cause ischemia in those area, which are missed requiring to undergo angioplasty. It also helps to identify and suggest to the cardiac surgeons regarding which vessels to be grafted during bypass surgery.
FFR was done first time in this region and is available in the hospital. For further details of the case, you may please call Dr B V Manjunath at 9845376444 or email to ajhospitalmarketing@gmail.com