Chandigarh, April 06, 2021:- Now
the doctors can monitor the heart status of patients who are implanted AICD for
high risk of sudden cardiac thus avoiding frequent hospital visits. This device
provides life-saving treatment during cardiac emergencies and remains connected
to the doctor through the bluetooth of smartphones and keeps sending all
information to the doctor.
Dr Rakesh Sharma, consultant
cardiologist at Ivy Hospital Mohali said that AICD leads are connected to the
heart and it monitors the heartbeat of the patient and when it finds an
abnormally fast heartbeat which may be life-threatening then it works to terminate
it through various therapies, including electric shocks.
It remains connected with the phone
of the patient and sends all necessary information to the doctor from anywhere
in the world so that doctor can monitor the heart of the patient and also any
life-threatening situation and guide appropriate treatment.
Dr Rakesh Sharma said that such
devices are extremely helpful in remote monitoring of patients who are at risk
of sudden cardiac death.
Meanwhile, a recently diabetic and
hypertensive 62-yr old man has implanted an automated implantable
cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD) at Ivy. The case was a challenging one as the
patient had undergone heart stenting 4-time in the past with heart-pumping of
only 30-35%. He was having blood cancer with very low haemoglobin, platelet
count of 25000 to 30,000 and low immunoglobulin levels. He also had a cardiac
arrest and was revived after multiple electric shocks.
Dr Rakesh who implanted the device
said that the patient was discharged within 24-hr from the hospital after AICD
implantation.
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