Rare Heart Procedure Brings a Man Back to Life Dr. Binoy Chattumparmbil
Back in 2017, a family rejoiced after the medical team at Health City Cayman Islands (HCCI) practically brought their loved one back to life. The then 33-year-old man managed to survive an ordeal where his heart stopped not once but twice and he had to undergo CPR for more than an hour before he was placed on life support.
The man was at HCCI to receive emergency surgery after developing a blood clot in his lungs and going into cardiac arrest prior to arriving at the facility. The surgery involved the use of an uncommon procedure called Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) life support, in which a patient’s blood is channeled into a roller pump that functions as a heart.
During the procedure, HCCI’s chief cardiac surgeon Dr. Binoy Chattumparmbil and the rest of the team worked diligently to resuscitate the patient as they massaged his heart to keep him alive while using ECMO. After the procedure, it was soon discovered that the man would require another complex surgery called a pulmonary endarterectomy, a procedure that has only been performed by about ten to twenty hospitals in the world.
Despite the odds working against them, HCCI saved the man’s life, who said he was “thrilled” to have the level of medical attention he received and the extra efforts made to save his life.
To read more, please visit https://www.caymancompass.com/2017/10/05/health-city-doctors-perform-rare-procedure-to-save-patient-bringing-him-from-the-grave/.
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