<p>A complicated heart surgery was performed on a 39-year-old Pakistani at a private hospital here and saved him from a life-threatening situation, a hospital official said on Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Though Anwar (name changed) was initially treated in his native city (Karachi) for back and chest pain in 2008, he had a history of hypertension, jeopardising his young life," Jain Institute of Vascular Sciences (Jivas) direcctor and vascular surgeon K.R. Suresh said in a statement here.<br /><br />A CT scan, however, revealed Anwar's heart had an artery that supplies blood to vital organs split into two, affecting blood supply to other parts of the body.<br /><br />"He (Anwar) was given the option of going to the US or Bengaluru. He came to us on November 9 for treatement as his life was at stake, as the scan confirmed a spiral split in the blood supply," said Suresh.<br /><br />The split involved both arteries supplying the intestines and kidneys were shrunken from lack of blood supply.<br /><br />A team of doctors, including Vivekananda, Visnu and Sumanth Raj performed the surgery after providing alternate route for supplying blood to intestines and fix a stent graft to prevent blood leaking.<br /><br />"In the first stage, a bypass was made to intestines and liver with artificial graft from left leg's arteries. Anwar recovered well to have a stent graft inserted in a week through a small incision in the right groin," said Suresh.<br /><br />Recovering from a life-saving surgery swiftly, Anwar is having a normal diet, taking long walks and raring to return home soon.<br /><br />Jivas is part of Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital here.<br /></p>
<p>A complicated heart surgery was performed on a 39-year-old Pakistani at a private hospital here and saved him from a life-threatening situation, a hospital official said on Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Though Anwar (name changed) was initially treated in his native city (Karachi) for back and chest pain in 2008, he had a history of hypertension, jeopardising his young life," Jain Institute of Vascular Sciences (Jivas) direcctor and vascular surgeon K.R. Suresh said in a statement here.<br /><br />A CT scan, however, revealed Anwar's heart had an artery that supplies blood to vital organs split into two, affecting blood supply to other parts of the body.<br /><br />"He (Anwar) was given the option of going to the US or Bengaluru. He came to us on November 9 for treatement as his life was at stake, as the scan confirmed a spiral split in the blood supply," said Suresh.<br /><br />The split involved both arteries supplying the intestines and kidneys were shrunken from lack of blood supply.<br /><br />A team of doctors, including Vivekananda, Visnu and Sumanth Raj performed the surgery after providing alternate route for supplying blood to intestines and fix a stent graft to prevent blood leaking.<br /><br />"In the first stage, a bypass was made to intestines and liver with artificial graft from left leg's arteries. Anwar recovered well to have a stent graft inserted in a week through a small incision in the right groin," said Suresh.<br /><br />Recovering from a life-saving surgery swiftly, Anwar is having a normal diet, taking long walks and raring to return home soon.<br /><br />Jivas is part of Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital here.<br /></p>