Now, heart patient can go for a stent which disappears

Apollo Hospitals, Indore has performed Central In dia's first bioresorbable vascular angioplasty in which bioresorbable vascu lar scaffolds were implanted which slowly dissolved in the body.

Moreover, the indigenous vascular scaffold also elim. inates the blood thinning medicines in a few months and patients do not have to continue it for long.

According to Dr Sarita Rao, first female cardiologist in India to implant the latest technology, "It is first of its kind procedure in Central India and the world's only approved biore sorbable vascular scaffold. It is a true testament to the innovation and research po- tential of India. It has been developed under the Make polymer in India campaign."

The bioresorbable vascu- lar scaffold looks like a stent, which slowly dis solves in the body.

Dr Roshan Rao, head department of cardiology, Apollo Hospital Indore said that vascular scaffolds. technology advancement, contain a soluble element known as biodegradable polymer. The device's struts (collab orative platform) are only 100 microns thick, while high as 150 microns, causing problems. This provided strength to the stents used to maintain strength of an open cytoplasm. It has its own delivery mechanism, which is based on the balloon catheter. It can be easily installed in the correct position by means three radio markers.

He also said that its cost is also less than the dissolv able stents available at present, which benefits a large number of patients. At present, this therapy is available only in a few units of Apollo Hospital as a pi lot; soon it will be available across the country.

The patient was 45 years old and recovered and was: discharged from the hospi tal in 2 days.

The procedure was done by the team of Apollo Hos pital Indore. Dr K Roshan Rao, Dr Sarita Rao, Dr. Kshitij Dubey, Dr Vikas Gupta, and Dr Vivek Chandrawat other senior doctors comprised the team.

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Dr. Sarita Rao, Senior Intervention cardiologist, with experience of 21+ years in the field of Cardiac Surgery and has been associated with the top hospital in Indore Apollo Hospital. She also handles the additional responsibility of being the Director Cath-Lab and is instrumental in performing more than 20000 cardiac procedures in this ultra-modern hospital facility.

She has been a torchbearer for many new procedures in central India and she is the first female surgeon to have conducted the Live TAAVI procedure in the whole of SARC Countries. Her intellectual pursuits have been recognized in many National and International journals through publications of her research works.

She is also very versatile in imparting her gained knowledge for the larger betterment of the society and has been actively been imparting know-how to students, peers, and other medical fraternity members through guest lectures, by being faculty at different medical institutions, presentations, and seminars.