Da Nang: A coronary artery bypass when the heart stops beating

The first application of coronary artery bypass surgery helped Danang Hospital to save a beating heart patient.

On 25/5, Da Nang Hospital said that patient Tran Thi Chiem (73 years old, residing in Son Tra district, Da Nang) recently from a critical condition, the heart works back to normal without a support machine. support after falling into a state of stopping.

This is the result of the decision of Da Nang Hospital for the first time to apply coronary artery bypass surgery. The surgery lasted for 3 hours with the participation of doctors from Ho Chi Minh City Heart Institute and Dr. Le Trong Phi (Deputy Director of Heart Institute of University of Hamburg, Germany) beside doctors and doctors of Danang Hospital.

Before that, on the evening of May 22, Ms. Tran Thi Chiem was taken to emergency at Da Nang Hospital in the condition of myocardial infarction, acute coronary artery, and a history of diabetes. After the diagnosis and internal resuscitation, the doctors and doctors of this hospital performed an intervention, but failed. The patient falls into a deep coma, the heart stops working, must put a pacemaker to activate and use cardiac support.

A heart surgery performed by doctors and doctors in Da Nang (Photo: Thanh Hai)

Hai Chau