Diagnosis of cardiovascular disease by modern camera

108 Military Hospital has just put Philips diagnostic Integris Allura 3D-RA card and heart intervention into use. This is the most modern circuit capture system in Vietnam today.

Integris Allura 3D-RA cardiovascular diagnostic and intervention camera (Photo: medical.philips.com) With a complete and diverse configuration, this system helps diagnose and intervene in the treatment of vascular diseases in the body with high accuracy, especially cerebral vessels. Dr. Le Van Truong - Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Intervention (Military General Hospital 108) said about some causes of cerebral bleeding and the application of new techniques in treatment.

- Cerebrovascular disease is very common in the community, but due to the characteristics of the disease, most patients are only brought to the hospital when they have a stroke (brain stroke) or cerebral infarction (due to embolism ) cerebral bleeding (due to vascular rupture). In order to reduce mortality and disability for unfortunate cases of stroke, it is necessary to have centers for emergency brain stroke, early diagnosis by CT scans, digital cerebral angiography. Chemical Clearing (DSA) helps find the right treatment for the cause of the stroke.

In the current medical condition in Vietnam, brain stroke patients to provincial hospitals are given emergency CT scans, can detect brain bleeding but it is difficult to confirm the cause of bleeding, easily removed through two very dangerous and common diseases are Deformity of the cerebral veins and the brain arteries. Cerebral venous malformations often rupture causing bleeding in the age of 20-40, but cerebral arteries may rupture in young people aged 20-30 years old and 65-70 years or more. However, because our economy is still difficult, DSA cerebral angiography is only possible

Photos taken from Integris Allura 3D-RA machine (Photo: medical.philips.com) equipped in a few central hospitals, not enough to meet the needs of serving patients. Therefore, many patients have to move from one hospital to another, increasing costs and missing out on treatment opportunities.

* What are the new applications in the treatment of cerebral vascular disease in hospitals?

- Dr. Le Van Truong : From 2004 up to now, the Cardiovascular Intervention Department has treated hundreds of patients with cerebral bleeding due to aneurysm rupture and cerebral venous malformations, transferred from many military hospitals. and the medical population of the North and Central regions by intra-vascular intervention. After receiving patients will be taken DSA brain vessels to determine the cause of the disease in the shortest time. DSA scan will help to correctly diagnose lesions that cause brain bleeding. It is an important condition for experts to make the most effective treatment indications. Patients may need cerebral puncture surgery or non-surgical interventions using either intravascular catheters or simple medical treatment. Highlights of the hospital are patients of all different subjects are admitted to treatment if required.

Lien Chau (implemented)