Dr Sanjay Rajdev Enters Limca Book Of Records For The Third Time With This Feat For Performing Maximum Number of Heart Angioplasties In A Single Day
Mumbai, February 14, 2015 : It’s celebration time at SevenHills Hospital as well as for Dr Sanjay Rajdev, senior interventional cardiologist at the hospital. Dr Sanjay Rajdev successfully has entered the Limca Book of Records for the third time.
Dr. Sanjay Rajdev, senior interventional cardiologist at SevenHills hospital performed 16 angioplasties with successful outcomes in all cases on February 14, 2014, which is also celebrated as Valentine’s Day across the world. All these procedures were performed in a single working day during routine hours. A total of 27 arteries were intervened with same number of stents implanted. No complications were observed during angioplasties. All patients have been discharged home in good clinical condition.
This feat is an indicator of high volume of cases that are currently being processed at SevenHills hospital. Currently the hospital does over 4500 Angiographies and Angioplasties in a year, of which 1250 are angioplasties and others, are angiographies, making it the largest volume center in the region. The progressively increasing numbers at SevenHills hospital is also a testimony to yet another couple of records that have been acknowledged by the LIMCA Book Of Records. This includes maximum number of total cases of angiograms in a single day and maximum number of angioplasties. These are published in 2014 and 2015 respectively.
Department of Cardiac Sciences is headed by Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons Dr. V. Satyaprasad who has a rich experience of over 20,000 cardiac surgeries during the last 25 years. With well trained doctors who are able to accomplish high patient numbers without compromising on safety, more and more patients are benefiting from the excellent infrastructure of the hospital, well trained staff in the cath lab and an accomplished team of ICU doctors. The morale of the cath lab team is lifted by round the clock availability of Senior Cardio-thoracic Surgeons and Anesthetists.
Four people die of heart attack every minute in India and the age group is mainly between 30 and 50. Although no accurate estimates of heart attacks are available in India, however it is possible that upwards of 3 million heart attacks could occur in India every year. Today more and more younger age group are getting heart attacks. Significant myocardial salvage can occur if reperfusion can occur within 2 hours of onset of symptoms. Data from India suggests that arrival to a hospital is delayed with a median time of arrival of above 300 minutes. Reduction of this delay requires public education on the early signs of myocardial infarction, which is a substantial challenge given India’s low rates of literacy and diverse society.
Every second counts for patients receiving angioplasty, a lifesaving treatment for the most serious types of heart attack, in which a catheter with a small balloon at the tip is inserted and inflated to open a blocked artery. For years widely accepted practice guidelines have recommended getting a heart-attack patient into the cardiac catheterization lab for an angioplasty within 90 minutes of arrival at the hospital. While some hospitals still struggle to meet that standard, the heart attack care through the Adult Cardiology Programme at SevenHills Hospital, Asia’s one of the largest multi-speciality hospital is exceptional, remarkable, fast and time efficient.
Speaking on this occasion, Dr Ravindra Karanjekar, CEO, SevenHills Hospital said “It’s extremely proud moment for us at the hospital as we are able to save maximum lives. No doubt our number of procedures have gone up. This has also helped us to improve our speed, work in a more organized fashion and also simultaneously bring down the Door to Balloon time to acceptable international standards. SevenHills Hospital is committed to save maximum lives with quality healthcare.”