Doctors in Dubai save a young man whose heart was stopped by the blockage of the "widow maker"
The patient after stabilizing his condition with Dr. Salman Uday.
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A medical team in Dubai was able to save the life of an Indian young man, who suffered a stroke that stopped his heart completely, and his health condition was very complicated, and he required intensive and quick medical intervention.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the "Health Treatment Group", Marwan Ibrahim Haji Nasser, said, "The patient (36 years old), arrived at the hospital in a very dangerous condition, and his chances of survival were limited, as a result of his injury to an artery blockage called (widows maker), caused by it. He died in a large proportion, but he underwent an urgent medical intervention that took 30 minutes, which saved his life.”
Nasser added: "The young man did not suffer from any heart diseases, and he had a posterior heart attack while playing cricket, as he felt shortness of breath and lost consciousness, and a team from the Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services took him to the hospital within minutes, and the emergency team at the hospital was able to develop an urgent treatment plan. To save his life, despite his difficult condition.”
For his part, the consultant of interventional cardiology at Al-Tadawi Hospital, and the leader of the medical team that saved the patient, Dr. Salman Uday, said that “the diagnosis of the case showed that the patient had ventricular fibrillation, a fatal electrical disturbance that led to the heart stopping completely, which prompted the medical staff to use The electric shocks twice, and the doctors succeeded in restoring the heartbeat within a few seconds.”
Uday pointed out that the patient underwent treatment in the hospital for three days, and then returned to his home after his condition stabilized, and he can lead his life normally, and he can exercise after six weeks.
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