China News Service, Urumqi, October 10 (Tao Shuanke Chen Xue) On the 9th, at the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People’s Hospital (hereinafter referred to as the Autonomous Region People’s Hospital), the patient Xiaohe (a pseudonym) was transferred from the intensive care unit to the general ward. He was relieved. Tone.
The equipment installed next to him, a wire pipe, connected to the equipment and abdomen at both ends, is Xiaohe's new "heart".
He is 36 years old this year. In 2018, he suffered from physical discomfort, chest tightness and shortness of breath from time to time. This was Xiaohe's initial feelings. After the hospital diagnosis, Xiaohe suffered from dilated cardiomyopathy and severe aortic valve closure. Incomplete.
At the beginning, chest tightness, wheezing, and swelling of the legs occurred after the activity. At the worst, you could not even lie down to sleep. After falling asleep, snoring would also cause apnea. The body experienced higher frequency of heart failure and arrhythmia, every two I will be hospitalized once every month.
At the end of 2020, Xiaohe's family came to Beijing for medical treatment and was admitted to Fuwai Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, where they were waiting for a heart transplant.
Since there is no suitable donor for him, Fuwai Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences has conducted consultations and discussions with multidisciplinary experts, suggesting that Xiaohe adopt another treatment method-Implantable Left Ventricular Assist System (VAD, referred to as "artificial heart").
In conversations with experts in Beijing, Xiaohe's family learned that Xinjiang can also do "artificial heart" surgery. They immediately asked experts from Beijing Hospital to contact the People's Hospital of the Autonomous Region. At that time, Xiaohe was delighted.
Subsequently, Zhang Zonggang, director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery of the People's Hospital of the Autonomous Region, called Xiaohe.
After understanding the economic situation of Xiaohe’s family, the People’s Hospital of the Autonomous Region and Fuwai Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences have coordinated and communicated with various relevant departments such as the Civil Affairs Department and Xinjiang Health Commission. After discussion by the Party Committee of the People’s Hospital of the Autonomous Region, the decision was made To provide Xiaohe with a special fund subsidy for the operation, with the support of Hu Shengshou, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Dean of Fuwai Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, experts from both places in "Beijing and Xinjiang" work together to implement "artificial heart" implant surgery for patients.
Zhang Zonggang introduced that the artificial heart implanted in Xiaohe's body in this operation is "Yongren Heart", which is a "made in China" and is currently the only "artificial heart" approved for the market in China. After implantation in the human body, It can effectively provide support and assistance to patients with heart failure. Its implantation is equivalent to installing an active heart "pump" for the patient's own heart. The "pump" works to assist or replace the pumping function of the real heart, thereby allowing The heart is "rested", and at the same time, the purpose of perfusion of important organs such as the brain, kidney, and liver is guaranteed.
At present, the "Yongren Heart" artificial heart system has successfully performed 17 implants in the three hospitals of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital, Wuhan Union Hospital, and Fujian Union Hospital. 100% of the patients survived the operation without serious complications related to the device. Its safety and effectiveness have been fully verified.
In order to ensure foolproof, safe operation and future recovery of patients, the People’s Hospital of the Autonomous Region and Fuwai Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences both attach great importance to it. At the same time, we will formulate safe and effective treatment plans and various emergency plans for patients, and arrange for a total of 14 people from the medical department, cardiology, cardiology, anesthesiology, extracorporeal circulation, critical care medicine, operating room, ultrasound department and other majors to go to Chinese medicine. The further training and learning in Fuwai Hospital of the Academy of Sciences is only to ensure the smooth implementation of patients' "artificial heart" surgery.
Yang Yining, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and Dean of the People’s Hospital of the Autonomous Region, said that the successful implementation of this “artificial heart” operation in a hospital in Northwestern Province should be the first case. The new platform and field realize the whole-process management of end-stage heart failure, including the “drug-device-heart transplantation” integrated model, which has improved the technical level of diagnosis and treatment of end-stage heart failure in Xinjiang and the comprehensive development of related specialties, enabling more end-stage heart failure Patients with heart failure, when they cannot wait for a heart donation, can receive mechanical assisted treatment to provide more effective medical services for Xinjiang and even Central Asia.
It is reported that on September 24 this year, Xiaohe received an artificial heart (left ventricular assist system) implantation operation at the People's Hospital of the Autonomous Region.
Up to now, there have been no complications after the operation, and the body is recovering well.
Currently, Xiaohe is receiving post-rehabilitation training and machine training.
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