Sushilaben, 91, a resident of ***, Ahmedabad, was admitted to a private hospital for emergency treatment on May 29 after suffering a heart attack and severe shortness of breath. She was also found to have flash pulmonary edema, a condition caused by excess fluid in the lungs as well as early covid ARDS. She was shifted to CIMS hospital the next day after she tested positive for COVID-19.
“She had unstable blood pressure and high oxygen requirement when she was brought to CIMS hospital. We had to perform angiography and angioplasty while simultaneously treating her for COVID-19,” said Dr. Bhagyesh Shah, Critical Care Physician and In-charge of Adult ICU at CIMS.
Sushilaben’s angioplasty and stent placement was successfully performed on June 1, two days after her hospitalization, by Senior Cardiologists Dr. Keyur Parikh & Dr. Vineet Sankhla with ongoing covid care despite the risk of age, covid and heart attack.
“Patients undergoing angioplasty with stent placement in the 90s is rare, and especially one who is also COVID +ve. In most cases, patients are not very mobile and are not in a position to undergo angioplasty.