Asia's
First Bloodless Heart Transplant At
Marengo CIMS Hospital, Ahmedabad.
Marengo
CIMS Hospital, part of the Marengo Asia Hospitals Group, for the first time in
Asia, has
marked a significant advancement in heart transplants by performing the first
bloodless heart transplant. This surgical procedure pioneers a protocol of goal-directed
bleeding management
leading to transfusion-free heart transplant.
Dr
Dhiren Shah, Director, Heart Transplant Program, Dr Dhaval Naik, Cardiac and
Heart-Lung Transplant
Surgeon, Dr Niren Bhavsar, Cardiothoracic Anesthetist and Dr. Chintan Seth, Marengo
CIMS Hospital Ahmedabad led the team to accomplish the outcomes successfully.
The
surgery was performed on a 52-year-old patient, Shri Jay Prakash Garg.
suffering from Ischemic
Dilated Cardiomyopathy and end-stage heart failure. The donor was a 33-year-old
who lost
his life in a road traffic accident. The Heart
Transplant patient was discharged in 9 days
who would typically require 21 to 24 days.
The team achieved this distinguished feat
successfully with zero blood transfusion. This
Zero transfusion ensures significant mitigation of
short and long-term transfusion-inflicted
complications along with
reduced length of stay as well as overall improvement
in clinical outcomes.
The
case was also presented in "Bloodless Cardiac
Surgery- an aspiration" at 21st International
conference Cardiovascular Sciences
organised by Cardiac Society of Nepal in Kathmandu" by Dr. Niren Bhavsar
and has been
applied for 14th Aegis Graham Bell Awards(AGBA) for Innovation in Healthcare.
This
was possible by exceptional surgical skills and implementing the principles of
Goal Directed Bleeding
Management (GPBM) Patient Blood Management (PBM) strongly recommended by WHO.
With
proven accomplishments in Australia, the US, and
Europe, the adoption of Goal Directed Bleeding
Management (GPBM) ensures a reduction
in blood usage by up to 90%, ICU length of stay by 25%, complications like infections
or kidney damage by 70% providing
more efficiency to doctors and time
for patient management with an overall improvement
in patient outcomes.
We
sincerely thank our clinical leaders and wish
them all the success to lead the future in innovation
in Healthcare for the patients and community.