Faulty heart put doctors in a spot in Hyderabad
To assess the heart the age of the patient is taken into consideration first.
Hyderabad: The heart was retrieved from a brain-dead patient at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences. While retrieving the heart at Kims the doctors didn’t notice the irregular rhythm beat, said a senior doctor at Gandhi Hospital.
Dr A.G. Gokhale, who has conducted more than 10 heart transplants in the city, said, “To assess the heart the age of the patient is taken into consideration first. Then the echo-cardio is an indicator and also the medication history of the patient. If the patient has a history of uncontrolled blood pressure than an assessment of the medical history is taken up. These factors determine whether the heart can be transplanted into the recipient.”
But there have been cases where the recipient is “in a very critical stage of heart failure” and will not be able to take a donor heart even if it is in a good condition, explained Dr Gokhale.
Gandhi Hospital superintendent Dr J.C. Reddy and the heart transplant surgeons refused to comment on the subject.