Procedure done for first time
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 8: In a path breaking and futuristic success for entire masses of J&K, Dr.Sushil Sharma Head Department of Cardiology along with his team at Super Speciality Hospital Jammu ,performed the successful angioplasty of a young patient with recently launched indigenous Dissolving stent or Bioresorbable scaffold- MeRes100 from Meril Life Sciences .This was the first of its kind implant of the recently launched indigenous dissolving stent technology in J&K.
It is pertinent to mention here that Dr Sushil Sharma along with his cardiac cath lab team has already performed more than 18,000 coronary procedures including Simple and complex procedures to his credit with minimal to zero complication rate besides providing world class care to patients.
“Medical technologies also need to evolve in line with the shifting paradigm of disease incidence and patient needs. Although metallic drug-eluting stents are commonly adopted for coronary heart disease, but with the permanent metallic stents there is a risk of adverse events occurring year on year and even very late adverse events are also seen. Bioresorbable or Dissolvable stent technology can be a better alternative especially in the younger age group as bioresorbable scaffold will dissolve over period of time post healing of the lesion,” Dr Sharma said.
Madan Lal, a 38-year-old male admitted in CCU having history of smoking and painter by profession, a resident of Uttar Pradesh began experiencing regular chest pain and diagnosed to have inferior wall Myocardial infarction and underwent angiography which revealed lesion in Right Coronary Artery suggesting need for angioplasty .
Considering his young age and type of lesion in his artery, Dr. Sushil Sharma and his team decided to implant the recently launched indigenous dissolving stent or BRS.
Dissolving stent or Bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS) are similar in function to metallic stent but they are non-metallic, non-permanent mesh tubes, which dissolve over time (possibly in 2 to 3 years) after implantation. BRS is made of a polymer called poly-L-Lactide (PLLA), similar to the material used in dissolvable stitches/suture.
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