Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, Jan 31 Dr Sushil Kumar Sharma from Jammu GMC & SSH has implanted an ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator) with a latest state of the art technology at Super Speciality hospital Jammu.
These new technology enabled ICD devices have been recently available in India, These devices are Bluetooth enabled and can be paired with patient smart phone for easy and continous and real time monitoring.
Dr Sushil Kumar Sharma HoD Cardiology at Super Speciality hospital implanted this device on a young man of 39 years from Akhnoor as a life saving device because of severe weakness of heart muscle and with very weak pumping function, only 20% compared to normal pumping of 60% in any healthy individual.
“When heart pumping function drops to less than 35% because of weakness of heart muscle whether it due to a heart attack or due to any other heart muscle disease itself , there is a high risk of rhythm disturbance and heart beating abnormally at a very high rate termed as Ventricular Tachycardia/ Fibrillation. Such rhythm disorder like VT/VF, if not treated immediately, is the commonest cause of death globally also called sudden cardiac death. ” said Dr Sushil.
An ICD, (Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator) is often offered a long-term management solution for all identified high risk patients. ICD is a pacemaker like Implantable medical device that is placed under the skin, usually near the heart. It can monitor heart’s rhythm for very fast and potentially dangerous heart rhythms and automatically deliver an electrical shock to the heart muscle to restore your normal heart rhythm.
“This patient implanted with this ICD device also received a lifesaving shock within one week and saved his precious life,” said Dr Sharma. “However, because of this new technology the data related to this event was transmitted by patient’ mobile phone immediately which my team could check and confirm and in turn communicate to the patient, he added”.
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