Department of Cardiology Advanced Cardiac Centre PGIMER Chandigarh performed first time Orbital Atherectomy Procedure

The Voice of Chandigarh News: The Department of Cardiology, Advanced Cardiac Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh performed for the first time two cases of Orbital Atherectomy Procedure on 14/02/2023. These two procedures are the first to be performed in the region and among the first in India. Professor and Head Dr. Yash Paul Sharma and his team performed two cases of using this procedure in patients having heavily calcified coronary arteries. One patient among them was an 84 years old octogenarian man having angina at rest and had severely calcified tortuous left anterior descending artery. Patient was at high risk for coronary artery bypass surgery as the anatomy of his vessels was unsuitable for bypass graft. Hence, angioplasty was done using this new procedure.

Orbital atherectomy is a novel therapy used for lesion preparation of calcified plaque before percutaneous coronary intervention and stenting. It has a 1.25 mm diamond-coated crown which ablates the calcium into fine particles approximately 2 micron in size and creates micro fractures in the calcium.

The Department of Cardiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh has been ranked as one of the World’s Best Specialized Hospitals 2023 based on the results of independent analysis of reputation score, accreditation score and PROM survey score done by the Newsweek and statista. The Department has implemented strategic, innovative and ultra-precision approach which has helped it in maintaining the least mortality in acutely ill cardiac patients including patients with acute coronary syndrome (heart attack) and cardiogenic shock.