Page 63 - #Dr Shahid Merchant Biography

Heart Health Information

In Public Interest
Save A Heart And Life Foundation

Open Heart Bypass Surgery V/s Non Surgical Angioplasty In Multiple

Heart Artery Blockages

ADVANTAGES OF STENTS OVER CABG

Bypass Surgery & challenges to the patients

1. It is an open heart Surgery and Chest bone has to be cut open.
2. It is done under general anaesthesia and it is a supra major surgery.
3. 12-14 inch chest incision and leg veins striping and incision are required.
4. Minimum 4 units of blood required.
5. ICCU and hospital stay for 10 to 12 days.
6. Ventilator, chest drain tubes, high level antibiotics to prevent infections
are part of surgery.
7. Morbidity and recovery 2 to 3 months.
8. Paralytic strokes are more common in open hear bypass surgery.
9. Bypass surgery is not a permanent cure, maximum life of bypass grafts is
10-12 years and even less in diabetic patients, repeat intervention may be
required during this period.
10. Degeneration of bypass grafts is 8-10% every year, life of bypass graft is
Dr. S. A. Merchant limited provided grafts work to their best during 10 years and anastomosis
Interventional Cardiologist is done by senior skilled surgeon.
DM (Cardiology) MD (MED), DNB, (Cardiology) FSCAI (USA)
11. Second or redo bypass is very traumatic & high risk and involves painful
Dr. S. A. Merchant is a Consultant Interventional and delayed recovery.
Cardiologist for more than 25 years at Mumbai, India.
Affiliated to Lilavati, Saifee, Raheja Fortis Hospitals. BENEFITS OF STENT TREATMENT

Helpline: 1. No Surgery, No incision.
2. No General anaesthesia, done with wide awake patient watching the
+91 9820930389, monitor when procedure being done.
3. Only one day overnight stay in hospital.
+91 9821058030 4. No blood transfusion required.
5. For 1 year, if no recurrence (4-5%) then it is forever in most cases.
www.drmerchant.in 6. Latest solubles stent dissolves in 18 months with restoration of normal
function and structure of the heart artery.
drmerchantsa@gmail.com 7. Innovative technologies, devices and imaging has made stents effective
therapy in mst complex heart diseases.

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