Woman, 76, survives brain stroke and heart attack in one procedure in Chennai
Chennai: The 76-year-old woman came into the emergency room of a city hospital a month ago complaining of sudden weakness on one side of her body and slurred speech — the classic, unmistakable warnings of a brain stroke in progress. But when doctors ran their assessments, they found something far more complicated: her heart, too, was ailing. Its arteries critically narrowed and blood flow dangerously compromised.
In the hours that followed, neurologists at MGM Healthcare Malar Hospital moved her into the cath lab , where they removed a block deep inside the brain in the middle cerebral artery — the largest artery supplying the brain, responsible for movement, speech, and sensation on one side of the body — using a catheter guided through the groin. They then cleared the blockage in the carotid artery in the neck, the main vessel that carries blood from the heart to the brain. After this, cardiologists took over to remove the blocks in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle.
In the hours that followed, neurologists at MGM Healthcare Malar Hospital moved her into the cath lab , where they removed a block deep inside the brain in the middle cerebral artery — the largest artery supplying the brain, responsible for movement, speech, and sensation on one side of the body — using a catheter guided through the groin. They then cleared the blockage in the carotid artery in the neck, the main vessel that carries blood from the heart to the brain. After this, cardiologists took over to remove the blocks in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle.
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