India, Dec. 13 -- A 53-year-old man from Iraq suffering from critical heart failure and multiple-organ dysfunction recently underwent a successful complex cardiac surgical procedure in Gurugram, doctors said on Thursday.

The patient, identified as Hadi Mustafa Hamad, was suffering from unstable blood pressure and declining kidney function for nearly two years and was deemed unfit to undergo a cardiac transplant or an open-heart surgery.

"This is the first time in the country where a patient with only 15% heart function successfully underwent two MitraClips [TEER] therapy, supported by Intra Aortic Balloon Pump. The patient was left with limited choices and any other procedure would risk the chances of multiple organ failure," said Dr Am...