CHANDIGARH, Nov. 21 -- A middle-aged woman suffering from a massive proximal deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) got a new lease of life after her rare endovascular surgery at Ivy Hospital, Mohali, recently.
Forty - six - year- old Shalini (name changed) had a swelling of the left leg. She was diagnosed as DVT and treatment started.
During treatment, she developed a blackout followed by severe shortness of breath. An MR angiogram revealed a potentially fatal condition pulmonary embolism (PE) where a large clot was formed in her main pulmonary artery.
Talking to the media here on Thursday, Dr Harinder Singh Bedi, Director, Cardio Vascular Endovascular and Thoracic Sciences at Ivy Hospital Mohali, said that combination...