Team approach to intervention management yields better results: Experts

CME on ‘Evolution of cardiovascular and thoracic interventions ‘ held

Mohali, January 21, 2019: As many as 70 cardiac interventionists from region attended a CME on ‘Evolution of cardiovascular and thoracic interventions ‘ at a Mohali hotel last night. The CME was organized by Dr Deepak Puri, Executive Director and Head Cardiovascular Sciences at Ivy Hospital and Dr Sandeep Tirath Laroia , Prof intervention Radiology , IOWA Univ, USA

The CME was first of its kind where team approach to management of interventions of heart, lungs and blood vessels were discussed.

Addressing CME, Dr Puri said that cardiovascular and thoracic diseases are usually complex and life threatening and their management has undergone rapid evolution in last decade. The chest contains the most vital organs of our body including heart, blood vessels and lungs. They work tirelessly throughout life and any disease affecting them involves many technical difficulties in diagnosis and management .

Till 60-yr ago, it was thought that it is impossible to do any surgical intervention on these organs .However with rapid evolution of surgical technology and with advent of video assisted and robotic thoracic surgery as well as rapid advancements in interventional cardiology and interventional radiology, the cost of the complex problems can now be tackled appropriately, remarked Dr Puri.

The problems can be better tackled by a team approach where all these specialists work in close coordination and help each other in achieving best results with minimum complications, he maintained.

Dr Puri who is also a global chairman of Çardiomersion group has been tirelessly working to evolve integrated approach to delivery of cost effective comprehension management of cardiovascular and thoracic interventions by organizing several workshops across the globe.

During occasion, Dr Sandeep Tirath Laroia shared his experience on management of difficult situations by percutaneous non-surgical techniques.

Among others, Dr Sanjeet Singh Sodhi, president of IMA Mohali was also presented during occasion.