COPD consists of multiple lung infections and is considered incurable by most physicians. Can timely diagnosis, on the bright side, slow down its progress?
COPD consists of multiple lung infections and is considered incurable by most physicians. Can timely diagnosis, on the bright side, slow down its progress?
About 50 doctors from Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery and General Medicine specialties participated in the program and discussed and exchanged their view for the enhancement of heart transplantation program in Andhra Pradesh and Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) implantation
The hospital is planning to perform the first heart transplantation early next year. "We will do routine cardiac surgeries for a while. We have to do the regular job before taking up transplantations. A team will visit Australia for two weeks to study the practice there," Dr Gokhale G.K. Alla, a consultant cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon.