In Lipetsk, doctors conducted two complex operations and saved a 67-year-old patient from a heart attack and stroke

Doctors of the Lipetsk Regional Clinical Hospital rescued a 67-year-old man who was threatened with both a massive heart attack and a severe stroke. To eliminate the danger, doctors first restored the patency of the carotid artery, and the next day performed heart surgery. This was reported in the medical facility.

The man came to a scheduled appointment with a cardiologist with the results of an examination of the heart vessels, made in July. After studying the data, experts found a critical narrowing of the trunk of the left coronary artery. In addition, there was an unstable plaque in the carotid artery, which could come off and lead to a stroke.

The patient was urgently hospitalized in cardiac surgery. Doctors of different specialties have developed a treatment plan in two stages to reduce the risk of complications.

On the first day, X-ray endovascular surgeons eliminated the dangerous narrowing of the carotid artery through a small puncture. The next day, cardiac surgeons performed coronary artery bypass surgery, restoring normal blood flow to the heart.

Both operations were successful. Now the condition of the man is stable, there is no threat to life. Already on the second day after heart surgery, he is prepared for transfer from the intensive care unit to a regular ward.

The treatment involved cardiac surgeons, X-ray endovascular surgeons and resuscitation anesthesiologists. The joint work of specialists allowed both interventions to be carried out in the same hospital.