• Breathing troubles and severe cough were what 48-year-old Poonam Choudhary suffered from that proved to be the symptoms of a rare cardiac condition.
  • An ECG performed at Fortis Hospital, Noida, showed that Choudhary had a tumor of the size of a cricket ball in her heart.
  • According to doctors at the hospital this is a rare phenomenon. The success rates for its treatment is about 25 per cent.
  • Located at the upper left chamber of her heart, the tumor affected her blood circulation and restricted her heart function.
  • It also affected the patient's lungs and liver.
  • A complex cardiac pulmonary bypass surgery was performed at the hospital by Dr. Vaibhav Mishra and his team to remove the tumor.   
  • After the 3 hour long surgery, her cardiac efficiency was restored to 50 per cent.
  • It will take six months for her complete recovery.

 

Source: Fortis Hospital, Media Update