KARACHI: National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases has achieved another milestone by performing first “Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair” (TEVAR) on 30-year old man successfully.

The spokesperson of NICVD said that after motorcycle accident, the patients was taken to SMBB Trauma Centre Karachi, where he was told that there is a major aortic injury. After that the patient was referred to NICVD where he was investigated and it was decided to treat the patient with a world’s latest technique instead of bypass by joint efforts of Interventional Cardiologists, Cardiac Surgeons & Cardiac Anesthesiologists.

The procedure was led by Prof Tahir Saghir, Cardiac Surgeon Rashid Aziz, Dr Naveedullah and other doctors of NICVD.—PR