Medcare Hospital Sharjah has successfully performed the UAE’s first Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty (BPA), introducing a minimally invasive treatment for patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH), a rare and potentially life-threatening form of pulmonary hypertension.
The landmark procedure was performed on a 44-year-old woman who had experienced severe breathlessness for more than a decade despite undergoing previous open-heart surgery and pulmonary thromboendarterectomy in the UK. Led by Dr. A.B. Gopalamurugan, Structural Interventional Cardiologist at Medcare Hospital Sharjah, the intervention successfully restored blood flow through the lungs and immediately reduced pulmonary artery pressure - Read More.
Medcare Hospital Sharjah has successfully performed the UAE’s first Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty (BPA), introducing a minimally invasive treatment for patients with Chro...
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