– as proactive moves are made to help improve health careWith specialist Dr. Mahendra Prasad Samal at its helm, the newly introduced Cardiac Unit of the Dr Balwant Singh Hospital is currently offering procedures that are relatively new to Guyana and perhaps the Region. Among the procedures now being offered are various cardiac interventions and more recently moves were made to address aortic dissection, which according to Administrator of the Hospital, Dr Madhu Singh, is a relatively rare condition in patients.Dr Mahendra Prasad SamalAortic dissection is said to be a medical emergency and can quickly lead to sudden death, even with optimal treatment.So rare is the condition that Dr Samal, during an interview with this publication, said that many persons will die before reaching the hospital and a lot will also die even after reaching the institution. However, Dr. Samal, who functions as the private hospital’s Interventional Cardiologist, disclosed that so rare is the condition that a mere 50 individuals worldwide might be diagnosed per year. He explained that Aortic Dissections resulting in rupture have an 80 per cent mortality rate and 50 per cent of patients die before they even reach the hospital.Just a few weeks ago, Dr Samal, who was formerly attached to the reputable Apollo Hospitals in India, was tasked with undertaking the intricate operation at the local private hospital. The operation was in fact a success.The aorta is the only exit and largest blood vessel from the heart which distributes blood to other parts of the body like the brain,Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping, the chest and the spinal cord, the kidney, the intestines and the legs. This big artery has three layers like any other artery, the external, middle and internal layer.According to Dr Singh, when there is a tear in the inner layer of the aorta that causes blood to flow between the inner and middle layers of the wall of the aorta, it forces the layers apart, thereby causing Aortic Dissection.The Administrator further expounded that due to high pressures in the aorta, blood enters the media at the point of the tear and the force of the blood entering the media may cause the tear to extend proximally (closer to the heart) or distally (away from the heart) or both. The blood from the heart travels through the area created by the tear (false lumen) while some continue the way it was intended (true lumen) thereby making the aorta double-barrelled, added Dr Singh.She went on to disclose that the blood-filled false lumen may rupture to the outside of the aortic wall causing sudden death and blood inside the belly, chest and outer covering of the heart called the pericardium. Since blood goes into the false lumen instead of the true lumen, blood flow to all vital organs is jeopardised leading to brain ischemia and brain stroke,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, shutdown of the kidneys and paralysis of the lower part of the body due to spinal cord involvement and gut ischemia and necrosis.According to Dr Samal, it is imperative that patients with such conditions are diagnosed at the right time and every necessary mechanism must be in place to facilitate the requisite treatment. It was disclosed that the risk of death is high in untreated aortic dissection, with as much as 25 per cent of cases being vulnerable in the first 24 hours, 50 per cent in the first 48 hours,Wholesale Jerseys, 75 per cent in the first week and 90 per cent in the first month.The Interventional Cardiologist also revealed that the symptoms of the condition may also mimic those of other diseases which often result in delayed diagnosis. About 96 per cent of patients with aortic dissection experience severe excruciating pain that had a sudden onset with shortness of breath and sweating. It may be described as tearing,China NFL Jerseys, stabbing, or sharp in character, and some individuals will feel the pain migrate as the dissection extends down the aorta, the officials explained. However patients who do not present with pain are usually victims of chronic aortic dissection, they added.The Dr Balwant Singh Cardiac Cath LabThe Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), which was recently introduced by the private hospital, is currently the gold standard test for the detection and assessment of aortic dissection, said Dr Samal who insisted that “everybody should go for regular check-ups…we are declaring to the public to come and get the benefit check up here.”Moreover,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, the Balwant Singh Hospital has been offering a cardiac check-up package which can be utilised by patients of both genders, as according to Dr Singh, many females are of the opinion that males are more prone to heart co