Varanasi, Aug. 13 -- The Department of Cardiology at Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, has successfully performed a Balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) on a 2-month-old child, marking the youngest case in the Department's history at IMS BHU.

The procedure was successful, and the child is now well and has been discharged, according to a release.

The team, led by Prof. Vikas Agrawal (Head, Cardiology), Dr. Pratibha Rai, Dr. Mohan, Dr. Vikas, and Dr. Pratap from Cardiology, along with Prof. A.P. Singh, Dr. Sanjeev, and Dr. Pratima from Cardiac Anaesthesia, achieved this milestone despite the high complication rate and technical challenges associated with performing BAV in such young patients.

Aortic stenosis, a narro...