Mumbai, Feb. 17 -- assisted procedure for Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)in Kolkata. The minimally invasive treatment was carried out on a 75-plus-year-old patient suffering from both heart and leg artery blockages, enabling him to recover quickly and return to his normal routine within just 24 hours.
The patient had undergone angioplasty 11 years ago, during which two stents were placed in critical heart arteries -the Left Anterior Descending (LAD) artery and the Right Coronary Artery (RCA). Recently, he began experiencing shortness of breath and severe pain in his left leg while walking, a classic symptom of PAD known as claudication,refers to Peripheral Artery Disease, a condition where arteries that supply blood to the legs become narr...