MGM HEALTHCARE LAUNCHES A DEDICATED “CENTRE FOR VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA”
MGM HEALTHCARE LAUNCHES A DEDICATED “CENTRE FOR VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA” AND “SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH PREVENTION UNIT
~A 24×7 PREVENTION UNIT FOR SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH ~
Chennai, October 3rd, 2022: MGM Healthcare today announced a 24/7 Heart Electrical Unit and a ’Sudden Ca rdiac Death Prevention’ programme. MGM Healthcare plays a vital role in providing optimal care for all cardi ac arrest patients. The announcement was made by Dr A B Gopalamurugan, Director for Cardiac Electrophysi ology and Device Therapies, Director – TAVR and Endovascular Therapy, Senior Consultant – Interventional Cardiology and Electrophysiology, MGM Healthcare in the presence of Dr. M.Girish Ganesh Babu, Consultant Cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, United Kingdom.
Dr A L Narayanan, Senior Consultant – Interventional Cardiologist, MGM Healthcare, Dr M. Swamikannu, Dir ector and Senior Consultant Internal Medicine and Allied Sciences, MGM Healthcare, Dr Madan Mohan B, Se nior Consultant – Interventional Cardiologist, MGM Healthcare, Rajarajan, Chief Operating Officer, MGM He althcare and Harish Manian, Chief Excecutive Officer, MGM Healthcare and SCD survivors who were treated successfully by the hospital’s dedicated sudden cardiac death prevention program were also a part of this lau nch event.
Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) is a medical (Cardiac) entity and has grown to become an important cardiac con dition as it can be addressed and prevented with modern heart treatments. Very few centres in India have a de dicated program for SCD prevention. At MGM Healthcare, there will be a dedicated “Sudden Cardiac Death Pr evention Programme” launched which would be headed by Dr A B Gopalamurugan.
On speaking during the launch, Dr. A B Gopalamurugan, Senior Consultant – Interventional Cardiology, Dire ctor – Electrophys iology and Device Therapies, Director – Transcatheter Valves an d Endovascular Therapies, MGM Healthcare, MGM Healthcare said, “Very few centers in India have a dedicated program for SCD prevention and we are happy that MGM Healthcare is one amongst them. Heart diseases can manifest through many symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, swelling of legs or even lack of energy. Sudden Cardiac condition is not same as a heart att ack. It occurs most often due to a heart electrical problem to is due to abnormalities within the powerhouse of the heart or wiring systems of the heart. Cells in the cardiac conduction sy stem can generate elect rical impulses and then distribute the signal throughout your heart. While all cells in your he art can conduct electricity, the cells in this system conduct it at very specific speeds There are other causes also for SCD. Infact, the common est mode of death due to any heart condition is ultimately due to a heart electrical problem.”
To deal with the heart electrical system, MGM Healthcare is setting up this dedicated unit. All the necessary infrastructure like Electrophysiology lab, ECMO unit, LVAD unit, Heart transplant unit, Advanced Cardiac Str uctural Interventional Unit are at MGM Healthcare. The Unit will be operational from the World Heart Day – 29th September,2022.
Rajiv Misra, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, MGM Healthcare, said “I’m highly confident that the clinic under the stewardship of Dr. by Dr A B Gopalamurugan and his skilled team would be capable of managing any cause of sud den cardiac deaths. We have now successfully treated many patients where our team reach out to the patients who ar e in need, and we transfer them here to treat them successfully with modern techniques and screening methods for pa tients at high risk of SCD can be treated successfully to prevent SCD.”
About MGM Healthcare:
Born out of a need for altruism, MGM Healthcare is obsessed with bettering patient experiences and improvi ng clinical outcomes through expertise, passion and technology. The manifestation of this dedication to superl ative health-caring is a state-of-the-art hospital on Nelson Manickam Road having 400 beds, 50 out-patient co nsultation rooms, over 100 critical care beds, 250+ Doctors, 12 Centers of excellence, 30+ Clinical Departmen ts, 12 state-of-the-art Operating Theatres and 24 x 7 comprehensive Emergency Care. Here, a host of eminent surgeons and physicians wield a potent combination of skill and cutting edge technology to elevate care and o utcomes to new levels. MGM Healthcare is the first hospital in Asia with the highest rated USGBC LEED Platin um-certified Green Hospital.
Over the past year, the team of clinical experts at MGM Healthcare have performed many innovative and com plex surgeries in the pursuit of establishing trust and clinical excellence. MGM Healthcare designed and equip ped with the latest in technology and equipment is poised to drive patient centricity and clinical excellence of both the domestic and international patients.
