Complex surgery of a 70-year-old patient broadcast live

Muscat: A specialised medical team from the National Heart Center at the Royal Hospital succeeded in performing a complex and rare interventional catheterization operation for a 70-year-old patient suffering congenital deformities in the aortic valve.

The operation was carried out after the deformities caused severe narrowing of the valve opening, coupled with the development of extreme cardiomyopathy, posing challenges that made it impossible to resolve the issue through ordinary surgical procedures.

The success of the operation constitutes a new medical and scholarly accomplishment credited to the health sector in the Sultanate of Oman.

The operation was broadcast live, with direct TV connection with a conference held in Dubai by the Gulf Intervention Society for cardiovascular catheterization.

The conference, which brings together experts and specialists from around the world, is considered the largest gathering for interventional and structural cardiac catheterisation.

The operation was conducted by Dr. Hatim Ali Al Lawati, Senior Consultant of Interventional Cardiology and Structural Heart Disease at Sultan Qaboos University, and Dr. Khalid Humaid Al Sa'eedi, Consultant in Interventional and Structural Cardiology at the Royal Hospital.

The operating team was assisted by Dr. Mohammed Al Naebi and Dr. Haifa Al Za'abi from the Royal Hospital's Anaesthesia Department, nursing staff and catheterization technician staff at the hospital.