PRINCE KUMAR
Ranchi, Mar 30: Jangali Choudhary (50) finally heaved a sigh of relief at the only state-run super speciality hospital of Jharkhand, RIMS, after getting no relief from six reputed hospitals across the country.
Recovering Jangali in the CTVS ward shared his experience with lagatar24.com and said, “Initially I started feeling shortness of breath after which I went on for checkups in different reputed hospitals across the country which provided me with no relief. It went on for four long years after which a relative told me to visit RIMS for treatment. After coming to RIMS, in the initial investigation, it was clear that I had a big tennis ball size tumour in my heart. The tumour was removed by the doctors of the CTVS department and finally, I am feeling well and can also walk a bit.”
“With both the doctors and God’s grace, I am hopeful that I will be able to go back home in the coming days,” he added.
According to the HOD of the CTVS department, Dr Vineet Mahajan, the patient had left atrial myxoma which is a rare kind of tumour that causes cancer in the heart.
“An open heart surgery was performed on Jangali to remove the big tennis ball size tumour where the heart was stopped for one hour during the surgery with the help of a heart-lung machine. The patient is now disease-free and will be able to go home in the next 3 to 4 days,” Dr Vineet said.
“An atrial myxoma is a tumour in the upper left or right side of the heart. It most often grows on the wall that separates the two sides of the heart. This wall is called the atrial septum. A myxoma is a primary heart (cardiac) tumour. This means that the tumour started within the heart. Primary cardiac tumours such as myxomas are rare. About 75% of myxomas occur in the left atrium of the heart. They most often begin in the wall that divides the two upper chambers of the heart. They can occur in other intra-cardiac sites as well. Atrial myxomas are linked with valve obstruction stenosis and atrial fibrillation,” Dr Vineet added.
The doctors involved in the surgery include Dr Vineet Mahajan (Surgeon), Dr Anshul Kumar (Surgeon), Dr Rakesh Kumar Choudhary (Surgeon), Dr Sheo Priye (Anaesthesiologist), Dr Nitesh Sinha (Anaesthesiologist), Dr Mukesh (Anaesthesiologist) and Amit Singh (Perfusionist).
