Mumbai doctors give Jalgaon woman with rare heart defect second chance at life
Mumbai doctors have successfully treated a 34-year-old woman, Seema Ravikanth Patil, for a rare and complex heart condition known as Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm (SOVA). The patient, diagnosed with multiple congenital aneurysms, underwent a meticulously planned surgical procedure that has given her a new lease on life.
It was done by the team of experts at Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre was led by Dr Pavan Kumar, a renowned cardiovascular surgeon, along with cardiologist Dr Nitin Gokhale and cardiac anaesthesiologist Dr Namrata Kothari. Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm (SOVA) is an exceptionally rare condition, characterised by the abnormal expansion of the aortic root due to weak elastic tissue. Aneurysms of the Sinus of Valsalva are observed in approximately 0.09 per cent of the general ...
