A global achievement by Palestinian hands… Opening the middle brain artery and the left coronary artery for a patient suffering from an acute heart attack
The cardiac catheterization team at Al-Shifa Medical Complex, led by Dr. Muhammad Habib with the participation of Dr. Majed Al-Shinat, Dr. Akram Hassouna, and Dr. Muhammad Helles, operated to open the left middle brain artery and the left coronary artery for a patient suffering from an acute heart attack and a drop in blood circulation (blood pressure 30/60 mm Hg), followed by an acute stroke that led to Complete paralysis on the right side of the body, speech problems, facial paralysis, disturbance in the level of consciousness, and repetitive involuntary movements.
In the details, Dr. Habib explains that the team anesthetized the patient to control the existing state of unconsciousness and administered drugs that maintain arterial hypertension.
He pointed out that the patient stayed for four days in ICU and then for three more days in the cardiac department, and he left the hospital on the eighth day in excellent health condition.
It is noteworthy that cases of stroke and heart attack are considered one of the major causes leading to death in the world, and the occurrence of two strokes at the same time in a patient is a rare case with a death rate of 50%, and the death rate increases if there is a failure in the blood circulation Where it reaches more than 70%.
Recent scientific research indicates that similar cases showed 44 documented cases so far conducted urgent cardiac and cerebral catheters for 7 of them.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health report indicated that heart diseases constitute 25-29% of the death rate, and stroke rate is 12% of the deaths in Palestine. The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip started treatment for stroke by injecting Alteplase and starting an urgent therapeutic catheterization of the brain within 6 hours of the onset of symptoms in November 2021.