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Chennai, October 3, 2022: MGM Healthcare today announced a 24/7 Heart Electrical Unit and a ’Sudden Cardiac Death Prevention’ programme. MGM Healthcare plays a vital role in providing optimal care for all cardiac arrest patients. The announcement was made by Dr A B Gopalamurugan, Director for Cardiac Electrophysiology 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, Director and Senior Consultant Internal Medicine and Allied Sciences, MGM Healthcare, Dr Madan Mohan B, Senior Consultant – Interventional Cardiologist, MGM Healthcare, Rajarajan, Chief Operating Officer, MGM Healthcare 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 launch event.
Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) is a medical (Cardiac) entity and has grown to become an important cardiac condition as it can be addressed and prevented with modern heart treatments. Very few centres in India have a dedicated program for SCD prevention. At MGM Healthcare, there will be a dedicated “Sudden Cardiac Death Prevention Programme” launched which would be headed by Dr A B Gopalamurugan.
On speaking during the launch, Dr. A B Gopalamurugan, Senior Consultant – Interventional Cardiology, Director – Electrophysiology and Device Therapies, Director – Transcatheter Valves and 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 attack. 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 system can generate electrical impulses and then distribute the signal throughout your heart. While all cells in your heart can conduct electricity, the cells in this system conduct it at very specific speeds There are other causes also for SCD. Infact, the commonest 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 Structural 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 sudden cardiac deaths. We have now successfully treated many patients where our team reach out to the patients who are in need, and we transfer them here to treat them successfully with modern techniques and screening methods for patients at high risk of SCD can be treated successfully to prevent SCD.”
