In a pioneering procedure performed at Dubai Hospital, surgeons successfully conducted the first carbon dioxide angiogram with angioplasty in the UAE on a 60-year-old Emirati patient suffering from closure of lower limb vessels.
The procedure was performed at the hospital’s recently-opened catherisation laboratory dedicated for vascular and oncological interventions.
It is the first catherisation laboratory for cancer patients in the UAE.
Elaborating on the procedure, Dr Farida Al Khaja, director of clinical support services at Dubai Hospital, said: “The conventional method for angioplasty, which is needed to open blocked vessels, is to use a contrast dye so that radiologists can see images which clearly demarcate the vessels that are blocked.”
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