Save the life of an American tourist with a serious heart attack

25 minutes race against time

On May 31, BS.CK2 Pham Thanh Phong, Deputy Director Can Tho Central General Hospitalsaid that the hospital’s interventional Cardiologists had just saved lives American patient bag heart attack very critical level.

Before that, male patient JJV 72 years old, Americans just returned to Phong Dien, Can Tho City, played for a day, then it was noon 28.5, he suddenly had severe left chest pain. The patient was taken to a local medical facility and then immediately transferred to Can Tho Central General Hospital in a state of high blood pressure, severe left chest pain, sweating, cold hands and feet, and struggling.

The American patient was moved to thank the doctors for saving his life family recruitment

The results of the electrocardiogram showed that the patient had an acute myocardial infarction, a very critical condition. Immediately after, the in-hospital red alert process was activated, bypassing administrative procedures, the patient was transferred directly to the coronary intervention room.

Image of a patient’s coronary artery with a very severe blockage causing a serious acute myocardial infarction family recruitment

Coronary angiography results showed that the patient had severe stenosis near the anterior interventricular artery 95%, middle segment occlusion with thrombosis of the anterior interventricular artery; Right coronary artery hypoplasia, 80-90% stenosis. The intervention team intervened by balloon angioplasty and placed 2 drug-eluting stents. After about 25 minutes of racing against time, the team revascularized the patient.

After the intervention, the patient was awake, his vital signs were stable, his chest pain was reduced, and he was being monitored, treated and cared for at the Interventional Cardiology Department.

After 25 minutes of intervention, doctors of Can Tho Central General Hospital saved the patient’s life family recruitment

According to MSc Tran Van Trieu, in charge of the Department of Interventional Cardiology, General Hospital At the Can Tho Central Department, myocardial infarction is usually a complete occlusion of one or more branches of the coronary artery – the artery that supplies blood to the heart – suddenly, causing the death of heart muscle cells. This is a dangerous condition, directly threatening the life of the patient if not detected and treated promptly. The general principle of treatment is to reestablish blood flow in the occluded coronary artery as soon as possible to maximize the salvage of the ischemic myocardium interspersed with areas of myocardium that have died of ischemic necrosis. blood.

The patient was emotional as “come back from the dead”

Located in the Department of Interventional Cardiology, Mr. JJ V was very emotional when he was “returned from the dead” by doctors of Can Tho Central General Hospital. “I was in a terrible state, so much shock. Lucky for me, I went to this hospital and was quickly saved from death by good doctors. Thank you very much,” said the American patient.

Talking more about emergency treatment for foreign patients, Dr. CK2 Pham Thanh Phong, Deputy Director of General Hospital Can Tho Central Department, said: Over the past time, the hospital has successfully received and treated many cases of foreigners. In which there are many emergency cases that are not only difficult and require specialized techniques, but the procedure is also very complicated. “For example, the above American patient, although the paperwork could not be completed, but as soon as the patient’s condition was determined to be very critical, the hospital immediately carried out the internal red alert process, bypassing all administrative procedures, transferring the patient directly to the coronary intervention room. Thanks to that, the team saved the patient’s life in a very timely manner,” said Dr. Phong.

Currently, the American patient is awake, with stable vital signs, being monitored and cared for at the Department of Interventional Cardiology, Can Tho Central General Hospital. family recruitment

According to Dr. Phong, at present, Can Tho City in particular and the Mekong Delta are increasingly developing and integrating, receiving much international attention. Foreigners come to live and work a lot. Therefore, it makes a lot of sense to successfully perform emergency cases like the American patient with a heart attack.