Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences held a workshop on one of the enigmas of modern interventional cardiology, i.e., Chronic Total Occlusion or CTO on the 19th June, 2011.This was organized as a part of EIICCON, a conclave of interventional cardiologists from Eastern India, where about 300 delegates from Eastern India and neighboring SAARC countries will join to exchange scientific knowledge.
CTO constitutes 10-20% of all angioplasty procedures. ‘TO’, means total blockage of a segment of a coronary artery with fibrous tissue and calcium. Such lesion is very difficult to deal with and requires commendable skill and support of most modern equipments like IVUS and Rotablator. In less experienced hands and less equipped cath labs, angioplasty of CTOs is associated with lower success rates.
World renowned and famous cardiologist Dr. Joji Hosokawa, Director of Tokyo Heart Centre and an acclaimed Interventional Cardiologist recognized world-wide as one of the masters in CTO angioplasty visited the cath lab to perform angioplasty on the CTO’s. This is the first time that an internationally famous CTO Expert has chosen a cath lab in Eastern India to perform such a complex case. The very fact that he has performed at the RTIICS cath lab speaks of the highest standard maintained by it and the state of the art instruments that it uses.
ABOUT RTIICS:
Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS) Kolkata is a 445-Bed full-fledged multi-specialty hospital built on approximately 4 acres of land. The hospital comprises of Cardiac Centre, the Armenian Church Trauma Centre, Rotary Narayana Nethralaya (Institute of Ophthalmology) and Manjulaben Mehta Kidney Hospital. Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences setup in April 2000 is a unit of Asia Heart Foundation and firmly believes in its mission: "an equitable distribution of quality health care for one and all". This hospital represents a part of the dream to create a chain of cardiac care hospitals accessible to everyone. Conceptualized by Dr.Devi Shetty, RTIICS has ushered in hope for the multitude of cardiac patients in the eastern part of the country and beyond. Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences has a large renal medicine center. 150 kidney transplantation per year and 3000 haemodialysis per month (highest number in India) are done every year. RTIICS has very successfully performed around 500 renal transplants in last four years, with results comparable with best of the hospitals, internationally.