Now, a robotic arm to perform angioplasty in India for the first time

Ahmedabad-based Apex Heart Institute has brought vascular robotic tech from the US

Ahmedabad-based Apex Heart Institute (AHI) has introduced robotic-assisted angioplasty system in India for the first time. This move can potentially change the way cardiovascular diseases are treated. Now a robotic arm would conduct angioplasties on cardiac patients with an accuracy of sub one millimetre (mm), as against maximum possible 5-10 mm in case of humans. 

In a country that conducts 500,000 angioplasties in a year and an estimated 50 million patients are suffering from coronary artery disease, the move may have significant implications in terms of success rates, patient access to the surgical process. Affordability, however, remains a question as