The Madras Medical Mission (MMM) is hosting a three-day conference on advanced cardiovascular therapeutics from August 13 to 15.
The conference will focus on congenital heart problems, valve repairs and imaging techniques, said Mullasari Ajit S., director of cardiology at the hospital.
“Interventional cardiology is growing by leaps and bounds. We are moving from the traditional surgical procedures to less invasive procedures that carry fewer risks, less morbidity and involve shorter stays at the hospital. The conference will focus on this, for the benefit of cardiologists and cardiac surgeons from all over India,” he said. About 250 delegates and 150 faculty, including some from abroad are expected to participate.
Congenital birth defects that affect the heart have become a major killer this decade, said K. Sivakumar, head of paediatric cardiology at the hospital. “With catheter intervention procedures, we have no chest scars, shorter stays and no risk of the heart-lung machine. One of the areas the conference will focus on is how to close unusual and very large defects in small babies,” he said.
Percutaneous valve implantation will be the focus on the second day, and imaging and techniques, such as debulking, will be discussed on the third. Fourteen live surgeries will be performed, with two transmitted from a hospital in Australia, the doctors said. Owen Christopher Rafeel of The Prince Charles Hospital, Australia, and other doctors from MMM will also participate.
Event will focus on less-invasive interventional cardiology, percutaneous valve implantation, imaging and techniques
