At the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in the capital, a one-year-old child suffering from a disease called  aortopulmonary window (AP Window) was treated with a Nitinol device. In this disease, there is a hole between two large blood vessels (arteries) of the heart. If the disease is not treated in time, there is a risk of the patient's death. This information was released by AIIMS Bhopal in its media report on Wednesday.

Doctors of the Department of Cardiology of AIIMS Bhopal said that recently a one year old girl had come to the OPD for treatment. He was complaining of chest strain and weight loss day by day. Medical examination revealed that the girl was suffering from aortic pulmonary window (AP window) disease. To treat this disease, the patient has to undergo surgery. But, due to the patient's young age, the doctors of the cardiology department decided not to perform surgery on the patient.

Dr. Kislay Srivastava, Assistant Professor, Cardiology Department, said that the girl's AP window was treated without surgery.

For this, the AP window in the girl's heart was closed by inserting a Nitinol device. There was a 28 mm hole in the girl's heart, in which a 28 mm button-sized device was fitted. The device was delivered to the AP window site through a blood vessel near the child's waist.

Cardiologist Dr. Kislay Srivastava said that when the hole in the heart of children occurs in the aortic pulmonary position, then this disease is called AP Window. In this disease, a hole occurs between two large blood vessels of the heart. For this reason the disease is called AP Window Disease.

Cardiologist Dr. Kislay Srivastava said that out of 20 thousand children, one child has AP window disease. Until now it is treated by operation. AIIMS has treated the disease without surgery for the first time by installing the device. The treatment of the girl was done by Dr. Amber Kumar, Dr. Madhur Kumar, Anesthetist Dr. Vaishali Vandeskar and Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Yogesh Niwaria under the supervision of the department's cardiologist Dr. Bhushan Shah.