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Making Strides in Cardiac Healthcare at Zydus Hospitals, Gujarat
PR Newswire
Wed, July 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM GMT+5:30
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AHMEDABAD, India, July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Rapid changes in lifestyle, dietary patterns, environmental factors, and stress levels are significantly impacting heart health. As the risk of cardiovascular disease continues to rise, adopting heart-healthy habits and seeking timely preventive care have become more important than ever
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) affects an estimated 422 million people worldwide, according to Global Burden of Disease study data, with the largest share of that burden concentrated in South Asia. With the advent of this era, technology and treatments are also catching up. With the rising complexity in cardiac patients, Zydus Hospitals has evolved its capabilities to match and has built its cardiology services around this shift, positioning itself as a hub for cardiac patients across Western India, extending treatment beyond routine procedures to the most advanced surgeries across all ages, from paediatric to the elderly.
Merging cutting-edge technology and state-of-the-art imaging and intervention techniques, in their Cath labs, such as IVUS (intravascular ultrasound), Rotablation angioplasty, OCT (optical coherence tomography, which offer higher resolution than standard angiography), along with a dedicated Heart Rhythm clinic, the department has performed many path-breaking procedures in the field. In addition to routine procedures, they also offer complex procedures such as TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation) or TAVR (transcatheter aortic valve replacement). Additionally, their heart transplant programme is backed by a multi-disciplinary team of cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, and other highly trained specialists and support staff.
Though angioplasty is a rather routine procedure for partially occluded vessels, in some patients, the coronary arteries of the heart can be 100% blocked since many years (Chronic Total Occlusion). In them, angioplasty can be tricky and approached in two ways. The standard, antegrade approach advances the wire forward through the blockage in the direction of normal blood flow. When that’s not feasible, interventional cardiologists use a retrograde approach and enter the artery through a different artery, threading the wire through small collateral vessels and then crossing the total occlusion from the reverse side (retrograde CTO).
Dr. Bhavesh Roy, Sr. Interventional Cardiologist, recalls a similar case of a patient with a chronic total occlusion (CTO), “We couldn’t use the routine antegrade approach, as there was no entry point from the forward direction and a chance to pierce the arterial wall that could lead to a cardiac emergency, and we would have to then convert from a minimally invasive procedure to an open-heart surgery. Instead, we used special wires to cross the occlusion via a retrograde approach that turned out to be extremely effective and the patient recovered fast.” Dr. Bhavesh Roy has performed many such cases, even in international patients who travelled to Zydus specifically for complex CTO management.
