Proud achievement: (Seated from left) IJN chief operating officer Akmal Arief Mohd Fauzi, Dr Sivakumar and Dr Mohd Azhari showing a heart model as (standing from right) department head and senior consultant cardiothoracic surgeon Datuk Seri Dr Jeswant Dillon and Xeltis chief medical officer Dr Oleg Svanidze look on.
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Heart Institute (IJN) has become the first centre in Asia to use the latest technology in treating children with congenital heart defect, following successful implantation of the world’s first ever bio-absorbable heart conduit in three of its young patients this week.
IJN chief executive officer and surgeon Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Azhari Yakub together with consultant cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Sivakumar Sivalingam implanted the device in three congenital heart patients, a procedure which has never been carried out on humans.
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