A joint medical team including Dr. Sorin Micu from the Clinicco Hospital in Brasov and Dr. Horia Rosianu from the Heart Institute in Cluj-Napoca fitted a subcutaneous defibrillator to a 40-year-old patient. He had suffered a myocardial infarction in the past that could lead to sudden death and already had a similar device fitted whose leads (special metal wires) were placed through blood vessels. This exposes the leads to sometimes irreparable damage over time.
The man's extremely active life meant that on two occasions the leads attached to the cardiac defibrillator, positioned in the heart to stimulate the heart's activity, broke. Such events can happen to any patient who has such devices fitted because the durability of the leads is limited over time.
One of the solutions applied in such situations is the removal and replacement of broken catheters, a frequent and successful procedure performed by the medical team at Clinicco Hospital. Given the patient's active lifestyle, the placement of new leads could have led to repeated lead breakage, which is why a subcutaneous defibrillator was chosen. The team formed by Dr. Horia Roșianu and Dr. Sorin Micu, both primary cardiologists with experience in the field of implantable devices, performed a new first for Clinicco Hospital Brasov.
The subcutaneous cardioverter defibrillator is implanted intermuscularly in the left armpit, without the need for leads (special metal wires) to be guided through the blood vessels to the heart. They are placed directly under the skin.
"This patient's diagnosis is very serious, heart rhythm disturbances that can lead to sudden death. That is why he had a classic defibrillator fitted for a long time. Fortunately there are medical solutions designed to help precisely this young patient profile who can continue his activities without major limitations." - said Dr. Sorin Micu.
The surgery was performed under general anesthesia and lasted about an hour.
The patient returned to his daily activities without any problems.
CLINICCO Hospital in Brasov is the first hospital in Eastern Europe to have implanted a cardiac contractility modulation device, a revolutionary device for treating heart failure.
In its 16 years of medical performance for the benefit of patients, CLINICCO Hospital Brasov has recorded several medical awards that place the hospital among the best medical institutions in the country.
Thanks to free services and health insurance programs, hundreds of thousands of patients from all over the country have benefited from the world-class expertise of complex medical teams in the fields of Cardiology, Orthopedics and Neurosurgery.
