Making maximum of minimum intervention
Hi-tech, minimally invasive procedures to treat cardio-vascular diseases, lung disorders, hyper tension and even cancer are unfolding in another round of revolution in medical science.
“We are looking into ways of treating cancer by blocking the blood supply to tumor cells. Catheters are also being used to channel medicine to tumor.
There are procedures to channel medicines that are orally taken to only the select part of the body,” a Stanford University professor
said here.
Dr Peter J. Fitzgerald, professor of medicine and director of the center for cardiovascular technology and director of the cardiovascular core analysis laboratory (CCAL) at Stanford, was here for a conference of angioplasty experts organised by the National Interventional Council.
In a chat with reporters, he said, “The experiments we did showed that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) could be treated by accentuating the supply of oxygen through a similar minimally invasive procedure.”
A catheter-based therapy to treat even hypertension was on the anvil.
“This procedure decreases the activity of nerve cells on blood vessels and thereby cuts down the blood pressure level,” he said.
Dr Fitzgerald called for close collaboration between doctors and the engineering industry so that minimally invasive procedures and patient-centric medical care could make faster strides.
He said IT and smart phones could contribute to the medical revolution.
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