thirties by removing a large tumor from the heart cavity
Dr.. Khaled Al-Khamis, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Consultant Cardiovascular Medicine
A rare case referred by ambulance to Al-Mowasat Hospital in Dammam was received for a man in his thirties who suffered a severe stroke due to a tumor inside the heart cavity that is twelve centimeters long and five centimeters wide, extending from the left atrium to the left ventricle and causing a blockage in the mitral valve. The details of the case were discussed between a multidisciplinary medical team that includes a consultant cardiologist, cardiac catheterization and neurosurgery, and an immediate decision was made that urgent surgical intervention was required to remove the tumor so that it would not lead to other successive clots that threaten the patient’s life, and the medical team proceeded to perform the heart operation. Open for lumpectomy in the latest operating rooms equipped with the latest customized technology.
Immediately after the surgery, the ventilators were disconnected and the patient was awakened inside the operating room, where he was transferred to the cardiac surgery intensive care room while he was fully conscious and in a stable condition.
