KARACHI, Jan 19: Three-day international congress and workshop on cardiovascular intervention ended here on Sunday.

The National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases was the host of the event. A total of 41 complex cases were treated by three separate teams of the NICVD and foreign specialists.

Foreign specialists included Dr Furuzan Numan from the Istanbul University, Turkey, Dr Rosli Mohd Ali from the Institute Jantung Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dr Y.T. Lim from the National University Hospital, Singapore, Dr Shakeel A. Qureshi from Guys Hospital London, Dr Mubashir A. Choudhry from the Washington Adventists Hospital, Takoma Park, USA, Dr Arjumand Hashmi of the Florida Medical Clinic, Zephyrhills, FL, USA, Dr Reida El Oakley of the National University Hospital Singapore, Dr Jaswinder Singh Gill from London,, Dr Javed Sulemann of Mount Sinai Hospital New York and Dr Reyaz-ul-Haque of the University of West Virginia.

The entire adult and paediatric cardiology faculty of the NICVD, along with the foreign specialists. Congenital holes and communications in the heart in children were closed by the percutaneous method and the arteries to the brain, kidney and legs were opened by the latest angioplasty and stetting technology.

In addition to these procedures, rhythm abnormalities of the heart in patients suffering from life-threatening rapid heart beats were treated by electrophysiology mapping and radio frequency ablation (burning) of problematic areas in the heart.—APP