Sourav Ganguly goes through another angioplasty, gets 2 more stents

KOLKATA: Three weeks after he had been through a similar procedure following a heart attack, BCCI president and former Team India captain Sourav Ganguly underwent an angioplasty and had two stents implanted to open up his blocked cardiac arteries on Thursday. The procedure lasted about an hour and was successful, according to sources at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital where the 48-year-old was admitted with chest pain on Wednesday. Ganguly remains stable and will be under observation for two to four days.
On January 2, the former cricketer had suffered a heart attack and was admitted to Woodlands Hospital. He was diagnosed with triple-vessel disease and underwent a coronary angioplasty to remove a 90% blockage in his right ventricular artery. A stent had been implanted in his right ventricular artery and two other blockages had been detected, but a team of medical experts — including cardiac surgeon Devi Shetty, who flew in as an advisor — deemed they were not serious and could be dealt with later. On Wednesday afternoon, Ganguly had felt uneasy and was rushed to Apollo via a green corridor created between his Behala home and the hospital.
Apart from Shetty, who flew in again on Thursday, cardiologists Ashwin B Mehta and Ajit Desai were brought in from Mumbai for the angioplasty. Three doctors who had been part of the team that conducted the angioplasty at Woodlands — Aftab Khan, Saroj Mondal and Sapatarshi Basu — were also roped in for the procedure at Apollo along with a team from the hospital, including cardiac anaesthesiologist Debasish Panigrahi.
Two stents — left anterior descending artery (LAD) and left circumflex artery (LCX) — were placed on Ganguly’s affected arteries. “He is doing fine after the procedure. We also found the previous stent working perfectly. But he will be under hospital observation for two to four days,” said a doctor.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee visited the hospital on Thursday afternoon, soon after the procedure had been conducted. “Sourav is fine and I have spoken to his family members. The doctors have done a good job and I congratulate them,” she said.
Former state minister Ashok Bhattacharya, too, visited Ganguly on Thursday.