Now that the 11-hour-long repeat bypass surgery on prime minister Manmohan Singh is over, the focus has shifted to his post-operative care and cardiac rehabilitation.
Now that the 11-hour-long repeat bypass surgery on prime minister Manmohan Singh is over, the focus has shifted to his post-operative care and cardiac rehabilitation.
According to cardiologists, when it comes to heart patients, post-operative care is as important as the surgery. “Cardiac rehabilitation is a multi-dimensional programme designed to reduce future risk of heart patients through medical evaluation, prescribed exercise, cardiac risk factor modification, education and counselling,” said Dr Aashish Contractor, who heads the Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation Centre, Asian Heart Institute. DNA has learnt that doctors from the Asian Heart Institute’s Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation Centre will also be joining Dr Ramakant Panda’s team in Delhi on Monday.
The PM, say doctors, will be kept in the cardiac Intensive Care Unit for the first 48 hours, where his condition will be monitored. He will be shifted out of the ICU after 3-4 days. “Given that he is also a diabetic, the healing may be delayed,” said Dr Manjeet Juneja, consultant interventional cardiologist, Wockhardt Hospital.
Studies have shown that cardiac rehabilitation significantly reduces the risk of death and complications of heart disease. Being diagnosed with heart disease does not mean saying good-bye to an active life.
For instance, 52-year-old P Venkat shocked his family by completing the half marathon 11-months after having a bypass surgery. “The bypass surgery has only made me younger, as I have become a stickler for exercise,” said Venkat, who enjoys trekking and dabbles in golf, cricket and football. On Sundays, you will find Venkat at Juhu beach, running an eight-km stretch with the members of his ‘exercise group’, Top Gear.
“All patients require physiotherapy for the first seven to ten days post surgery. Patients are then initiated into physical activities in a graded manner. Most probably the PM will require a month-and-a-half to resume duties,” said Dr Juneja adding that patients are initially given deep breathing and lung exercises.
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