MUSCAT: The cardiac catheterisation team at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in the University Medical City (UMC) has achieved a significant medical milestone by performing the first tricuspid valve replacement via catheterisation in the Sultanate of Oman.
This makes the hospital the second centre in the Middle East to apply LuX-Valve Plus transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement.
The procedure was led by Dr Fahad bin Abdullah al Kindi, Senior Consultant, Head of the Interventional Cardiology Programme and Head of the Cardiology Unit, alongside Dr Abdullah bin Mohammed al Ismaili, Associate Professor at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences and Head of the Catheterisation Department. They were supported by a comprehensive team of technical, nursing and anaesthesia staff. This medical breakthrough underscores the capabilities of Omani professionals in handling and implementing the latest interventional technologies in an advanced medical environment.
It also represents a step that strengthens the University Medical City’s path in introducing and localising modern treatment technologies, and providing precise solutions that reduce the need for complex surgical intervention, thus supporting the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital’s position as a specialised centre in the region for advanced catheter-based valve treatments. It reinforces the city’s role in developing high-level specialised care that enhances the level of health services in the Sultanate of Oman. — ONA
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