ADK successfully completes first TAVI procedure in Maldives

ADK Hospital has made history with the successful completion of the first ever Trans-Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) procedure in Maldives.

TAVI is a procedure that replaces diseased heart valves without need for open heart surgery in carefully selected patients.

ADK Hospital, the largest private hospital in Male’ City, has announced they have successfully completed the procedure on an 81-year-old Maldivian man.

The procedure was carried out by a team of specialists. They are:

• Dr. Saisatish - Senior Interventional Cardiologist
• Dr. Mohamed Shafiu - Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon
• Dr.  Kaushal Kishore Tiwari - Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon
• Dr. Diwas Manandhar - Senior Consultant in Anesthesia
• Medtronic Therapy Development Specialist
• Junail Kurungottu - Cathlab Technician

Scrub Nurses:

• Manjusha Menon Jayasree
• Bensam Nelson

Floor Nurses:

• Juliet Felix Fernandez
• Preeti Jacob
• Margaret Shanthakumari
• Anesthesia Technician:
• Shashikant Kannaujia

Alhamdhulillah, we have successfully completed the first ever, Trans-Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) procedure in an 81y old Maldivian man. This is a procedure that replaces diseased heart valves without need for open heart surgery in carefully selected patients.#adk35 pic.twitter.com/fo9SmK6z4R

— ADK Hospital (@ADKHospital) February 19, 2022

A team was on standby as they performed the procedure.

Standby Team:

• Dr. Ashish Kailashchandra Nema - Consultant in Cardiology
• Dr. Murari Prasad Barakoti - Consultant in Cardiology
• Athul Suresh Kumar – Perfusionist

Heart valves are usually replaced with open heart surgery. The successful procedure by ADK Hospital marks the first time for a heart valve to be replaced in Maldives using the less invasive TAVI procedure.