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Young Patient With 100 Pc Heart Artery Blockage in Major
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Young Patient With 100 Pc Heart Artery Blockage in Major

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March 5, 2024

New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): Doctors of a private hospital in Gurugram successfully treated a 43-year-old male who was suffering from 100 per cent heart blockage where all the major arteries of his heart were blocked. The patient was admitted in critical condition with complaints of chest pain on exertion, as per medical experts at the hospital.

The detailed medical evaluation revealed that all three major arteries of his heart were blocked with the main artery which is the left anterior descending (LAD) which supplies around 70-75 per cent of blood to the heart 100 per cent blocked. His right artery was also 100 per cent blocked with reduced heart function (25-30 per cent).

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