CARDIAC CATH LAB - Mount Sinai Hospital

Patient: Chaudry Qudrat, 52-year-old male
Diagnosis: Complex blockage of left main artery and LAD
Treatment: Percutaneous coronary intervention and
insertion of two drug-eluting stents
“All I can say is God bless
Dr. Sharma for coming
to my rescue.”
“In early June I had a heart attack,” says Chaudry Qudrat. “My wife
called 911 and I was transported immediately to the local hospital.
An angiogram showed two blocked arteries on the left side. The
hospital doctors and my cardiologist told me I needed open-heart
surgery right away. But I’m a storekeeper and I couldn’t afford to
be out for six months recovering from major surgery.”
A visiting friend, who had been a patient of Dr. Sharma,
advised Qudrat to have his records sent across the river as
fast as he could. “He said Dr. Sharma was a very competent
but conservative surgeon. My wife and I decided that was
a very good suggestion.”
Within hours Dr. Sharma had reviewed Qudrat’s charts
and was on the phone. He said Qudrat was technically a
high-risk case based on multiple medical issues and on his
current reports. But, Dr. Sharma added reassuringly, in the
right hands the current blockages could be corrected
without open-heart surgery.
That was all Patient Qudrat needed to hear and he was
transferred the same day to Mount Sinai. Dr. Sharma met his patient
the next morning to explain the procedure and, after performing the
usual imaging, opened the blockages in Qudrat’s left main artery and
left anterior descending artery and inserted stents. Almost instantly
Qudrat’s blood flow went from severely obstructed to virtually normal.
“When I awoke, Dr. Sharma told me to take the week off to recover,
but I felt strong enough to go back to work the next day. I’m taking
medications to reduce my risks and cutting down on smoking, too.
All I can say is God bless Dr. Sharma for coming to my rescue.”
40 Mount Sinai Hospital Cardiac Cath Lab