- Acolysis tried for first time
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18/02/1998
A new procedure to dissolve blood clot in the blocked-artery of the heart has been tried for the first time in India. The new procedure called "acolysis" was successfully performed on a 48-year-old patient, Mr K K Verma, from Noida, UP, who recently suffered from heart attack but kept on having chest pain. Dr Purshotam Lal, Director and Chief Cardiologist, and Dr P L Upasani, Consultant at Metro Hospital and Heart Institute , carried out this procedure of dissolving the blood clot recently.