Dr. Amir Orlev, a senior cardiac catheterization specialist and director of the cardiology department at Jerusalem’s (SZMC), was on the way to work when he noticed a man lying on the side of the road. Nobody else paid any attention to him.
He called an ambulance, drove him to the hospital, diagnosed that he was suffering from a massive blood clot in the lung, catheterized him, and saved his life. “After my wife approached him first and I parked the car, I approached the man who said his name was Chaim. He was in his 50s and lived in a nearby building.
I noticed that he fainted and received a head injury from the fall. After a short conversation and an examination, I noticed low oxygen saturation with the help of the device that is on me regularly, and it was clear to me that I needed to go with him to the hospital urgently.” “I entered the emergency room with him and told the team of his condition, which required a quick investigation.
In a short time, diagnosed that he was suffering from a blood clot in his leg that went to the lungs. After various tests and an echocardiogram, we realized that he needed to be hospitalized in cardiac intensive care and that the large clot in the pulmonary artery should be removed as soon as possible.” Together with Prof.
Danny Dvir, director of interventional cardiology and catheterization rooms, and Prof. Elad Asher, director of the cardiac intensive care unit, aspiration of a very large clot was carried out with the help of a new .
