KARACHI: National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) denies allegations that any kind of treatment provided free at NICVD had been stopped.
The spokesperson of NICVD said NICVD does all treatment based on medical evidence, which currently shows that the survival benefits of angioplasty are only during a heart attack (Primary Angioplasty) or in unstable Angina (heart attack knocking on the door), in these two conditions, there is survival benefit with angioplasty.
The evidence clearly shows that angioplasty in patients with Chronic Angina has no survival benefit. There is only a symptomatic benefit, which can also be achieved with medicines. The advantage of angioplasty for controlling Angina is only when the medical treatment fails.
NICVD is World’s biggest Centre for Primary Angioplasty. NICVD completed more than 25,000 Primary Angioplasties and patients with unstable Angina in 2021.
NICVD offers a heart team that includes cardiac surgeons and interventional cardiologists who perform elective angioplasty.
Every day, the Heart Team meets to determine if any patient's medical therapy has failed. Elective angioplasty, which is completely free of charge, is referred to this patient.
NICVD continues to serve the people of Pakistan, providing state-of-the-art treatment to everyone.
NICVD, which has ten state-of-the-art hospitals and 23 Chest Pain Units, provide all sort of treatment totally free of cost, where medically indicated.