CRT-P Treatment in India

Ayaan Verma, a 72-year-old retired school...

Ayaan Verma, a 72-year-old retired school principal from Delhi, had always been active and disciplined. Over the past year, he noticed a profound fatigue that made his morning walks impossible and a persistent shortness of breath even while reading the newspaper. His ankles began to swell. Diagnosed with heart failure, his cardiologist, Dr. Sharma, explained that his heart's electrical system was also failing, causing the lower chambers to beat out of sync with the upper chambers, a condition called cardiac dyssynchrony. This made his already weak heart even less efficient. Dr. Sharma recommended a CRT-P (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Pacemaker) to coordinate his heart's contractions and improve its pumping ability. Ayaan was terrified; the idea of a machine in his chest felt like a surrender to old age. The procedure itself was done under local anesthesia and was painless. In the weeks that followed, the change was gradual but remarkable. His breathing eased, the swelling disappeared, and his energy returned. He could now tend to his small garden and play with his grandchildren without gasping for air. Emotionally, he moved from a fear of being a burden to his family to feeling like he had reclaimed a part of his old self. The device wasn't a limitation; it was the key that unlocked his life again.