KARACHI: National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) has achieved another milestone by starting the first "Paediatric Cardiac Electrophysiology Program" in the country.

Dr. Mohammad Mohsin who trained in Paediatric cardiology and followed it with two years of training at University of Alberta in Canada was recruited by NICVD to start the first Paediatric Cardiac Electrophysiology program in Pakistan.

An eight year old child resident of Sukkur with repeated attacks of fast heart rates of up to 200 beats per minute, was permanently cured using catheters at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), Karachi free of cost. This is the first time that EP Study and Ablation Procedure has been performed on such a young child in Pakistan.

Talking to media, Dr Muhammad Mohsin (Assistant Professor, Paediatric Cardiac Electrophysiology) said that the procedure was performed successfully without any complications. Heart problems in which the heart goes too fast or too slow are not uncommon in children. Highly specialized doctors can cure these children by means of a complex procedure called electrophysiology study and ablation. As there were no paediatric Electrophysiologists in Pakistan these children could not be adequately treated until now.-PR

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