Superstar Rajnikanth
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Chennai: Tamil superstar Rajinikanth on Tuesday underwent a successful “non-surgical procedure” to treat the swelling in his aorta, the first and largest artery in a human body, after he was rushed to a private hospital late Monday night.
Rajinikanth, 73, was admitted to Apollo Hospitals, Chennai on September 30 following which doctors detected swelling in the main blood vessel leaving his heart (aorta). He was treated by a non-surgical, transcatheter method on Tuesday morning, and his condition is stable.
Senior Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Sai Satish placed a stent in the aorta completely sealing off the swelling (Endovascular Repair). “We would like to let his well-wishers and fans know that the procedure went, as planned. Rajinikanth is stable and is doing well. He should be home in two days,” Dr R K Venkatasalam, Director, Medical Services, said in a statement.
The elective procedure was done by the team headed by Dr Satish and two other senior doctors. The actor’s hospitalisation comes just a week before his latest flick Vettaiyan hits theatres across the globe on October 10.
Rajinikanth, who underwent a renal transplant in 2016 and had confined himself to his Poes Garden residence in Chennai for about eight months during the Covid-19 pandemic, was hospitalised for a couple of days in 2020 after fluctuations were noticed in his blood pressure.
The actor had cited his “poor health” to not enter politics to contest the 2021 elections as was announced.