• Advanced minimally invasive procedure restores normal blood flow in rare case of Superior Vena Cava Syndrome (SVCS), ending a four-year health struggle for the young Dubai resident.
• The majority of SVCS cases around 60–70% are associated with cancers such as lung cancer or lymphoma, while 30–40% result from long-term use of medical devices like central venous catheters or pacemakers, which can damage vessel walls and lead to narrowing.12
• A smaller percentage, around 3–5% are linked to genetic clotting disorders. In very rare cases, the condition has no identifiable underlying cause, as seen in Muhammad Bilal’s case.

Muhammad Bilal with Dr. Roshan Rodney S, Specialist Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon at Aster Hospital Mankhool

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• Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) affects 4-6% of congenital heart defect cases and occurs in about 1 in every 2,900 live births.[1] [2]
• Prenatal diagnosis is possible, but it can be challenging, and the prenatal detection rate of isolated CoA remains low [3]
• CoA is more prevalent in males than females, with a higher percentage of male births affected. [4]

Dubai, UAE – July 15, 2025: Aster Hospital Mankhool, ranked No. 4 on Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals in the UAE list for 2025, successfully treated a 14-year-old Sudanese boy, Mazin Muntassir Hassan, for a rare congenital heart condition that had gone undetected since birth and could have proved fatal if left untreated. The patient was under the care of Dr. Naveed Ahmed, Head of Cardiology at Aster Hospitals & Clinics UAE and Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Aster Hospital Mankhool.

Mazin was brought to Aster Hospital after experiencing persistent fatigue, a blackout episode, and elevated blood pressure, symptoms highly unusual for his age. An initial cardiac assessment revealed signs of left ventricular hypertrophy, prompting advanced imaging, including ECG, echocardiogram, and CT aortography. These tests confirmed the presence of coarctation of the aorta, a congenital condition where the aorta, the major artery carrying blood from the heart to the body is abnormally narrowed.

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• Fish bones typically lodge in the esophagus or throat, making their migration to the thyroid lobe highly unusual but medically significant.
• Fish bone foreign bodies (FFBs) are the most common food-associated foreign bodies (FBs) in adults, with a higher incidence in Asia compared to meat in Western countries, and esophageal fish bone disease is more common in men than women.^[1]

Dubai, July 17,2024: Aster Hospital Mankhool, ranked No. 5 on Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals in the UAE list, recently removed a 3cm fish bone lodged in the thyroid lobe of a 48-year-old Indian woman. Admitted to the Emergency Room on January 15, 2024, the patient presented with mild throat irritation, minimal pain while swallowing, and localized neck pain on the lower right side.

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