Man with life-threatening aortic tear treated successfully

A man's heart had a very serious problem.

The biggest blood pipe leading from his heart got a tear.

This is called an aortic dissection, and it is very dangerous.

Doctors rushed to fix it with emergency surgery.

A special doctor named Dr K Hema Krishna Sai led the team.

The doctors cooled down his body to keep his brain safe while they fixed the pipe.

They replaced the damaged part of the blood pipe with a new one.

After many hours of surgery and rest in the hospital, the man got better.

He was healthy enough to go home.

He was discharged in good health.