'Live' liver donor having six stents in heart, undergoes high risk bypass surgery

An elderly man, Syed Ishaque who has six stents in his heart, recently underwent successful high-risk bypass surgery at a private hospital in Hyderabad.

A team of doctors led by heart surgeon Dr Prateek Bhatnagar, performed bypass surgery operation.

Syed Ishaque was the first live liver donor in Asia, and who already had six stents at the time of operation.

He had donated his left lobe of the liver to his elder brother in 1998.