Gurgaon, Aug 26 - A rare, multiple cardiovascular surgery that lasted eight hours was successfully performed in the national capital region (NCR) on a 33-year-old woman who was suffering from a large blood clot in an artery near her heart, doctors said Wednesday.

The procedure was carried out on Shailesh Devi, who lives in Gurgaon and was admitted to the Artemis Health Institute with chest pain and breathlessness along with palpitation induced by exertion.

The surgery which involved 'aortic valve replacement, aortic arch grafting, artery reconstruction and patient revival' was performed by a team of doctors led by the Artemis chief executive officer and chief cardiothoracic surgeon Kushagra Katariya Aug 10.

Kataria said: 'This was one of the most complex surgeries I have undertaken due to the sheer nature of the case. The highest risk that we encountered was due to the abnormally large size of the aneurysm, which led to the aneurysmal aorta being stuck to the back of the chest.