Over 200 specialists take part in endovascular meet
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 16
The first-ever scientific meet of Endovascular Intervention Society of India held here was attended by more than 200 super specialists from India and renowned faculty from the USA, Germany and Italy.

This is for the first time that the world renowned super specialists from all the three areas of Endovascular Intervention, i.e. interventional radiologists, vascular surgeons and international cardiologists have come together on a single platform with a distinct objective of unifying the three different approaches to the non-surgical treatment of blockages in arteries of brain, kidneys and legs. The meet was addressed by Delhi’s Chief Minister Mrs Sheila Dikshit.

Endovascular intervention is basically the non-surgical treatment of blockages in arteries of brain, kidneys and legs. These blockages can result in strokes, uncontrolled blood pressure, heart failure, kidney failure, severe leg pain while walking and gangrene. Nearly 10 per cent of the patients with heart diseases have blockages of arteries going to the brain and 10 to 15 per cent can have blockages in kidney arteries. The prevalence of these blockages is on the increase in Indians and yet there is poor knowledge about its recognition and treatment till they cause complication.

The highlight of the meet was the presence of world’s top three super specialists in the area of endovascular intervention, including Dr Elio Piccinini, Professor of Vascular Surgery from Italy, Dr Klaus Mathias, International Radiologist from Germany, Dr Krishna Rocha Singh, Interventional Cardiologist from the USA.

Commenting on the objective of the meet, Dr Ashok Seth (Padma Shri), chief of Invasive and Interventional Cardiology, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre and Founder of Endovascular Intervention Society of India said, “Interventional Radiology, Vascular Surgery and Interventional Cardiology are three different branches of the same tree, i.e. endovascular intervention. There are a lot of similarities and overlapping in all these three non-surgical methods of treating the blockages in the arteries of the human body.”

SPORTS

Tarun Gupta’s knock ousts Sonnet
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New Delhi, March 16
A fine unbeaten knock of 59, laced with six fours and off 75 balls by Tarun Gupta, helped Delhi Blues beat Sonnet Club by two wickets and enter the semi-final of the fourth Roshanara Cup Cricket Tournament at the Roshanara Club ground.

Put into bat, Sonnet Club were restricted to 220 in 42.4 overs, thanks to the penetrative bowling of Mukesh Dewan and Harish Puri. But the enterprising unbeaten knock of 46 not out by No 9 batsman Suhale Sharma, off 57 balls with five fours, and his 41-run partnership for the last wicket with Arun Singh helped Sonnet post a respectable total.

In reply, Blues achieved the winning target in 43.2 overs, thanks to the fine knock of Tarun Gupta, who was named the man of the match.

Scores: Sonnet: 220 in 42.4 overs (Suhale Sharma 46 n o, Deepak Joon 32, Shikhar Dhawan 24, Kshitiz Rohtagi 20, Mukesh Dewan 3 for 52, Harish Puri 3 for 55, Ankur Kakkar 2 for 31).

DB: 223 for 8 in 43.2 overs (Tarun Gupta 59 n o, Nitin Goel 34, Sonu Vaid 30, N S Negi 3 for 34, Deepak Joon 2 for 28).

Sachin Khurana stars for Malviya
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New Delhi, March 16
A dashing unbeaten 74 by Sachin Khurana and a devastating 4 for 25 by T Anand helped Malviya Club beat Chand Khanna Club by nine wickets in a Super A Division match of the DDCA League.

Scores: Chand Khanna: 131 all out in 37.2 overs (Siddarth Verma 35, Sandeep Rana 35, T Anand 4 for 25, Rohit Mehra 4 for 37). Malviya Club: 132 for 1 in 22.4 overs (Sachin Khurana 74 n o, T Anand 50 n o).

Rajender Nagar beat United Club by three wickets in an A-I Division match at the Kalindi College ground. Put into bat, United Club made 144 all out in 36 overs.

And R N Colt scored 146 for 7 in 37.3 overs. Scores: United Club: 144 all out in 36 overs (Pritam Singh 33, Pankaj Chaudhary 31, Prabhakar Jha 2 for 20, Kuldeep Singh 2 for 22).

R N Colts: 146 for 7 in 37.3 overs (Gursimran Singh 48, Mandeep Singh 23, Sunil Chaudhary 3 for 23).

Vijay Bahadur shines in SBI victory
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New Delhi, March 16
A brilliant all-round performance by Vijay Bahadur Mishra (101 and 4 for 31) enabled State Bank of India trounce United Cricket Club by 56 runs in an A-I Division match of the DDCA League at the RSKP ground.

Scores: SBI: 230 for 8 in 40 overs (Vijay Bahadur Mishra 101, Manish Giri 28 n o, Naresh Kumar 29, Ashok Malhotra 3 for 43, Ranjan Chaudhary 2 for 44).

United Club: 174 all out in 30.4 overs (Bijender Khari 40, Ranjan Chaudhary 31, Vijay Bahadur Mishra 4 for 31).

Food Corporation of India (FCI) beat Golden Hawks by 61 runs in a Super A Division match at the Kotla No I ground.

FCI: 228 for 6 in 40 overs (Paras Dogra 62, Naveen Negi 50, Akash Malhotra 37, Rajender Bisth 32, Kuldeep 2 for 40).

Golden Hawks: 167 all out in 40 overs (Vishal Sharma 35, Iresh Saxena 3 for 29, Aprajit Singh 3 for 29).

Rani Bagh beat Universal Club by 99 runs in an A-II Division match at the RSC ground.

Scores: Rani Bagh: 250 for 9 in 40 overs (Gaurav Mala 52, Sourav Tiwari 31, Sanjay Kumar 38, Bipin Bharadwaj 2 for 35).

Kirti Azad hits century for Constitutional Club 
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New Delhi, March 16
Centuries by former India players Kirti Azad and Ajay Jadeja helped Constitutional Club defeat Australian High Commission by 110 runs in a league match of the second Commonwealth Cricket Tournament at the Nehru Stadium ground.

Scores: Constitutional Club: 317 for 6 (Ajay Jadeja 126, Kirti Azad 119, Shavez 2 for 45).

AHC: 207 in (Paras Prajapati 61, Danny Ranawat 38, Hemant Dogra 6 for 31, S Chaturvedi 2 for 33).

BSES sail past Grey Worldwide
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New Delhi, March 16
BSES defeated Grey Worldwide by 93 runs in the ESPN Star Sports Challenger Cricket Cup.

Scores: BSES: 227 for 7 in 25 overs (Ajit Choudhary 132, Amit Shankar 4 for 38).

Grey Worldwide: 134 all out in 23.4 overs (Ketan 27, Venkat 28, Amrit Lal 3 for 18). Amit Choudhary was named the man of the match.

Gillette defeated Enterprise Nexus by 66 runs, also to make the last eight stage. Gillette made 206 for 3 in 25 overs. Enterprise Nexus scored 140 all out in 20.5 overs.

Scores: Gillette: 206 for 3 in 25 overs (Sushil 99, Anjeev 81, Narender 1 for 10). Enterprise Nexus: 140 all out in 20.5 overs (Gulrej 35, Sundeep 30, Paljeet 3 for 22).

Sushil was awarded the man of the match trophy. McCann defeated ESPN by four runs to move into the quarter-final.

Scores: McCann: 216 for 5 in 25 overs (Mahender 76, Srini 2 for 33). ESPN: 212 for 6 in 25 overs (Kapil 121, Divakar 2 for 17). Kapil was named the man of the match.

E Funds beat Star TV by 56 runs.

Scores: E Funds: 184 for 9 in 25 overs (Rishi 45, Ashok 3 for 21).

Star TV: 128 all out in 21.4 overs (Vikas 39, Ashish 39, Amit 3 for 20).

Mohammad Awais, who scored 25 runs and then took 3 for 40 for E Funds was named the man of the match.

K C Sharma deadly

A deadly bowling feat of 4 for 12 by off-spinner K C Sharma and 3 for 20 by Ashwani Kumar helped Head Office Gillette beat North Sales by seven wickets in a league match of the second Jaswinder Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Jamia Milia ground. The fiery bowling spell of K C Sharma was a heroic one.

Scores: North Sales: 98 all out in 22 overs (Rohit Kumar 25, Amit Sinha 22, K C Sharma 4 for 12, Ashwani Kumar 4 for 12).

Head Office: 99 for 3 in 19 overs (Sushil Menon 48, Raj Kumar 32, Ashok Kumar 3 for 32).