Overview
- The federal deputy and re-election candidate Roberta Roma suffered a heart attack while on a campaign visit in Cruz das Almas and was first treated at the local UPA before transfer to Salvador.
- At the referral hospital she underwent an initial cardiac catheterization that found coronary disease and required placement of a stent to restore blood flow.
- A second procedure was performed after a recurrence of chest pain and new changes on heart exams; physicians found an unstable plaque and placed an additional stent to secure the artery.
- Her care was managed by a multidisciplinary team that included cardiologist Adriano Martins and clinician Silvestre Sobrinho working with the hospital’s hemodynamics unit, and doctors ruled out Takotsubo syndrome.
- After stabilizing in the ICU she was moved to a regular hospital room at Hospital Cardio Pulmonar and the medical team says she may be discharged this week if her clinical recovery continues, which could pause her campaign activities while she recuperates.