KARACHI – Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) senior leader Khursheed Shah wasadmitted to the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) inSukkur after deteriorating health conditions and high blood pressure onSunday.
The officials of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) shifted the PPPleader to the medical facility after he complained of chest pain. Themedical team will run tests including checking the Troponin I levels in hisbloodstream. Troponin I is a marker of cardiac injury.
Shah is expected to undergo an angiography at NICVD Sukkur later on Sunday.The procedure uses X-ray imaging to see the heart’s blood vessels todetermine if there’s a restriction in blood flow going to the heart.
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Shah has been in NAB custody since September 18 when he was arrested fromIslamabad in a case pertaining to alleged assets beyond means of income. Hewas then moved to Sukkur.
