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Heart Surgery

What is heart surgery?

Heart surgery can correct certain heart problems when other treatments haven't worked or can't be used.

In some cases, heart surgery may be a medical emergency. For example, surgery for a severe heart attack may need to be done right away. In other cases, you can plan heart surgery ahead of time. Some heart surgeries are major operations, such as heart bypass surgery for blocked arteries in the heart. Other surgeries are more minor heart procedures, such as putting in a pacemaker.

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  1. Heart Surgery (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is heart surgery? Heart surgery can correct certain heart problems when other treatments haven't worked or can't be used. In some cases, heart surgery may be a medical emergency. For example, surgery ...
  2. ... a heart defect . If your child had open-heart surgery, a surgical cut was made through the breastbone ... normal. There may be more pain after closed-heart surgery than after open-heart surgery. This is because ...
  3. Douglas WI, Beers K. Technical considerations in pediatric cardiac surgery. Semin Pediatr Surg . 2021;30(2):151043. PMID: ...
  4. Heart surgery is any surgery done on the heart muscle, valves, arteries, or the aorta and other large arteries connected to the heart. The term "open heart surgery" means that you are connected to a heart- ...
  5. During open-heart surgery an incision is made through the breastbone (sternum) while the child is under general anesthesia. ... During open-heart surgery an incision is made through the breastbone (sternum) while the child is under general anesthesia.
  6. ... also recover faster than you would from open heart surgery. Percutaneous valvuloplasty and catheter-based valve replacement such ... sick or at very high risk for major heart surgery. The results of percutaneous valvuloplasty are not long- ...
  7. ... to repair or replace diseased heart valves. Your surgery may have been done through a large incision (cut) in the middle of your chest, through a smaller cut between your ribs or through 2 to 4 small cuts.
  8. There are many types of pediatric heart surgery . Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) ligation: Before birth, the baby has a blood vessel that runs between the aorta (the main artery to ...
  9. Limited-Access Heart Surgery (Texas Heart Institute)  
    Heart Surgery/Specifics ... Heart Surgery ... Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery/Specifics ... Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery ... Texas Heart Institute ... In minimally invasive heart ...
  10. What Is Heart Surgery? From the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)  
    Heart surgery,congenital heart defects,Coronary heart disease,Coronary artery bypass grafting,heart attack,Heart valve,Angina,stent, ...
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