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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Heart bypass surgery |
 | | In the traditional surgery, the patient is connected to the heart-lung machine, or bypass pump, which adds oxygen to the blood and circulates blood to other parts of the body during the surgery. | | | As with any surgery, the health of the patient prior to surgery is a major consideration in determining risks. | | | After the patient is anesthetized and completely free from pain, the heart surgeon makes an incision in the middle of the chest and separates the breastbone. |
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| | Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Heart surgery for congenital defects |
| | Heart surgery for congenital defects is performed to repair a defect as much as possible and improve the flow of blood and oxygen to the body. | | | Surgery for coarctation of the aorta involves opening the chest wall, removing the defect, and reconnecting the ends of the aorta. | | | While congenital heart defects vary in their severity, most require surgery. |
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| | AllRefer Health - Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery (Beating Heart Surgery, Keyhole Heart Surgery, Minimally Invasive ... |
| | Unlike conventional open-heart bypass surgery, which requires a large incision, MIDCAB employs a tiny, 6-10 cm "keyhole" incision on the patient's left chest to gain access to the heart. | | | These approaches restore healthy blood flow to the heart without having to stop the heart and put the patient on a heart-lung machine during surgery. | | | During the procedure, the surgeon opens the patient's chest with a 12- to 14-inch incision over the breastbone and divides it to expose the heart. |
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| | Encyclopedia: Heart surgery |
| | Cardiac surgery is surgery on the heart, typically to correct congenital heart disease or the complications of ischaemic heart disease or valve problems caused by endocarditis. | | | The first open heart surgery was performed by Dr. C. | | | Updated 272 days 6 hours 29 minutes ago. |
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| | Cardiac surgery -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | It was soon discovered that the repair of intracardiac pathologies necessitated a bloodless and motionless environment, which means that the heart should be stopped and by-passed by use of an extracorporeal circulation technique, hence the term of cardiopulmonary bypass. | | | The first successful intracardiac correction of a congenital heart defect using (Subnormal body temperature) hypothermia was performed by Dr. F. | | | Cardiac surgery -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
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| | "Hole in Heart Surgery" Without A Scalpel at Washington Hospital Center - Washington DC |
| | Friedli was in his twenties, a doctor told him he had a heart murmur but not to worry about it. | | | Friedli thought this repair would mean open heart surgery, but doctors at Washington Hospital Center fixed his heart without going into an operating room. | | | He had been walking around with a potentially fatal heart defect for 69 years without a single symptom. |
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