open heart surgery patient information dr. donald l. bricker md and cheryl b. hunt 2010
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Open Heart Surgery Patient Information
Dr. Donald L. Bricker MDand Cheryl B. Hunt
2010
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What Is Open Heart Surgery?
Originally, all open heart surgeries required a “heart-lung” machine -
* Today, even minimally invasive heart is still considered open heart surgery, even when a heart-lung machine is not used.
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What Types of Open Heart Surgeries Are There?
• Almost as many as the parts
of the heart that they repair.
• Your doctor will give you detailed information on your surgery.
• You can also get more information from resources listed at the end of these slides.
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Is Open Heart Surgery Safe?
Survival rates depend on:• How healthy the patient is.• What type of surgery is done.
Talk to your doctor about the risks for your surgery.
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More Heart Surgeries Gives Doctors More Experience
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Even More Heart Transplants Are Being Done
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Open Heart Surgery Is Now Safe Enough For Seniors
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Survival Rate for Patients over 75 years of age
Survival Rate for Patients over 75 years of age
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Other Resources:
• The American Heart Associationhttp://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/
• MedLine Plus: A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health (NIH)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
• The National Heart Lung and Blood Institutehttp://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/hs/hs_risk.html