Heart lung bypass machine

[ocean12]

I'm so scared about being put on a bypass machine for mitral valve repair in a week. How do people deal with this fear. Scared that my heart won't restart. Im healthy but still can't stop thinking about it.

[RadioAstronomyObserver]

Floating aroung the board and this thread caught my attention...

  I had no idea what was happening, I was still flying high on morphine and just said "yes" to what ever was asked of me.  It was well after the fact that I found out I was put on a machine and by then it didn't bother me.

  Since heart surgery is so overly common, I wouldn't worry about it.  It's so common the local hospitals are setup pretty much as assembly lines, one patient comes out and another goes in and another comes out and another follows.....  They're prepared for most anything..

[PikaPika88]

I watch on the movie.  It said Doesn't matter what or how?  They don't allow the patient die on the table.  They must stitch up and put the patient in life support.  Move him/her out of the operation table.  The surgeons want their names clean and don't want any one suspect the patient was died in their hands.  I'm wondering, if the patient die on the table, would they still charge their fees?  

Don't scare, as ed34 said..... so far no record as the heart won't start.  They have prepared equipments to accomodate such problem.  At least, they have direct shock equipment or direct hand massage on to the heart. And I believe they also have a pacemaker ready by side.

[ed34]

Has there been a case where a heart has failed to start after valve surgery? not that I am aware of. This is a very common fear and something I believe surgeons call Fantasized Experiences Appearing Real (FEAR). I, like you, was scared of such things before my bypass surgery but the surgeon said that unless there was a very serious problem with the heart, it will always restart. Even sick ones do.