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Minimal invasive surgery
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Minimal invasive surgery
by harold adams, Aug 09, 1999 12:00AM
Is cleveland clinic performing minimal invasive bypass surgery? Is your heart stopped during such a procedure? What arteries can be bypassed or not? Is this advisable for those who are at risk due to past heart bypasses/mitral valve replacement with complications ie: restarting the heart, low LVF (33-38, bypass veins that closed.
Thank you for your answer.
Thank you for your answer.
Doctor's Answer
by CCF CARDIO MD - DLB, Aug 10, 1999 12:00AM
Dear Harold
Yes, we are performing minimally invasive bypass surgery. We are doing it both on the beating heart and a heart placed on bypass. Through a variety of approaches, most arteries can be bypassed. As your case does sound a little complicated, we would need to review the actual data, such as your most recent catheterization films, before we could decide on the safest surgical approach for you. Furthermore, the actual decision is often made in the operating room itself.
I hope this has been useful. I wish you the best of luck. Feel free to write back.
Information provided here is for general purposes only. Specific questions should be addressed to your own doctor. If you would like to make an appointment at the Cleveland Clinic Heart Center, please call 1-800-CCF-CARE or inquire online by using the Heart Center website at www.ccf.org/heartcenter. The Heart Center website contains a directory of the cardiology staff that can be used to select the physician best suited to address your cardiac problem.
Yes, we are performing minimally invasive bypass surgery. We are doing it both on the beating heart and a heart placed on bypass. Through a variety of approaches, most arteries can be bypassed. As your case does sound a little complicated, we would need to review the actual data, such as your most recent catheterization films, before we could decide on the safest surgical approach for you. Furthermore, the actual decision is often made in the operating room itself.
I hope this has been useful. I wish you the best of luck. Feel free to write back.
Information provided here is for general purposes only. Specific questions should be addressed to your own doctor. If you would like to make an appointment at the Cleveland Clinic Heart Center, please call 1-800-CCF-CARE or inquire online by using the Heart Center website at www.ccf.org/heartcenter. The Heart Center website contains a directory of the cardiology staff that can be used to select the physician best suited to address your cardiac problem.
