Open heart surgery
Information, Symptoms, Treatments and Resources
What is Open heart surgery?
Open heart surgery is any surgery where the chest is opened and surgery is performed on the heart. The term "open" refers to the chest, not the heart itself. The heart may or may not be opened, depending on the type of surgery.
The definition of open heart surgery becomes confusing in light of new procedures being performed on the heart through smaller incisions. There are some new surgical procedures being performed that are done with the heart still beating.
Minimally invasive heart surgery (MIDCAB, OPCAB, RACAB), including robotic-assisted heart surgery, is still considered open heart surgery. However, these procedures are being used in some patients as an alternative to open heart surgery requiring the heart-lung machine.
See also:
- Angioplasty of the heart
- Atrial septal defect repair
- Cardiac transplant
- Coarctation of the aorta repair
- Congenital heart defect corrective surgery
- Heart bypass surgery (coronary artery bypass graft - CABG)
- Heart transplant
- Heart valve prosthesis
- Heart valve surgery
- Heart-and-lung transplant
- Hypoplastic left heart repair
- Minimally invasive heart surgery (MIDCAB, OPCAB, RACAB)
- Patent ductus arteriosus ligation
- PDA ligation
- Prosthetic heart valves
- Tetralogy of Fallot repair
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous return correction
- Transplant of the heart
- Transplant of the heart and lungs
- Transposition of great vessels repair
- Tricuspid atresia repair
- Truncus arteriosus repair
- Valve replacement
- Ventricular septal defect (VSD) repair
Alternative Names:
Heart surgery - open
Posts on Open heart surgery (109)
My daughter had open heart surgery at 3 weeks old to correct a coarctation of the aorta, an...
- Sep 20, 2011
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- Mar 18, 2011
I had open heart surgery and a pacemaker a little over a year ago all because of Endocardit...
I am a 43 year old man in general good health. I have a repaired Tet (Feb/1970) and follow...
- Jul 21, 2010
Last August I had Open Heart Surgery due to my Congestive Heart Failure. This was caused by...
- May 13, 2010
I had open heart surgery on April 20, 2010 where they replaced a bicuspid aortic valve and ...
- Mar 21, 2010
I had my first surgery at 2 yrs old. I am now 30 yrs old. I have had constant daily pain ...
- Mar 15, 2010
I'm 79 and just had emergency open ht surgery 6 or 7 wks ago. Tough, but I made it through....
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