Surgical Arrhythmia Treatments
The heart’s ability to pump blood depends on the coordinated action of four heart chambers. What controls this elegant series of heart muscle contractions and...
Heart
Cardiac surgery may be performed “open heart,” with the heart exposed and bloodstream diverted around the crucial organ while it’s being operated upon. Other popular options include performing operations with the heart still beating, and, increasingly using a number of orthoscopic methods. The appropriate type of cardiac surgery depends on the heart condition that you need addressed.
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Double Valve Replacement
The left side of the heart—the left atrium and the left ventricle—have a tough job to do. The left side of the heart is responsible...
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Closed Mitral Valvotomy
Closed mitral valvotomy is one of the oldest modern heart surgeries having been around for decades. With the advent of open heart surgery and balloon...
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Ventricular Septal Defect Closure Information
The heart is divided into four chambers. The upper chambers are the atria and the lower chambers are the ventricles. The right side of the...
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Atrial Septal Defect Closure
The heart is divided into four chambers. The upper chambers are the atria and the lower chambers are the ventricles. The right side of the...
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Bullectomy Information
A bulla (plural: bullae) is an air-filled pocket of lung tissue that can longer be expelled during expiration. Air moves into the lungs, but cannot...
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The Sengstaken-Blakemore Tube and its use
The Sengstaken-Blakemore tube is one of those medical devices that you hope you never need to have placed in you. The tube is used in...
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Arterial Cannulation
Artery cannulation is a procedure in which an artery is cannulated or a tube of some sort is placed inside it. Unlike veins, arteries have...
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Nuclear Adenosine Stress Test
When people hear the term nuclear they tend to get a bit nervous; however, a nuclear adenosine stress test is simply a way to detect...
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Examining the Inside of the Heart – Echocardiogram
An echocardiogram, known by medical professionals simply as an “echo,” is an ultrasound test that can examine the inside of the heart without the use...