Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Less invasive option - Closed Heart Surgery

I have an appointment in Boulder tomorrow to discuss the less invasive option for this procedure -- basically the surgeon pushes a valve into the main artery in my leg, and drives it up to the heart. From there, they use robotics to remove and install the valve. It's called closed heart surgery. Sounds very weird, and I don't think that I'm really that interested. But I guess it's worth learning about.
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  1. RichApril 14, 2009 at 1:22 PM

    I'm curious how they shove something the size of your aortic valve through your femoral artery. Even if it's a tissue-based valve, it's still a pretty big object in a relatively small tunnel.

    But closed -vs- open sounds interesting to me. Bet the recovery from the closed surgery is an absolute breeze by comparison.

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