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2. Coronary artery bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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   The development of coronary angiography in 1962 by Mason Sones helped medical doctors to identify patients in need of operation, and which native heart vessels should be bypassed. [52] In 1964, Soviet cardiac surgeon Vasilii Kolesov performed the first successful internal thoracic artery–coronary artery anastomosis, followed by Michael ...

3. Cardiopulmonary bypass - Wikipedia

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   Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) or heart-lung machine, also called the pump or CPB pump, is a machine that temporarily takes over the function of the heart and lungs during open-heart surgery by maintaining the circulation of blood and oxygen throughout the body. [1] As such it is an extracorporeal device. CPB is operated by a perfusionist. The ...

4. Bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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   Bypass surgery refers to a class of surgery involving rerouting a tubular body part. [1]Types include: Vascular bypass surgery such as coronary artery bypass surgery, a heart operation, in which the internal thoracic artery and great saphanous vein are used to bypass the coronary artery.

5. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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   Heart failure is a scary term, but it doesn’t indicate a non-beating heart. It means the heart muscle isn’t pumping blood efficiently enough to meet the demands of the body.

6. Cardiac surgery - Wikipedia

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   Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons.It is often used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, with coronary artery bypass grafting); to correct congenital heart disease; or to treat valvular heart disease from various causes, including endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease, [1] and ...

7. Whatever happened to TriHealth's plan to consolidate heart ...

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   Heart bypass surgery, the most common heart surgery performed in the country, is used to treat heart disease, or the buildup of plaque in arteries in the heart.

8. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery - Wikipedia

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   This procedure makes heart surgery possible for patients who were previously considered too high risk for traditional surgery due to age or medical history. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Patients referred for this procedure may have coronary artery disease (CAD); aortic, mitral or tricuspid valve diseases; or previous unsuccessful stenting.

9. Country singer Mark Chesnutt just underwent emergency ... - AOL

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   Bypass is a major open-heart surgery, but a patient’s life expectancy and quality of life afterward are very good, experts say. Country singer Mark Chesnutt just underwent emergency quadruple ...