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Arrhythmias: Abnormal heart rhythms can occur due to the congenital defect or secondary to manipulation of cardiac tissue during surgery. [ 31 ] Shunt Obstruction: The shunt (mBTTs or Sano) placed during the Norwood procedure that re-establishes pulmonary circulation can become narrowed or obstructed, necessitating urgent intervention.
A beating heart awaiting transplant. American medical researcher Simon Flexner was one of the first people to mention the possibility of heart transplantation. In 1907, he wrote the paper "Tendencies in Pathology," in which he said that it would be possible one day by surgery to replace diseased human organs – including arteries, stomach, kidneys and heart.
Neurectomy can be an alternative to a nerve decompression for nerve entrapment, such as when the nerves have no motor function and numbness along the dermatome is acceptable. A neurectomy is not a mutually exclusive option to a decompression as a neurectomy can also be used after a failed decompression.
Diagram of the human heart. Several adaptations of the Ross procedure have evolved, but the principle is essentially the same; to replace a diseased aortic valve with the person's own pulmonary valve (autograft), and replace the person's own pulmonary valve with a pulmonary valve from a cadaver (homograft) or a stentless xenograft.
A Sano shunt is a shunt from the right ventricle to the pulmonary circulation. [1] [2] [3]In contrast to a Blalock–Taussig shunt, circulation is primarily in systole. [citation needed]
Michigan coach Juwan Howard underwent heart surgery Friday but is expected to make a complete recovery. School officials said Dr. Himanshu Patel successfully removed an aortic aneurysm and ...
The device is able to give a more normal life to people with abnormal heart rhythms and a risk of sudden cardiac arrest, said Dr. Ali Sheikh, a cardiac electrophysiologist who helped install the ...
Henry Ford Hospital (HFH) is an 877-bed tertiary care hospital, education and research complex at the western edge of the New Center area in Detroit, Michigan. [3] The flagship facility for the Henry Ford Health System, it was one of the first hospitals in the United States to use a standard fee schedule and favor private or semi-private rooms over large wards.