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Cardiac Auto Transplantation (The procedure of explantation...
A 55 years old patient admitted to our hospital with a size of 25x20 left atrium, a severe mitral valve disease. The symptoms of the disease were pulmonary edema, asthma, low cardiac output, arrhythmia, extreme fatigue and abnormal weight loss. In order to contract the left atrium, a cardiac autotransplantation surgery, the procedure of explantation and reimplantation of the heart was performed on the patient.
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TAVI Explantation: Is it possible with surgical method?
Case Presentation: Age 78, severe aortic stenosis, cardiac left ventricular ejection fraction (cardiac pumping capacity) is 35%, TAVI (biological aortic valve replacement through inguen) has been performed. Patient’s complaints continued and after 1 month, valve leak is observed (paravalvular leak) and TAVI (2nd implantation) operation is renewed.
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Aortic Valve Surgery
A healthy heart contracts 70-80 times in a minute and approximately 100.000 times in a day. In this way, 300 lt. of blood is pumped to the whole body in an hour. In a normal heart, there are 4 cavities. 2 upper cavities are called right and left atriums, lower cavities on the other hand are called left and right ventricles. Heart’s duty is to transfer oxygenic blood to whole body.
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Aortic Valve and Ascending Aortic Replacement via Small Inci...
Aortic aneurysm surgery along with aortic valve replacement was being regarded as a risky operation and practiced only in specific health facilities in the past. However, nowadays, these kind of heart surgeries can be done through 3 cm. incisions. Especially the closed-heart surgeries that are performed on young patients in which a small incision is made by the surgeon bring patient satisfaction throughout the postoperative period.
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CLOSING CONGENITAL HEART HOLE WITH SMALL INCISION (CLOSED ME...
The treatment of Atrial Septal Defect or Ventricular Septal Defect by “Closed method” in other words, the small incision has started being used routinely. It has its own advantages cosmetically and it also provides huge comfort during the post operative period for the patient. These patients are protected from osteotomy, in this way the risk of infection and bleeding are reduced.
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Bentall – Aortic Root Surgery with Small Incision
Ascending aortic aneurysm occurs mostly with aortic root enlargement. This appears generally, with aortic valve insufficiency or the aortic valve insufficiency may enlarge the aortic root. Whatever the reason is, replacement of aortic root enlargement with the valve is what we call Bentall Surgery.
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