Heart Valve Surgery
Heart valves may get some diseases and it could not perform its function. When it is closed the blood does not move to the heart’s chambers or less bloods travel to the next chamber. Due to this problem, bloods may come out to the lungs and the body. Heart valves failure may cause several problems affecting the whole body system. The problems are stenosis (hardened or stiffness with calcium deposits), regurgitation (insufficiency). To maintain the healthiness of the valves as well cure its problems, heart valve surgery is done by the heart surgeons.
Procedure of Heart Valve Surgery :
Heart valve surgery means repair or replacement of the diseased valves. In the surgery, some valves are repaired or mended to do its work properly. Replacement means removal of the diseased valves by a new valve. The procedures of heart valve surgery are :
- Valve Repairing : In the valve repair surgery, a ring is sewn around the opening of the valve to make tighter. The surgeons may cut the other parts or may separate and shorten it to help the valve open and close right.
- Valve Replacement : Sometimes by mending the valves, it is not possible to cure the unhealthy valve, and then replacement is required to get back its normal function. A prosthetic valve is used to replace. There are two types of prosthetic valves.
- Mechanical valves : These types of valves are made from man-made materials. While heart surgeons’ use this valve, lifetime therapy with an anticoagulant is prescribed to the patient.
- Biological (tissue) valves : The surgeons take biological valves from pig, cow or human donors. The longevity of biological valves is less than the mechanical valves.
However, the choice of mechanical valves or biological valves depend on several factors like the age of the patient, the size of the valve, status of the heart, ability to take an anticoagulant, number of valves needed, etc.
Minimally Heart Valve Surgery :
Minimally heart valve surgery is the most common heart valve surgery. By small incisions in the chest of the heart, minimally invasive surgery is done. This surgery both replaces and repairs the heart valves. This is less painful and there is less possibility of bleeding and infection. In some case robot is used to do the surgery which is called robotic surgery.
The types of minimally heart valve surgery are discussed below :
- Aortic valve surgery
- Mitral valve surgery
- Tricuspid valve surgery
- Atrial septal defect closure, including patent foramen ovale
- Atrioventricular canal defect or atrioventricular septal defect surgery
- Atrial fibrillation surgery
- "Off-pump" coronary artery bypass surgery
- Saphenous vein harvest for coronary artery bypass surgery
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