heart surgery recovery time slashed
- From: "fresh~horses" <fresh~horses@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 3 Nov 2005 08:22:19 -0800
"What doctors have done, essentially, is eliminate the need to cut open
the chest to sew in a new valve. Instead, they mounted a new valve on a
stent, made a small incision in Elizabeth's leg and then threaded the
contraption up through an artery into the heart with a catheter (a
guide wire). Using a tiny balloon -- the same kind used in angioplasty
-- the stent is opened and, presto, a new valve is in place. For the
first time in her life, Elizabeth has a perfectly functioning pulmonary
valve that prevents blood from flowing back into the heart after it has
been pumped toward the lungs."
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20051103/HVALVE03/TPHealth/
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