Smart Heart Living
The reason I like it is it tackles many heart issues - Risk Factors, Medication, Healthy Eating, Cardiac Tests, Chest Pain, Cardiac Rehab, and many more!!
This week I thought I would focus on things that interest me. The first one that caught my eye was:
New options for life saving heart surgery through robotic heart surgery.
It is too late for me, but I found this to be fascinating. I know our local hospitals are beginning to use these procedures. Mine was old school, completely open the chest & crack to ribs open - 10-12 inch scare & a longer recovery time. The good news is the doctors can get both hands on the heart! Here is some of names of less invasive surgery:
Mini Sternotomy
Mini Thoracotomy
Endoscopic Approach
Robotically Assisted Endoscopic Approach
Take a look and see what other methods there are for by-pass surgery. If you or a loved one faces heart surgery, there my be alternatives!
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