open-heart surgery

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open-heart surgery

surgical repair of the heart during which the blood circulation is often maintained mechanically

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The risk of requiring a pacemaker after TAVR is higher than it is with open-heart surgery, but the risks with TAVR have been dropping in recent years.

New TAVR valves available to more patients, safer than earlier models

PM Nawaz had a four-hour long open-heart surgery at the very same hospital on Tuesday and was kept in the ICU upon the advice of the doctors.

PM shifted to room from ICU: Maryam Nawaz

We offer our heartfelt gratitude to Allah for the successful open-heart surgery of Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, he observed.

Meeting held to thank Allah over PM's successful surgery

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with the Edwards SAPIEN valve allows heart surgeons to replace a patient's diseased aortic valve without traditional open-heart surgery and avoiding the need for cardiopulmonary bypass.

FDA approves Edwards Lifesciences transcatheter aortic heart valve

The FDA's approval of the Sapien THV is based on a study of 365 patients not eligible for open-heart surgery.

FDA greenlights first aortic valve implanted without open heart surgery

A 3-year-old child was admitted to an open-heart surgery at the center and the surgery succeeded", Head of Cardiology Department Tammam Youssef said.

First Open-Heart Surgery Succeeds at Children Cardiac Surgery Center

Open-heart surgery can require a two- to three-month recovery period, compared to only a few days for the transcatheter approach.

Breakthrough 90-minute treatment to replace valve sans open-heart surgery

IIROSA is carrying out this program within the framework of a number of campaigns it has already implemented in a number of Arab and Islamic countries, especially in the field of pediatric open-heart surgery, he added

IIROSA sponsors pediatric-cardiac surgeries by Saudi Medical Team in Morocco

HAVING faced gruelling open-heart surgery at just seven weeks old, Ethan Lloyd has made it to his first milestone.

SAM'S SPECIAL DAY

That's when Padgett heard the rest of the story from other employees in the store -- how they were trying to help Culley, who works as an assistant manager at Lowe's, raise money for the open-heart surgery Nakota is going to need to live.

FIGHTING CHANCE SOUGHT FOR WHITE BOXER PUP

The new technique using a catheter is far quicker and less traumatic than open-heart surgery and can cut the patient's recovery time in half.

Quick op on heart is UK first

Munir Katul raised excellent questions about the advisability of having two open-heart surgery programs in central Lane County.