under what conditions might the patient need open heart surgery
2007-02-07 08:34:33 · 3 answers · asked by dtwladyhawk 6 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
Patients require open heart surgery if they have acute valvular insufficiency, or if the coronary arteries are so occluded that angioplasty cannot restore the patency of the vessel. Angioplasty is not open-heart surgery, and is rather a procedure where a long wire is run through the skin and a major artery into the heart, and then into the blocked coronary artery -- then, a balloon is inflated at the end of the wire, which mechanically expands the blocked artery.
2007-02-07 09:08:07 · answer #1 · answered by citizen insane 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
INDICATIONS FOR ANGIOPLASTY ARE:
* Persistent chest pain (angina)
* Blockage of one or more coronary arteries
* Residual obstruction in a coronary artery during or after a heart attack.
2007-02-07 09:31:30 · answer #2 · answered by Dr.Qutub 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
after they have a bad heart attack that other things like bypass don't help
2007-02-07 08:52:46 · answer #3 · answered by Kickin on the 88s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋