Valve surgeries

Heart valve surgery is a procedure to treat heart valve disease. Heart valve disease involves at least one of the four heart valves not working properly. Heart valves keep blood flowing in the correct direction through your heart. There are two basic types of heart valve defects: a narrowing of a valve (stenosis) and a leak in a valve that allows blood to back up (regurgitation).

The four valves are the mitral valve, tricuspid valve, pulmonary valve and aortic valve. Each valve has flaps — called leaflets for the mitral and tricuspid valves and cusps for the aortic and pulmonary valves. These flaps open and close once during each heartbeat. Valves that don't open or close properly disrupt blood flow through your heart to your body.

Congenital heart surgeries

Congenital heart defect corrective surgery fixes or treats a heart defect that a child is born with. A baby born with one or more heart defects has congenital heart disease. Surgery is needed if the defect could harm the child's long-term health or well-being.

Before birth, the baby has a blood vessel that runs between the aorta (the main artery to the body) and the pulmonary artery (the main artery to the lungs), called the ductus arteriosus. This small vessel most often closes shortly after birth when the baby starts to breathe on their own. If it does not close. It is called a patent ductus arteriosus. This could cause problems later in life.

Aortic surgeries

An aortic aneurysm is a bulge in your aorta, the main blood vessel that carries blood from your heart to the rest of your body. But sometimes, certain illnesses or problems with your genes make them weak. The force of your blood constantly pushing against those weakened walls can make them swell. The result is a balloon-like bulge, called an aneurysm.

The surgeon will then remove the section of your aorta that is bulging and replace it with the fabric graft. The graft will allow blood to flow through the aorta without making it swell. Finally, the clamps will be removed to allow the blood to start flowing again.

AORTIC ANEURYSMS

AORTIC DISSECTIONS

BENTALL PROCEDURE

PULMONARY ENDARTERECTOMIES

ENDOVASCULAR SURGERIES

MICS (Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery )

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery, also known as MICS CABG (Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery/Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting) or the McGinn technique is heart surgery performed through several small incisions instead of the traditional open-heart surgery that requires a median sternotomy approach.

MICS CABG is a beating-heart multi-vessel procedure performed under direct vision through an anterolateral mini-thoracotomy. Advantages of Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery are less blood loss, reduced post-operative discomfort, faster healing times and lowered risk of infections, as well as eliminating the possibility for deep sternal wound infection or sternal non-union.

Redo cardiac surgeries

Redo cardiac surgery is very common in patients who live longer as a result of an initial heart surgery. Redo heart surgery is required to repair a flaw in the reconstruction method or replace a degenerated or dysfunctional prosthetic heart valve. The surgery is normally performed for heart valve repair, bypass surgery, aneurysm repairs and prosthetic mitral valve endocarditis.

Redo cardiac surgery is needed when a patient who has had previous heart surgery lives longer as a result, requiring further surgery to maintain the results and effectiveness of their heart’s health. A redo heart operation can provide a longer life, less chest pain and more energy. Many heart conditions are progressive, and whilst initial heart surgery would have helped improve heart function and health, conditions can still progress.

Thoracic surgeries

Thoracic surgery refers to operations on organs in the chest, including the heart, lungs and esophagus. Examples of thoracic surgery include coronary artery bypass surgery, heart transplant, lung transplant and removal of parts of the lung affected by cancer. Specialized thoracic surgeons treat lung and esophageal cancer, while specialized cardiac surgeons treat the heart.

Thoracic surgery, also known as chest surgery, may be used to diagnose or repair lungs affected by cancer, trauma or pulmonary disease. For lung cancer, your surgeon may remove nodules, tumors and lymph nodes to diagnose, stage and treat the disease.

Vascular surgeries

Vascular surgery is an invasive treatment for conditions that affect the veins, arteries, and lymphatic vessels throughout the body. A vascular disorder can greatly reduce a patient’s quality of life and raise the possibility of life-threatening health events, such as stroke.

Since vascular diseases affect the vessels that carry blood throughout the body, there are risks associated with the related blockages and weakness in the vessel walls. These issues can lead to a rupture and internal bleeding. Vascular surgery can help prevent this from happening.