Q. What types of heart disease are treated with surgery?
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What types of heart disease are treated with surgery?


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    Surgeries

    Stents

    Get information about heart stents, why they’re used, and what types are available.

    Angioplasty and Stents

    Angioplasty is a non-surgical procedure that can be used to open blocked heart arteries. Stent placement is another option that can be done during angioplasty.

    Heart Bypass Surgery

    Heart bypass surgery can be used to treat heart disease when your coronary arteries are blocked. Your doctor may treat the problem by giving the blood a new pathway to the heart.

    Valve Disease Treatment

    When treatment for heart valve disease includes surgery, it can be performed by traditional surgery or minimally invasive balloon valvuloplasty.

    Cardio version

    For many people with heart disease, drugs alone will not convert an arrhythmia to a normal heart rhythm. For these people, a procedure called cardioversion or electrical cardioversion may be necessary.

    EECP

    EECP can help stimulate blood vessels to develop small branches, creating a natural bypass around narrowed or blocked arteries that cause the chest pain.

    Ablation

    Ablation is used to treat abnormal heart rhythms, or arrhythmias. The type of arrhythmia and the presence of other heart disease will determine whether ablation can be performed surgically or non-surgically.

    Pacemakers

    A pacemaker is a small device that sends electrical impulses to the heart muscle to maintain a suitable heart rate and rhythm. A pacemaker may also be used to treat fainting spells (syncope), congestive heart failure, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

    Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD)

    Treatment for abnormal heart rhythms is possible with an ICD, or implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

    Lead Extraction

    A lead extraction is the removal of one or more leads from inside the heart. Leads that are placed outside the heart during open heart surgery cannot be removed during this type of procedure.

    Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)

    The left ventricular assist device, LVAD or VAD, is a kind of mechanical heart. It’s placed inside a person’s chest, where it helps the heart pump oxygen-rich blood throughout the body.

    Heart Transplant

    A heart transplant is the replacement of a person’s diseased heart with a healthy donor’s heart. The donor is a person who has died and whose family has agreed to donate their loved one’s organs.


       

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    Coronary Artery Disease


       

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It is disturbing to know that heart disease is a leading cause of death for both men and women. We must sit back for a second and think why is it so? In order to survive in the cut-throat competition we have adapted unhealthy eating habits. It must be taken into consideration whether we are willing to give away our health to get success. There is a lot that can be done to have a healthy heart. Thus, "take care of your heart, don't let it fall apart".

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