Question 1

how do you relieve pain from implantable cardioverter defibrillator surgery?

Accepted Answer

Pain and AICD: Post-operative pain is normal but should not be excessive. First, what is the cause of the pain? If the surgical site is red, swollen, or oozing fluid, contact the implanting physician immediately. The problem could be serious.

Question 2

what is cardio thoracic vascular surgery my son 's stents are blocked, he has cardiomyopathy and needs a defibrillator?

Accepted Answer

Heart and arteries: This is specialty dealing with heart blood vessels and chest and lungs.

Question 3

what happens during surgery of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator?

Accepted Answer

AICD Surgery: Aicd or automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator surgery is done under deep sedation anesthesia.  Chest veins are entered and two or three leads are placed into the heart in the right venticle & atrium, and coronary sinus.  The leads are connected to the aicd pacemaker and placed under the skin in your chest. The device is checked to be certain that it will function if a rhythm problem.

Question 4

should a patient continue to have the implantable defibrillator even after bypass surgery?

Accepted Answer

It depends: Usually yes but it depends on the original indication for the icd.

Question 5

my father was unable to have open heart surgery yesterday his heart was too destroyed. they gave him a 40% chance to live, what does that mean? the say he needs a new heart or he will die, he is not on the transplant list and his defibrillator goes off da

Accepted Answer

This is tragic: There must be more information that is relevant. The truth is, medicine and doctors are not always successful and not everyone can be  saved. I am, and we in medicine all are sorry for this circumstance. HRS, MD, FACC

Question 6

is an implantable cardioverter defibrillator removed in heart bypass surgery?

Accepted Answer

No: The defib. Device is implatnted in the inner chambers of the heart and bypass is on the out side of the heart where the coronary arteries lie.Unless theres another reason to remove the device ie an infection the device is left in.

Question 7

i can't decide: implantable cardioverter defibrillator or heart bypass surgery?

Accepted Answer

Specialist Needed: This is a type of question you should take up with a physician who specializes in heart disease.  There is no answer applicable to the general population.  The ansewr to this question must be individualized to you and your circumstances.

Question 8

implantable cardioverter defibrillator versus heart bypass surgery. i am afraid of both?

Accepted Answer

Both done very: Successfully and routinely.

Question 9

what can be done for implantable cardioverter defibrillator versus heart bypass surgery?

Accepted Answer

ICD: They are complementary and not competing therapies.

Question 10

is it common to remove an implantable cardioverter defibrillator during heart bypass surgery?

Accepted Answer

No: It was put in for a reason so unless something has changed, it will ordinarily be left in place unless the battery is failing, in which case it would be replaced.

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What is cardio thoracic vascular surgery my son 's stents are blocked, he has cardiomyopathy and needs a defibrillator?

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What happens during surgery of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator?

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Should a patient continue to have the implantable defibrillator even after bypass surgery?

A member asked:

My father was unable to have open heart surgery yesterday his heart was too destroyed. they gave him a 40% chance to live, what does that mean? the say he needs a new heart or he will die, he is not on the transplant list and his defibrillator goes off da

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Is an implantable cardioverter defibrillator removed in heart bypass surgery?

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I can't decide: implantable cardioverter defibrillator or heart bypass surgery?

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Implantable cardioverter defibrillator versus heart bypass surgery. i am afraid of both?

A member asked:

What can be done for implantable cardioverter defibrillator versus heart bypass surgery?

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Is it common to remove an implantable cardioverter defibrillator during heart bypass surgery?

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