Question 1

open heart surgery--success rate if ebstein's?

Accepted Answer

Depends: Ebstein's anomaly may require surgery, but as with most procedures, varies with the surgeon and institution.  It is almost totally a function of volume of cases done.  So look for teams with published experience since a quoted rate may not apply to the institution you're looking at for help. It's the "your mileage may vary" disclaimer.

Question 2

what is the open heart surgery survival rate by age?

Accepted Answer

Variable : What condition?
Congenital, 
coronary, 
valvular etc.
Associated risks, obese, smoking, diabetes, kidney failure all add to risk.
All, things equal risk rises with each year or decade!

Question 3

having trouble controlling my husbands bp  he had open heart surgery two months ago. is this common heart rate ok and inr stable.?

Accepted Answer

Not commom: But not cause for alarm either. BP can always be controlled. Follow up with his cardiologist and/or primary care doctor until it's controlled. Buy a decent arm cuff ($35-$100) and check his BP after 10 minutes of complete rest each day and keep a diary to bring to the doctor. If overweight, just losing 10% of excess can bring down bp. Avoid salty foods. Google the dash diet. Good luck.

Question 4

who does an open heart surgery?

Accepted Answer

TCV Surgeon: Open heart surgery is performed by cardiothoracic or cardiovascular surgeons, also known as ct or cv surgeons. These surgeons complete a general surgical fellowship and then a subspecialty fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery.

Question 5

who performed the first open heart surgery?

Accepted Answer

Not enough info: Open heart surgery may simply refer to an exposed heart in the chest. The surgery itself may be as simple as a biopsy or as complicated as a vessel bypass with valve replacement and aneurysm repair. You may also be referring to the use of cardiopulmonary bypass which allows surgeons to stop the heart and essentially pumps blood to the other vital organs while the heart is repaired.

Question 6

how likely is dying from open heart surgery?

Accepted Answer

Heart surgery: It depends on the type of heart surgery, the condition of the patient and the skill/results of the surgical team and support staff. In really first rate places the overall mortality across procedures can be 1% or less, tho some will have much higher and some almost none.

Question 7

when was the first open heart surgery performed?

Accepted Answer

Definition?: Surgery for trauma on beating hearts successful in Europe in 1890's. Multiple types of surgeries on beating heart done over next 60 years in multiple places including US. First surgery using bypass for bloodless fiels done at University of Minnesota in 1952, and started massive expansion in surgical approaches and abilities that has continued into present day.

Question 8

what is recovery time like for open heart surgery?

Accepted Answer

8 weeks: You could expect to be in hospital 4-6 days.  After that the usual restrictions are no driving or heavy lifting for 6-8 weeks. 
During that time you can walk, take showers, and relax.

Question 9

what person lived longest after open heart surgery?

Accepted Answer

Non likely known: Well one of my patients had the surgery in 1972 so that's about forty years. She is doing fine so maybe she will be #1 someday but i doubt if anyone knows. I'm sure someone can beat 40 years.

Question 10

what are common complications of open heart surgery?

Accepted Answer

Complications heart: Potential complications of heart surgery include but are not limited to bleeding, infection both of the surgical site and elsewhere, pulmonary embolism, stroke, and heart rhythm disturbances.  Death is also a potential complication but fortunately is not common.

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