HEART VALVEs REPLACEMENT SURGERY

HEART VALVES REPLACEMENT

SURGERY AND BALLOON VALVOTOMY: Balloon Valvotomy is a non-surgical procedure performed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. A thin flexible tube is inserted through an artery in the groin or arm and threaded into the heart. When the tube reaches the narrowed mitral valve, a balloon device located on the tip of the catheter is quickly inflated.

During a Valve Repair Surgery, parts of a stenotic valve that are stiff or hardened may be cut and separated to help them open wider.

If a valve can't be repaired, it may be replaced with a prosthetic valve.

A Valve Replacement of heart is performed to treat aortic valves and severely damaged mitral valves. It is also used to treat any valve disease that is life-threatening. Sometimes, more than one valve may be damaged in the heart, so patients may need more than one repair or replacement.

During Valve Repair or Replacement Surgery, the breastbone is divided, the heart is stopped, and blood is sent through a heart-lung machine. Because the heart or the aorta must be opened, heart valve surgery is open heart bypass surgery.