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Priminsters Heart Surgery
Posted By Adam Pick On August 11, 2007 @ 9:04 am In Announcements, Pictures, Patient Success Stories | No Comments
I just received an interesting question that reads, “What do you know about the Priminsters Heart Surgery?”
I’m no spelling genius, but I think the question is actually, “What do you know about the Prime Ministers Heart Surgery?” (If I’m wrong about the priminsters heart surgery part, I’m sorry.)
Regardless, this is a great question.
Often times, when patients are diagnosed with the need to have heart surgery, they are interested to learn about well-known, former patient that have had successful heart surgery - angioplasty, heart valve surgery, etc.
As I have learned during my research, there are many, many, many heart surgery success stories - for many different types of heart procedures.
That said, there are five priminsters I know of (there is probably more) who had heart surgery, including heart valve surgery.
In 2005, Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of England, had a heart procedure called [1] cathether ablation at Hammersmith Hospital. This is a relatively simple technique that is performed on thousands of heart patients every year.
In this form of cardiac surgery, a wire is inserted through the veins into the [2] heart cavity allowing the cardiothoracic surgeon to “map” the rhythm disorder. The wire then emits tiny pulses of energy to fix the heart’s rhythm. Patients usually spend one night in the hospital and are back to work in 2-3 days.
In addition to Tony Blair, two prime ministers from Slovakia and Greece have had heart surgery.
As for prime ministers who have had heart valve replacement surgery:
In addition to prime ministers, there are many other well-known personalities to have had successful heart surgery. Some of those people include [4] Ronny Turiaf (Heart Valve), David Letterman (Bypass).
I hope this helps shed some light on the topic of priminsters heart surgery.
Keep on tickin,
Adam
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[1] cathether ablation: http://www.sjm.com/procedures/procedure.aspx?name=Catheter+Ablation
[2] heart cavity: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/Adam%20Pick%20is%20the%20author%20of%20The%20P
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[3] two heart valves: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/anatomy-valve-problems-stenosis-regurgitation.php
[4] Ronny Turiaf (Heart Valve): http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/ronny-turiaf-aorta-valve.php
[5] To learn more about Adam’s heart valve surgery book, click here: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-valve-surgery-book-download-guide.php
[6] Image: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-valve-surgery-book-download-guide.php
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