Can A Patient Be Awake During Heart Surgery? Bypass? Valve Surgery?
Blog Topics: Heart Surgery Video; Heart Bypass Operations; Awake Patients; Bypass; Valve Repair; Valve Replacement; General Anesthesia
This was news to me!
Did you know that patients can be awake during a heart bypass operation?
I had no idea this was possible until I just saw an incredible video on Youtube.com about patients being awake during cardiac surgery.
In India, several cardiac surgeons are pioneering heart valve operations (including valve repair and replacement) in which the patient is awake. No general anesthetic is used throughout the entire procedure.
I’m still a little amazed.
If you are interested, I just posted this heart surgery video as my “Heart Valve Surgery Video Of The Week”. Simply press play and the video will play inside this blog. (Don’t forget to make sure your volume is on.)
If you would like to watch this video at Youtube after I remove it from my blog, simply click the link below:
Heart Surgery Video - Patient Awake During Heart Surgery (Bypass, Valve Replacement)
Keep on tickin,
Adam
Adam Pick is the author of The Patient’s Guide To Heart Valve Surgery, a unique book which integrates the clinical facts of heart valve surgery with the personal experiences of an actual heart valve surgery patient. This special book was designed to help patients and caregivers better understand the realities of heart valve surgery (heart valve replacement and heart valve repair), to minimize patient stress and to enhance the patient’s recovery. To learn more about Adam’s heart valve surgery book, click here.
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