Cardiac Surgery 101: How To Suture A Heart Valve Replacement (Video)
Posted By Adam Pick On March 9, 2008 @ 1:34 pm In Heart Surgery Video | No Comments
I am always looking for online videos that might help patients and caregivers better understand the heart valve surgery process.
I don’t know about you… But, as double heart valve surgery patient, I always wondered, “How is the heart valve replacement stitched inside the heart?”
Yesterday, I was on YouTube.com when I saw this interesting video about how cardiothoracic surgeons suture (stitch) heart valve replacements into place. The video also illustrates some differences in the suturing process for mechanical heart valve replacements [1] and tissue valve replacements [2] (e.g. pig valve replacement [3]).
[4]If you would like to see this video about how heart surgeons stitch heart valve replacements into place at Youtube.com, simply click this link:
Using Sutures To Stitch A Heart Valve Replacement During Cardiac Surgery [4]
Keep on tickin!
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URL to article: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/03/09/suture-heart-valve-replacement-video-stitches/
URLs in this post:
[1] mechanical heart valve replacements: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/mechanical-prosthetic-heart-valve.php
[2] tissue valve replacements: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/biological-heart-valve-replacement.php
[3] pig valve replacement: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2007/09/19/pig-valve-replacement/
[4] Image: http://youtube.com/watch?v=taFIosFaprQ
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