Department of Science, Kurukshetra University, Seth Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Haryana, India
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Cardiovascular Complications after Open-Heart Surgery
Author(s): Himanshu Chawla*
Open-heart surgery is any kind of surgery in which a surgeon makes a large incision (cut) in the chest to open the
rib cage and operate on the heart. "Open" refers to the chest, not the heart. Depending on the type of surgery, the
surgeon also may open the heart. This surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. It is often
used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, with coronary artery bypass grafting) to correct
congenital heart disease or to treat valvular heart disease from various causes, including endocarditis, rheumatic
heart disease, and atherosclerosis. It also includes heart transplantation. .. View more»