cardiosurgery
Pacemaker Implantation Procedure
This video provides patient education on permanent pacemaker implant surgery. It explains how the heart, typically beating at 60-100 beats per minute, relies on electrical signals from the SA node to...
Operative Technique of Aortic Valve Replacement...
Two main reasons for aortic valve replacement are aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve regurgitation. During this procedure damaged valve is replaced with artificial one - mechanical or biological....
Excision of Cardiac tumor
Heart tumors are increadibly rare neoplasms. In 75% of cases they are benign tumors, like myxoma. More frequent but still uncommon are metastases to the heart. In the following video a case of 68 year...
The Technique of Aortic Root Replacement - a...
Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, the endocardium, which usually involves the heart valves. Other structures, including the interventricular septum, the chordae tendineae,...
Repair of Aneurysm of the Ascending Aorta
Surgical treatment (an ascending aortic replacement) for aneurysmal disease is performed. The narrator underlines important technical details for a perfect repair. Before the surgery the presentation...
Implantation of a Left Ventricular Assist Device...
A ventricular assist device (VAD) is a device used for partial or complete replacement of the function of failing heart. They are designed to assist either right or left or both ventricles. The used type...
Treatment for Complications of Rheumatic Heart...
The prevalence of the rheumatic fever was substantially decreased by the use of antibiotics. One of its complications is a rheumatic heart disease leading to mitral valve stenosis, heart failure and necessity...
Dissection of Ruptured Aorta Type A - Surgical...
Aortic dissection occurs when the inner wall of the aorta is torn, which causes the blood to flow between the layers of an aortic wall, forcing the layers apart. Aortic dissection is a life-threatening...
The Technique of Aortic Root Replacement
Aortic diseases often invlove both wall of aorta and aotic valve. During surgery special consideration of aortic branches, such as coronary arteries and arteries branching from the arch, is required....
Lecture on Ventricular Assist Device - Part I...
A ventricular assist device (VAD) is a device used for partial or complete replacement of the function of failing heart. They are designed to assist either right or left or both ventricles. The used type...