MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY – CABG
Invasive cardiac surgery is a way to do heart surgery with cuts. This way the body gets less hurt compared to the heart surgery. The goal of cardiac surgery is to help people get better faster have less chance of getting infected and have less scarring.
Invasive cardiac surgery can be used for heart problems like fixing or replacing heart valves bypassing blocked arteries and fixing other heart defects. These surgeries often use robots or special imaging machines to help the doctor perform the cardiac surgery.
There are types of invasive cardiac surgeries.
Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting is a way to bypass blocked arteries without making a cut in the chest.
Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery is a way to fix or replace heart valves with cuts.
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement is a way to replace the valve without making a cut.
Robot-Assisted Cardiac Surgery uses robots to help the doctor make cuts and be more precise during the invasive cardiac surgery.
Percutaneous Coronary Interventions is a way to open blocked arteries without making a cut.
Left Atrial Appendage Closure is a way to close off a part of the heart to prevent strokes.
The good things about cardiac surgery are that it hurts less people get better faster there is less chance of getting infected and there is less scarring from the invasive cardiac surgery.
There are also some challenges with cardiac surgery. The surgery can be very hard to do requires machines and skilled doctors and not everyone can have this kind of invasive cardiac surgery. It can also take longer to do. Can be more expensive.
So, who can have cardiac surgery?
People who want to avoid the risks of traditional surgery.
People with heart problems can have invasive cardiac surgery.
People who are at risk for complications during surgery can have invasive cardiac surgery.
People who have had heart surgery before and want to avoid trauma can have cardiac surgery.
In the end invasive cardiac surgery is an option for many people. It can help them get faster have less pain and have less scarring, from the invasive cardiac surgery. The best way to do the cardiac surgery depends on the person and their heart problem. As technology gets minimally invasive cardiac surgery will become more common and help more people with invasive cardiac surgery.