“Is a heart valve replacement major surgery?”
I am a 38 year old male. I want to know if a heart valve replacement is major surgery?
6 Answers
Yes. Heart valve replacement is a major surgery.
Heart valve surgery is major surgery. Typically this requires opening the chest cavity by going through the sternum with s saw and then put in the heart on cardio pulmonary bypass to replace the heart and lungs while the heart is open fix the valve. This is the definition of major surgery.
Mark Rasak
Cardiologist
Yes but young patients that require a single valve replaced with no other intervention do very well.
Yes.
Absolutely.
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