Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery
Minimally invasive heart surgery is a procedure to fix the valves, veins, and arteries of the heart, without performing major surgery.1 It is also called limited access heart surgery.1 It is being considered an acceptable alternative to bypass graft surgery.1
Fast Facts:
- The incision for this type of surgery is only two to four inches.2
- Benefits include a smaller incision and as a result, a smaller scar.2
- There is also less pain and trauma, and decreased recovery time.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 American Heart Association: Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cleveland Clinic: Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery
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- Contributor: Janet
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Janet
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Minimal Invasive Heart Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery: Heart Surgery, Minimal Invasive Heart Surgery:Heart Sugery, Limited access heart surgery
- Last update: Apr. 21, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
