why is heart cauterization done?
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There is a more technical name for it but I think so normal people understand it they call it cauterizatio. My mom is having it done today. They go through the groin area as they would do the catheterization. Anyway, she is having the cauterization done because she has tachycardia (abnormally fast heart rate) The last time they just shocked her heart to get it back into normal rythym. Since it is doing it again, they are going to cauterize the bad spots in her heart that are making it not beat correctly and this way it will just skip over the cauterized portion and beat normal.  Hope this helps.
682695
It's kind of like a spring, what it looks like, and the doctors use it when they are fixing a heart murmur, for a Patent ductus arteriosus at least they use it and if you just want to shorten the term use PDA but anyways, they put it into your heart, where it'll close whatever's open. Think they use it all murmurs and holes really.\n~It's not metal or anything and the tissue of the heart will grow around it. Also if you want some other stuff here it is, they take you into surgery, where you'll put you under anestecs(sp?), then they'll put a tube up your lower area, so that it reaches the heart, it'll hurt afterwards and you'll have to stay laying down for a while, however long the doctor says, and then if your an out patient you'll go home. The surgery will leave a scar, but it's so tiny you won't even notice it, it's actually amazing how small it is, I was surprised when I first saw the insicians on my leg. You probably won't be allowed to run, lift things that require two hands, or any extranious work for at least 10 days. You will also probably have to go back a year later to your cardiologist to make sure whatever problem there was is fixed.
920957
It is a heart surgeon. They make a little over half a million dollars each year. They operate only on the heart.
257910
Technically it could. If you were to remove your heart from your chest, and then submerge it in liquid nitrogen, it would immediately freeze. Then you simply take it out and either hit it with a hammer or ball bat, or just drop it on the ground, or even gently place it on the ground and stomp on it, it would shatter like glass!
594649
It's not the "cutting" so much as the why.  Every self-mutilator I have met has said that hurt, anger sadness, any emotion gets so bad that cutting relieves the pain.  In history doctors used to try to cure diseases by "blood letting"  cutting the patient so the "bad, diseased blood" would be removed from the body.  How deep do you cut?  do you require sutures?  Most cutters are not suicidal, but sometimes accidentally kill themselves by cutting too deep or hitting an artery.  Counseling is not a bad thing, if you get the right person, but you have to want to go or it won't help you.
1120865
the treatment is inefficient and this is not something you should mess with, medicine for heart disease should be taken regularly
510672
It's a condition in which air leaks into the space between the lungs and the chest wall.  It is serious because it leads to lung collapse and needs to be treated.  The treatment is to insert a thin tube into that space - called "the pleural space" that is in turn attached to a device that reinflates the lungs and keeps them that way as the leak heals.  Yes, it's a bit uncomfortable, but so is dying of asphyxia!
316970
your right, its used to reduce the swelling and also stop the bleeding. it's kept in ice and its the cold that reduces the swelling and helps to thicken the blood which slows down the bleeding.
1110318
Heat causes the surrounding tissue to expand slightly and accept the blood being pumped to the area.  The blood delivers needed nutrients that speed healing.
772768
It cushions the heart and regulates temperature. It also protects the heart from damage.
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Treatment\n\nPatients with mild to moderate pulmonary valve stenosis, and few or no symptoms, do not require treatment. In more severe cases, the blocked valve will be opened surgically, either through balloon valvuloplasty or surgical valvulotomy. For initial treatment, balloon valvuloplasty is the procedure of choice. This is a catherization procedure in which a special catheter containing a deflated balloon is inserted in a blood vessel and threaded up into the heart. The catheter is positioned in the narrowed heart valve and the balloon is inflated to stretch the valve open.\n\nIn some cases, surgical valvulotomy may be necessary. This is open heart surgery performed with a heart-lung machine. The valve is opened with an incision and in some cases, hypertrophied muscle in the right ventricle is removed. Rarely does the pulmonary valve need to be replaced.\n\nAlternative treatment\n\nPulmonary valve stenosis can be life threatening and always requires a physician's care. In mild to moderate cases of pulmonary valve stenosis, general lifestyle changes, including dietary modifications, exercise, and stress reduction, can contribute to maintaining optimal wellness.\n\nPrognosis\n\nPatients with the most severe form of pulmonary valve stenosis may die in infancy. The prognosis for children with more severe stenosis who undergo balloon valvuloplasty or surgical valvulotomy is favorable. Patients with mild to moderate pulmonary stenosis can lead a normal life, but they require regular medical care.\n\nfinally i wish the lil baby all health :)\n\n\nif you have any specific question my e-mail\ndrlioness2000@yahoo.com
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because of medical reasons. it looks nasty so i prefer it cut.
1098099
First I would ask for an echocardiogram with & without saline (water bubbles); this will show any & hopefully all holes in your heart. I had it done & they found I was missing a chamber and had holes on the opposite side of my heart which required them to "cath" my heart. They make a small slice in the groin area & go through a main artery in your leg up to your heart. I'm only 5' & 100 lbs & they couldn't knock me out with morphine (I watched the entire procedure & ticked off my cardiologist -lol). My personal opinion would be 1. ask questions, make a list if you have to, 2. check out the surgeons & their history, & 3. if they are as good as they check out to be the procedure will be a cakewalk for you. I was 38 when they found all of this & now I'm 43 and alive to see my baby (23) get married this coming August to a wonderful young lady. My Dad had 2 triple arterial bypasses & he lost a leg in Korea and God bless him, he'll be 79 this July. Yes, I had a good role model but it is normal to get upset when a Dr mentions a prob w/the heart & that you have to face surgery. I now know how a lobster feels having its chest cracked but thorasic & cardiac surgery is so advanced that I can promise you that you'll be fine. Try to keep a positive attitude and have faith; they told me after 3 days that if I could walk up & down a flight of stairs 4 times, I could go home..........I bolted & got my boney butt outta that hospital & back into my own home in no time. My thoughts & prayers are with you (Navy brat here) but above all : keep the faith.\nBeth
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The correct answer is to sterilize the skin and prevent infection.  This is how medical personnel are trained, and they follow their procedures even when they don't seem to make much sense.\n\nHere's my proof:  an account of an execution by Warden Burl Cain of Angola.\n\n''...No matter what method you use, execution's not easy. But the biggest problem is getting them ready to die. He [James] had found Christ, I had got to know him real well: I will not kill a man I don't know...And I promised I would hold his hand from the moment we strapped him down on the table until he died. But it was terrible because we couldn't get the intravenous lines into his arm. He was strapped down but they couldn't find a vein. He was lying there for 15 minutes, and I finally had to ask him: 'Antonio, please make a fist, so we can find your vein'. We had to get him to make a fist so we could kill him. Then the doctor got the line in; he used an alcohol swab to sterilise the skin and I said, 'What's the point?' After we got the lines in it took another few minutes...I would not like to execute an inmate without faith because I know I would be sending his soul straight to hell.''(
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Some ASDs depending on the size of it donot need a surgical repair as long as it doesn't affect the heart. But it is advisable to go through regular follow ups.
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When a doctor or nurse examine a patient, they ask the patient if they ever had any heart problems.  A history of CHD, means that the patient has been seen by a cardiologist for blocked arteries in the heart.  It can be treated medically, surgically, or both.
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it means burn or burning for example: cauterize