Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit
Congenital heart defect corrective surgeries fix or treat heart defects that a child is born with. A baby born with heart defects has
Alternative Names
Congenital heart surgery; Patent ductus arteriosus ligation; Hypoplastic left heart repair; Tetralogy of Fallot repair; Coarctation of the aorta repair; Atrial septal defect repair; Ventricular septal defect repair;...
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Causes of Cardiac Enlargement
What is cardiac enlargement? Cardiac enlargement refers to an increase in the size of the heart. There are two types of cardiac enlargement:... Read more »
Minimally invasive heart surgery
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass; MIDCAB; Off-pump coronary artery bypass; OPCAB; Beating heart surgery; Robot assisted coronary... Read more »
Cardiac Catheterization
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Cardiac catheterization is the procedure of inserting a thin, hollow tube into a blood vessel in the legor, less often the arm, then passing it into... Read more »
Cardiac catheterization
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Heart valve surgery
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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