HEART-Angioplasty with 1 med stent- HEART-Bypass Graft (CABG)
- Single Valve Replacement
HEART-Angioplasty with 1 med stent
Narrowing or blockage of your carotid arteries increases the risk that you may have a stroke. Carotid angioplasty and stenting is one of several treatments for this blockage.
There are several ways your doctor may know you have narrowing or blockage in your carotid artery. Two common ones are:
- You may have had symptoms of a stroke or a transient ischemic attack (TIA, also called a mini-stroke). Some of these symptoms are weakness, blurred vision, confusion, or slurred speech.
- You may not have any symptoms, but your doctor may find a problem during a physical exam. Your doctor may hear something called a bruit when using a stethoscope to listen to your blood flow. A bruit is an abnormal, wind-like sound in your artery.
HEART-Bypass Graft ( CABG)
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a type of surgery that improves blood flow to the heart. It's used for people who have severe coronary heart disease (CHD), also called coronary artery disease.
CHD is a condition in which a substance called plaque (plak) builds up inside the coronary arteries. These arteries supply oxygen-rich blood to your heart. Plaque is made up of fat, cholesterol, calcium, and other substances found in the blood.
Plaque can narrow or block the coronary arteries and reduce blood flow to the heart muscle. If the blockage is severe, angina (an-JI-nuh or AN-juh-nuh), shortness of breath, and, in some cases, heart attack can occur. (Angina is chest pain or discomfort.)
CABG is one treatment for CHD. During CABG, a healthy artery or vein from the body is connected, or grafted, to the blocked coronary artery. The grafted artery or vein bypasses (that is, goes around) the blocked portion of the coronary artery.
This creates a new passage, and oxygen-rich blood is routed around the blockage to the heart muscle.
View Tutorial http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/coronaryarterybypassgraft/htm/index.htm
Single Valve Replacement
Heart valve surgery is used to repair or replace diseased heart valves.
Blood that flows between different chambers of your heart must flow through a heart valve. Blood that flows out of your heart into large arteries must flow through a heart valve.
These valves open up enough so that blood can flow through. They then close, keeping blood from flowing backward.
There are four valves in your heart:
- Aortic valve
- Mitral valve
- Tricuspid valve
- Pulmonary valve
View Tutorial http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/heartvalvereplacement/htm/index.htm
Our Cardiac Surgeons
Costamed / Cozumel, Mexico
Dr. Bladimir Ruiz Ronquillo
Amerimed / Cancun, Mexico
Dr. Bladimir Ruiz Ronquillo
Hospital la Catolica / San Jose, Costa Rica
Dr. Montero Vega
Clinica Unibe / San Jose, Costa Rica
Dr. Luis Alberto Romero Triana
Galenia Hospital / Cancun, Mexico
Dr. Morales Bravo Arturo
