OPEN HEART SURGERY, what does it involve?

what are the risks with OPEN HEART SURGERY, my relative, is only 60, tho had a minor heart attack , tho she have many other problems my main concern is that she suffers from epilepsy, the hospital has already put the tube thingy inside and have a look and its definitely open heart surgery she needs, tho i would resembling to know about?
riences?
Recovery ?
i need all the info i can bring back
thanx 4 ur time
Answers:    pray for her.
the doctors, nurses, the anesthetist, the pharmacist and GOD.
If your relative had a minor attack, open heart surgery is not needed. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), commonly particular as coronary angioplasty or simply angioplasty, is a therapeutic procedure to treat the stenotic (narrowed) coronary arteries of the heart found in coronary heart disease. These stenotic segments are due to the build up of cholesterol-laden plaques that form due to atherosclerosis. PCI is usually perform by an interventional cardiologist.
The 2004 ACC/AHA CABG guidelines state CABG is the preferred treatment for:
* Disease of the left main coronary artery (LMCA).
* Disease of all three coronary vessel (LAD, LCX and RCA).
heart surgery is any surgery where the chest is opened and surgery is perform on the heart. The term "open" refers to the chest, not the heart itself. The heart may or may not be opened, depending on the type of surgery. Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CABG
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/…
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percutaneou…
chest will be cut open the ribs separated (cut) and opened, the heart will be placed on a bypass gadget which will supply her body with blood while the heart is being repaired. Her heart will be repositioned after repair and she will be taken off bypass gadget, and blood flow will be restored through the heart. If all goes well, she will be within critical for awhile, but will very quickly recover. She may be home inwardly a week. When she gets up out of bed to walk she will have a pillow to hug tight to her chest, this is to protect the incision site and impart stability to her chest as she uses her body's muscles to stand and walk. At first she will need someone close to her to make sure she walk slowly and carefully. Do NOT take her arm, let her appropriate yours, she will need the other arm to hug the pillow to her chest. Allow her to walk at her own pace. She will obligation to stop and rest periodically. Her doctors will give her specific care instructions, you should read them too.
Her epilepsy will be managed throughout her surgery, and afterwards. Special restrictions and effort may be needed, pay attention to details for recovery given by the surgeons. She should do very resourcefully.
She should recover fairly quickly, amazing after such an invasive surgery, but true.
Your friend will be have quite a different life after this, she will have to argue a strict diet in most cases, and will have to exercise daily to save herself healthy from now on.
ime she requests to lean forward to reposition herself or stand, she should use her pillow.
She will be just fine. Bless you for looking out for her. Source(s): Mother...Quintuple bypass surgery....with diabetes as complication, came through beside flying colors.


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