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  2. Feb 13, 2024 · Open heart surgery is a way to treat heart disease. To do it, your doctor opens your chest wall, cuts through your sternum, and spreads your ribs to get access to the heart.

  3. Jun 12, 2023 · Open-heart surgery involves cutting open and performing surgery on the muscles, valves, or arteries of the heart. You can help minimize some risks through caring for yourself...

  4. Mar 25, 2021 · Open-heart surgeries treat heart problems including heart failure, congenital heart defects, arrhythmias, aneurysms and coronary artery disease. During the procedure, a surgeon cuts through the breastbone and spreads the ribcage to access the heart.

  5. Aug 29, 2018 · Open heart surgery is an operation to repair a fault or damage in the heart. The operation requires the surgeon to open the chest to access the heart. The most common type of open...

  6. Feb 23, 2023 · Open-heart surgery involves opening the chest with a large incision to expose the heart. It is a longstanding and widely-used surgical treatment for a variety of cardiovascular conditions including heart failure, coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, aneurysms, congenital heart conditions, and arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms).

  7. Oct 31, 2020 · Open heart surgery is any surgery in which the surgeon cuts open the chest to operate on the heart. Conditions commonly treated with open heart surgery include heart valve disease, birth defects of the heart, and coronary artery disease.

  8. Jul 7, 2022 · Since open heart surgery is an approach to several different treatments—rather than a singular surgery—recovery times can vary. It is used in surgeries to correct a variety of heart conditions, including heart failure, heart attack, coronary artery disease (CAD), and atrial fibrillation (AFib).

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