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Stanford surgeon saves guardsman’s life with complex heart procedure
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For more than 60 years, our Heart Surgery Clinic has been recognized worldwide for groundbreaking research, quality care and positive patient outcomes. Our heart surgery program provides you with the latest and most innovative surgical treatment of heart disease.
Disorders of the aorta (the main artery that supplies blood from the heart) can be extremely life threatening and may include aneurysms, tears in the inner lining, and penetrating ulcers.
The narrowing of the aortic valve in the heart which restricts blood flow through the valve and forces the heart to contract harder to pump blood into the aorta.
An abnormal heart rhythm that is considered serious when it causes the heart to beat too slow or too fast to effectively pump blood.
An irregular heartbeat that may increase the risk of stroke and heart disease.
The deterioration of the function of the heart muscle that often leads to heart failure.
A defect in the structure of the heart and associated vessels, present at birth.
Also known as a myocardial infarction. This occurs when one of more regions of the heart muscle experience a severe or prolonged lack of oxygen caused by blocked blood flow to the heart muscle.
Also known as congestive heart failure (CHF). This occurs when the heart muscle fails to pump blood due to a range of conditions.
A genetic condition in which the muscle of the heart is abnormally large in the absence of an apparent cause. When the muscle of the left ventricle of the heart becomes thicker than normal, blood flow is obstructed to the rest of the body.
Any disease involving one or more of the valves of the heart. Valvular heart disease may be inherited or acquired.
For patients like Nathan Foss, Stanford’s expertise in rare and complicated heart surgeries provides better options.
Silas Richardson was in the hospital with a heart rhythm disorder that his doctors couldn’t get under control. Surgery at Stanford Health Care – ValleyCare solved the problem.
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