OK, this dude has recently migrated from Gujranwala to Chicago. He is going through the typical ‘phase in’ period every grown-up desi goes through when he first arrives in Amreeka. Same old shyt that he was better off there, people in Amreeka are stupid, we had nauker chaaker and crap. Just yesterday he told me that his older brother is a ‘OPEN HEART SURGEON’ And I was like, hmmm…is he a cardiologist /surgeon? and he said, no he only does open heart surgery. Being quite nil in medical terminology, I decided to take him for his word. So, is there really a field in medicine specialized for OPEN heart surgery?
Oh and one more thing, he said this before announcing his brother’s profession… "ohh sir jee, baleeve me jee, maira bhai open heart surgeon aiy’
Open heart surgery is wat we call bypass, hope u hv heard of it. Now they hv tried to cut down on such procedures since the risk is usually v high n so ppl use other low risk operations. n yep they are cardiac surgeons.
Cardiac surgery is highly specialized. "Open Heart" can mean a number of different types of surgery, from emplanting pacemakers to coronary bypass grafts to valve replacements. Usually "open heart" means the ribs are cut to give full exposure to the heart.
Cardiologists can also do "minimally invasive surgery", which is done through threading tubes up through the arteries from the legs. By not cutting open the whole chest, healing time is significantly reduced, and lots of complications avoided. Therefore "open heart surgeons" get some of the sickest highest risk patients. Bill Clinton had open heart surgery, while Dick Cheney has had a number of stents implanted, as well as a pacemaker.
my uncle went through an open heart surgery three times. he is 70+ and still not careful of what he eats. he is still a heavy smoker.
my dad went through angioplasty. they inserted a wire with small little baloons connected at the tip to help unclog the arteries. i think id go through this in my 40s sigh
but ofcourse to perform both the procedures, one has to be a cardiologist.
A Doctor who performs an evaluation of the heart and determines if a By pass is necessary or not and also one who performs what is called a ECG/EKG/Stress Tests or also performs Angiograms/Angiographics and Angioplasty is called a Cardiologist
Where as a Doctor who actually performs the Surgery to graft the Vessels leading to the Heart is called a Cardic/Vascular/Thoracic Surgeon. He can perform both By Pass as well as Open Heart Surgeries.
Somebody above also mentioned Open Heart Surgery is By Pass Surgery, I dont think that is correct, By Pass is when the Clogged vessels leading to the Heart are Grafted by a better vessel from another part of the Body (Arms/Thighs/Etc), where as Open Heart surgery is where the Heart has a Malfunction (like a Defective Chamber or Valve) and needs Surgery on the Heart it self.
They also have open balls surgeons in Pakistan. They do what is called "Tatay Chukni" (ball lifters, or those who kiss up), an example of that will be the Gupshup Mods, who are always trying to please the Admins, and also trying to show how insecure some of them are.
Coronary bypass surgery would be considered an "open heart" procedure. Open heart is not really a scientific term, it is generally when the heart is exposed, and more specifically when the heart is attached to a heart lung machine. The real difference in terms of a physicians specialty is that to perform cardaic surgery in the US, one would have to have completed a residency in cadiac surgery. Minimally invasive surgeries like angioplasty and stenting are generally performed by a cadiologist, not a surgeon. Usually the Cath Lab has a doctor who does nothing all day but the angioplasty procedures.
I may as well be wrong, but that is what I understood about the procedure, specially after my By Pass in Dec 2004, but yes what you say about By Pass being considered as Open Heart too makes sense to me and I have a 12 inch zipper to prove it.
Sorry if I am being too forward, but did you have the Angioplasty done befroe the Stent, because I Never Ever had those Options, the Momont the EMS Vehicle arrived at the Emergency Gate, I was already shortlisted for By Pass the same day.
Chances of survival without the bypass was 10% and with a By Pass was 30%, talk about necessary evils. All I can say is Mankind has come a long way since the Iron Age!!!
No, mine was not nearly so bad. I had a 90% blockage in one artery, and the rest were fine. I got a Cypher stent from J and J, one of the first of a new generation of drug coated stents at age 47. The angioplasty tends to close back up without the stent.
Hope you are well, that is a very difficult procedure, and yes, they are truely performing miracles these days.... Good Luck!
Oh Yes they are performing miracles, no doubt, just so you know 2 of my vesseles were 95% Blocked and 1 was 98% blocked and the 1 that was supporting my heart was magically 47% which is what kept me alive as per the Doctors.
The Doctor that operated on me told me Asian people are as is born and live with narrower Veins and arteries and Blood vessels, and then our diet of Desi Ghee, and fat and Charbi and Paya and Siri and Nihari and Magaz.
Aww...assi taay pakistan ich baraay mazaay mein see jee...sadaay gaar ich koi ath duss naukar see...amreeki kaum tay kaam chaur aur haraam khor souvar khaan waali kaum haay jee...And others looking at his face with opened mouth & stretched eyes.... :)
