Common Surgical Interventions

Question 1

Heart transplant

Answer 1

last treatment option for congestive heart failure or coronary microvascular disease

Question 2

How long do you have to live with end stage heart disease

Answer 2

less than 1 year

Question 3

Heterologous heart transplant

Answer 3

from another primate; patient’s heart intact and parallels transplant with anastomoses. May help original heart if transplant fails

Question 4

Homologous heart transplant

Answer 4

from another human

Question 5

Which heart transplant is more common?

Answer 5

Homologous transplant

Question 6

Balloon Angioplasty

Answer 6

used to open blocked blood vessels

** often involves stent placement **

Question 7

Coronary Bypass Surgery

Answer 7

Replacement of atherosclerotic blood vessels with grafted vessels tto improve circulation

Question 8

Coronary Bypass surgery often uses ____

Answer 8

superficial veins of the thigh as replacement vessels