The Dominican Institute of Cardiology makes seven complex heart surgeries

Seven cases of complex surgeries to treat diseases desiccant aneurysm of Aorta and the aneurysm of the ascending Aorta, portion, were made during the past year by the Dominican Institute of Cardiology (IDC) for patients aged between 36 and 60 years.

offer details, the director of the institution, Dr. Ernesto Diaz Alvarez, explained that the first pathology is defined as a cardiovascular catastrophe that is characterized by the separation between layers or walls of the aorta, which is the main artery of the body, with severe repercussions on the different organs of the human economy, and the second as a Permanent dilation of the Aortaresulting from localized weakening their wall.

It was reported that seven cases, three were of desiccant aneurysm of Aorta and four aneurysm of the Aorta ascendant, all patients in sex male.

Álvarez Díaz u000aHe stressed that doctor Walid Elias, cardiovascular surgeon, mentioned that in both pathologies, surgical treatment is very delicate.

indicates that high blood pressure is the common denominator so that patients develop this type of disease. Nevertheless explained that there was an important factor in each of them, as in the case of a degeneration in the middle layer of the Aorta, in the case of desiccant aneurysm of Aorta, and an atherosclerosis condition, in the of aneurysm of the Aorta ascendant.

The director of the IDC indicates that although there is in the world millions of people with hypertension, only a part of them develops these diseases, which is why everyone, especially after the third decade of his life, must be preventive check to know her true variation of blood pressure.

Explains that the Echocardiogram u000aTransesophageal, tomography, magnetic resonance, and the aortograma are the main means of diagnostics used to detect these diseases, which must be diagnosed early to be surgically treated in time, given the high mortality that have.

the specialist explains that the initial clinical treatment is intended to control blood pressure, pain, and the decline of the pulse wave which produces the left ventricle in its systole, this accomplished the well-being of the patient and prevents that a possible rupture of the aorta and therefore progresses immediate death.

says that without surgical treatment about five percent manages to survive a year after diagnosed disease.

surgical team of the Institute comprises the doctors Walid Elias, Chief of surgery service; July Barnet, cardiovascular surgeon; Raúl Álvarez Sturla, cardiovascular surgeon; u000aEspedy García, cardiovascular surgeon; Ramón Pol Pichardo, Chief of Anesthesiology; Warenny Montero, anestesióloga; Tomás Fernández, perfusionista; Dr. Ileana Urena, perfusionista and the happy Práxedes degree, perfusionista.

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