Przykłady jednojęzyczne (niezredagowane i niesprawdzone przez PONS)
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In general, mitral valve surgery requires open-heart surgery in which the heart is arrested and the patient is placed on a heart-lung machine (cardiopulmonary bypass).
Due to the physiological stress associated with open-heart surgery, elderly and very sick patients may be subject to increased risk, and may not be candidates for this type of surgery.
In traditional open-heart surgery, the surgeon makes a ten to twelve-inch incision, then gains access to the heart by splitting the sternum (breast bone) and spreading open the rib cage.
On average patients leave the hospital two to five days earlier than patients who have undergone traditional open-heart surgery and return to work and normal activity 50% more quickly.