Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB) is a beating-heart surgery that allows the surgeon to sew the bypass grafts into place without stopping the heart. OPCAB involves the injection of micro doses of local anesthetics only to the chest region while the rest of the system is fully awake. This enables a painless bypass surgery and makes the surgery safe for patients who are at a high risk for general anesthesia.
Condition Details:
Congestive heart failure (CHF), congestive cardiac failure (CCF) or just
heart failure, is a condition that can result from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that impairs the ability of the heart to fill with or pump a sufficient amount of blood through the body. Heart failure describes when the heart is having difficulty completing its work. The term is not the same as heart attack or cardiac arrest, when the heart may stop; heart failure involves a gradual failing of the heart. Symptoms of Heart failure:
- Breathless with exertion
- Breathlessness
- Fatigue
- Tiredness
- Weakness etc
