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A Hearty Life

September 21st, 2008

Open heart surgery take two- you be the surgeon

I have received many emails asking about the open heart simulation that I posted about previous so here you go again… It is really cool- give it a go!
Oh my goodness. I found the coolest simulated open heart surgery “game”. It is very elementary on an anatomical level and has 3 different levels you can […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

September 14th, 2008

Scars from heart disease- Love them or hate them?

I was watching How to Look Good Naked- that Carsin Palmer show on Lifetime… Have you seen it? They take women that have low self esteem and have inner issues with themselves and work with them to believe in themselves and look good naked. I love it- it makes me look at myself different as […]

By Gayla McCord -- 0 comments

August 23rd, 2008

Heart valve received through groin- wow!

A 92 year old Australian women is the first to undergo a ground breaking procedure. In the radical procedure, a new aortic valve is attached to a long rod and fed through a small incision in the groin up to the the heart, where it defrosts and expands. Wow!
This will take the place of open […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment

October 21st, 2007

Try Simulated Open Heart Surgery… It’s fun!

Oh my goodness. I found the coolest simulated open heart surgery “game”. It is very elementary on an anatomical level and has 3 different levels you can choose from. At the surgeon level, that would be mid-grade, I was successful. At the specialist level… not so much! In fact they advised me to […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 3 comments

May 30th, 2006

Open Heart Surgery Not Needed For New Cardiovascular Pump

Open heart surgery is one of the most invasive surgeries performed. So it is no small feat feat to develop a heart pump that can be placed in the heart via an artery in the groin. Doctors at the Institute of Bioengineering at Brunei University and Royal Brompton Hospital are hoping to make their […]

By Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD -- 1 comment