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Outflow tract reconstruction
Outflow tract reconstruction is a family of cardiac surgeries that rebuild the pathways carrying blood out of the heart's ventricles, most often in congenital defects like tetralogy of Fallot.
Ozaki procedure
The Ozaki procedure, also called aortic valve neocuspidization (AvNeo), is a cardiac operation that rebuilds the aortic valve from the patient's own pericardium, developed by Shigeyuki Ozaki in 2007.
Pacemaker implantation
Pacemaker implantation, also called permanent pacemaker implantation, is a surgical procedure placing a pulse generator and leads under the skin to treat slow heart rhythms, with nearly one million implants yearly.
Percutaneous mitral valve repair
Percutaneous mitral valve repair, in practice transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER), is a catheter-based procedure that clips the mitral leaflets together to reduce leaking without open-heart surgery.
Pericardial window
A pericardial window is a surgical operation removing a small portion of the pericardium, the sac around the heart, so excess fluid drains continuously into the pleural cavity.
Pericardiectomy
Pericardiectomy is a cardiac operation that removes part or all of the pericardium, the sac around the heart, and is the definitive treatment for constrictive pericarditis.
Pericardiotomy
Pericardiotomy is a surgical incision in the pericardium, the fibrous sac surrounding the heart, to drain accumulated fluid, relieve cardiac tamponade, or give direct access to the heart; a limited-access form is called a pericardial window.
Pleurectomy
Pleurectomy is a surgical operation that removes part of the pleura, the membrane lining the chest wall and covering the lung, used for pneumothorax, empyema, and mesothelioma.
Pneumonectomy
Pneumonectomy is the surgical removal of an entire lung, performed mainly for advanced lung cancer and mesothelioma; the first successful one was reported by Evarts Graham in 1933.
Power short duration ablation
Power short duration ablation, also called HPSD ablation, is a catheter technique using higher power for shorter applications to isolate pulmonary veins in atrial fibrillation.
Pulmonary embolectomy
Pulmonary embolectomy is a surgical or catheter-based procedure that removes thrombus from the pulmonary arteries in life-threatening pulmonary embolism, used when thrombolysis is contraindicated or has failed.
Pulmonary metastasectomy
Pulmonary metastasectomy is the surgical removal of lung tumors that have spread from a cancer elsewhere in the body, performed in a small share of eligible patients.
Pulmonary resection
Pulmonary resection is the surgical removal of part or all of a lung, ranging from wedge resection and segmentectomy to lobectomy and pneumonectomy, mainly for lung cancer.
Pulmonary Surgical Procedures
Pulmonary surgical procedures are operations on the lung to remove diseased tissue or treat cancer, ranging from wedge resection, segmentectomy, and lobectomy to pneumonectomy, performed through open thoracotomy, VATS, or robotic surgery.
Pulmonary valve implantation
Pulmonary valve implantation is a catheter-based procedure placing a replacement valve in the pulmonary position, treating congenital heart disease; the first human implant was in 2000.
Pulmonary valve replacement
Pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) is a surgical or catheter-based procedure replacing a diseased pulmonary valve, most often in congenital heart disease involving the right ventricular outflow tract.
Pulsed field ablation
Pulsed field ablation is a nonthermal catheter technique that destroys heart tissue with short, high-voltage electric fields, used mainly to isolate pulmonary veins in atrial fibrillation while sparing nearby structures.
PVC ablation
PVC ablation is a catheter-based cardiology procedure that maps and destroys the myocardial site generating premature ventricular contractions, with about 84% acute success and 3% complications.
Resuscitative thoracotomy
Resuscitative thoracotomy is an emergency surgical procedure that opens the chest in traumatic cardiac arrest or profound shock, relieving tamponade, repairing cardiac wounds, clamping the aorta, and salvaging mainly penetrating trauma.
Retrograde perfusion
Retrograde perfusion is a cardiac surgery technique that delivers cardioplegia backward through the coronary sinus to arrest and protect the heart during valve and bypass operations.
Rib fixation
Rib fixation, formally surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF), is an operation that uses plates, screws, or intramedullary splints to hold broken ribs in place after severe blunt chest trauma.
Rib resection
Rib resection is the surgical removal of a rib to relieve thoracic outlet syndrome, most often via the transaxillary first rib resection known as the Roos procedure.
Right Heart Bypass
Right heart bypass: surgical principle routing systemic venous blood directly to the pulmonary arteries without a right ventricle, underlying the Glenn shunt (1958) and Fontan procedure (1971) for single-ventricle congenital heart disease.
Right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction
Right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction is congenital heart surgery that rebuilds the passage from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery, central to repairing tetralogy of Fallot.
Ring annuloplasty
Ring annuloplasty is a valve repair operation in which a prosthetic ring is sutured around the mitral or tricuspid valve annulus to restore its normal size and shape.
Robotic thymectomy
Robotic thymectomy is a minimally invasive operation in which a surgeon uses a robot-assisted system, typically the da Vinci platform, to remove the thymus through small chest incisions.
Robotic-assisted thoracic surgery
Robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) is a minimally invasive technique where a surgeon at a console drives wristed robotic instruments inside the chest, most often for lung resection.
Rotational atherectomy
Rotational atherectomy is a percutaneous coronary intervention technique that uses a high-speed diamond-coated burr to grind away severely calcified plaque so stents can be placed.
Segmentectomy
Segmentectomy, first described in 1939, is an anatomical lung resection removing one or more bronchopulmonary segments to treat small tumors while preserving healthy tissue, an alternative to lobectomy.
Septal ablation
Septal ablation, or alcohol septal ablation, is a catheter-based procedure that injects alcohol into a heart artery to relieve obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, first performed in 1994.