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Sarah's head is at the bottom of this picture, her heart is to the left, the aorta is in the centre of the picture. Where it attaches to the heart (and the sinuses) are beneath the heart and out of sight, as is the arch. Presumably we're looking at the an
Date/Time: Thu Jan 3 10:55:19 2008
Sarah's head is at the bottom of this picture, her heart is to the left, the aorta is in the centre of the picture. Where it attaches to the heart (and the sinuses) are beneath the heart and out of sight, as is the arch. Presumably we're looking at the aneurysm here.
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The bad tissue has been removed. You can see the clamped aorta at the bottom of the surgical site. The small hose is bypassing a coronary artery I think
Date/Time: Thu Jan 3 12:29:24 2008
The bad tissue has been removed. You can see the clamped aorta at the bottom of the surgical site. The small hose is bypassing a coronary artery I think
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Similar to previous. They're attaching the first bit of Dacron, this bit directly to the heart
Date/Time: Thu Jan 3 12:30:30 2008
Similar to previous. They're attaching the first bit of Dacron, this bit directly to the heart
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Here you can see directly into the Dacron where they're attaching the valve. They've started suturing at the bottom, but the other two thirds aren't attached yet
Date/Time: Thu Jan 3 12:59:19 2008
Here you can see directly into the Dacron where they're attaching the valve. They've started suturing at the bottom, but the other two thirds aren't attached yet
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Here you can see the valve fully attached
Date/Time: Thu Jan 3 13:32:59 2008
Here you can see the valve fully attached
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Here's the finished job. They've attached a smaller diameter Dacron tube to the first part, and then grafted that onto the rest of the aorta
Date/Time: Thu Jan 3 16:10:23 2008
Here's the finished job. They've attached a smaller diameter Dacron tube to the first part, and then grafted that onto the rest of the aorta
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Sarah in the PM on the day after surgery, before they removed the dressing on her incision.
Date/Time: Fri Jan 4 19:59:07 2008
Sarah in the PM on the day after surgery, before they removed the dressing on her incision.
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Sarah in the AM on the 5th (second day after surgery), after they removed the incision dressing. You can see the bruising starting to come in. That's about as bad as it got though, it went away pretty fast.
Date/Time: Sat Jan 5 09:28:19 2008
Sarah in the AM on the 5th (second day after surgery), after they removed the incision dressing. You can see the bruising starting to come in. That's about as bad as it got though, it went away pretty fast.
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Dr D. Craig Miller (Sarah's surgeon) showing her how to do her lung exercises
Date/Time: Sat Jan 5 13:34:37 2008
Dr D. Craig Miller (Sarah's surgeon) showing her how to do her lung exercises
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X-ray showing the sternum wired together. There's arrows on the top left of the x-ray, apparently pointing to an air pocket in the lungs.
Date/Time: Fri Jan 18 18:52:08 2008
X-ray showing the sternum wired together. . There's arrows on the top left of the x-ray, apparently pointing to an air pocket in the lungs.
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X-ray showing the sternum wired together from the side
Date/Time: Fri Jan 18 18:53:20 2008
X-ray showing the sternum wired together from the side
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A sample of the Dacron tube which is what they replaced the aorta with
Date/Time: Tue Oct 9 11:25:07 2007
A sample of the Dacron tube which is what they replaced the aorta with
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Showing the width of the tube
Date/Time: Tue Oct 9 11:25:15 2007
Showing the width of the tube
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A pic from a CT scan showing my aortic aneurysm (before it got fixed). The ascending and descending aorta should be a similar size - you can see the ascending is larger. The thickest part is where the sinuses of valsalva are, which is about 4.5cm across.
Date/Time: Tue Oct 9 11:31:40 2007
A pic from a CT scan showing my aortic aneurysm (before it got fixed). The ascending and descending aorta should be a similar size - you can see the ascending is larger. The thickest part is where the sinuses of valsalva are, which is about 4.5cm across.
