answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

Heart Transplant

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What type of procedure is used as a last resort for repairing a damaged heart?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Definition for a heart valve replacement?

Heart valve replacement is a surgical procedure during which surgeons remove a damaged valve from the heart and substitute a healthy one.


How Can stem cells repair a damaged heart?

Stem cells can repair a damaged heart by turning into new cardiac cells to replace the damaged tissue.


What is the abbreviation for the procedure used to evaluate the heart and lungs?

abbreviation for the procedure to evaluate the heart and lungs


How does having a heart attack effect the heart?

"no! the liver!" heart tissue is damaged.


Why do you have bone over the heart?

To protect your heart like if someone punches you, your heart will not be damaged


What procedure can medical doctor to correct an injured organs?

In general humans (and all other animals) are self repairing, thus doctors can seldom "correct" an injured organ. A surgeon might remove a severely damaged section and allow the rest to heal. An internist might use antibiotics to help the body fight infection, or drugs to try to regulate functions which are not operating properly (such as blood pressure control, heart rate, cholesterol, etc)


Nature of work an cardiovasculsr surgeon?

These surgeons are experts of the heart and important arteries. They tend to repair damaged heart valves and damaged coronary vessels.


What is the surgical procedure where a person gets a new heart?

A heart transplant.


How does the body work if the heart is damaged?

If the heart is damaged to the point where it no longer functions, the body dies. If the heart is still functioning then the body is weakened - for instance if you have suffered a heart attack you may not be able to breath or be able to pump oxygen to the muscles.


Why don't heart cells reproduce?

So that you don't get overgrowth of the heart and so it can't get cancer because of this. Usually in a heart attack it damages the heart leaving it weak because it can not repair itself, once the cell is damaged it stays damaged.


What is it call when part of the heart dies and is damaged?

infarction


Is there a cure for a person whose heart is completely damaged?

no