Cardiac surgeons spent five hours saving Bashkiria resident with severe and rare heart pathology

The complex operation was performed by doctors of the Republican Cardiology Center in Ufa. A team of doctors led by Vladimir Surkov eliminated the rupture of a giant aneurysm of the Valsalva sinus. According to experts, this is a rare and severe pathology of the heart, which often leads to fatal complications.

The operation lasted five hours. The uniqueness was in the combination of congenital malformations and aneurysms. Timely diagnosis, surgical treatment and gifted hands of doctors have become the key to a favorable outcome. Now the patient's life is not in danger. He feels well and has already been discharged from the center.

The cardiology center has extensive experience in cardiac surgery, including aortic aneurysms. But in this case, the aneurysm was gigantic. Doctors noted that they had never operated on such a giant aneurysm before.