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Wonder if any one has read this? Quite a radical and daring approach to saving lives, would be too radical in the US maybe -- perhaps we should discuss whether experimenting in this sort of a situation is a good or bad thing -- or whether it is even possible given the litigatious environment we have

http://www.time.com/time/reports/heroes/toobig.html
 
wow

wow

this sounds so amazing!! John has PH, and so far meds have stabilzed him, if he worsens I will look into this..Thanks
 
I wonder if Debora from Brazil knows much about this guy, he's from her town...
 
I bet

I bet

she does,she keeps close check, Cleveland is involved ..that caught my attention. If my husband were to worsen , I would try this, it truly does make sense..my nephew had an infection in his lungs once , so bad that they cut out the infection, from his lungs, Id never heard of it before either, but he is fine now...this dr sounds like one I would love, lives are most valued.... some here could learn from him :eek: once again thanks ,great article! Love the pup
 
Skeptic here. But now that it's hit the news, it will be watched by everyone who has a heart interest, including me. This is the way we get new procedures. Sounds exciting, doesn't it. Could be a wave for the future.

We take so much for granted here in the U.S. and hear so little of other countries who have to develop a simpler (?) procedure just to get by.
 
Old news...

Well, to some perhaps. =)

Bautista and some folks from Cleveland Clinic and I believe Johns Hopkins have been engaged in a limited study for a few years...

The premise is an interesting one, PH makes the heart too large, the larger heart has to work a lot more to pump the blood around, cut out a section of the heart (the ventricle) and make the heart smaller. It pumps more efficiently and the symptoms of PH are reduced.

It seems to work most of the time, but they're trying to better isolate who would be the best candidates for the procedure as there have been a number of failed attempts...

Banding runs along the same principles, using a restrictive "band" around the ventricles to make the heart smaller, help it pump more effectively.
 
There's no date on the article, but he's been doing this for some years, and was unable to get a rise out of any US doctors for a long time.

I forget where I first saw an article about him, but I think it was posted on the site once.

It was a shocking thing for him to try in the first place, but it makes sense in the areas he was practicing in.

Best wishes,
 
My former student I posted about some two or three years ago had more problems this winter and the U of Michigan did this procedure on him. He survived and is home now. Still way too heavy to get really well. He is on the heart transplant list, but they won't do the surgery unless he loses lots of weight. They almost lost him a couple of times this winter. The cutting process was just an effort to buy him some time. He is pushing 400#.
 
That was very interesting, he may be onto something. Only people who have, or had chf, understands what he is doing. It makes sense because you are so tired and weak from chf, you really want something done. I wish him all the luck in the world. There were lots of deaths before bypass was perfected. So, luck to him.
 
Jean, thanks for talking about your former student. I have often wondered about him. I asked once, but you missed the post. I remember his sad situation and hoped that he would come out better than it looks like he did.
 
Wow! that sounds really interesting...

Wow! that sounds really interesting...

...but very scary!

Another thing I found interesting is that this was Dr. Batista, and the cardiologist that I'm currently seeing is Dr. Battista. One more T in his name, but I thought that was pretty strange :eek:
 
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