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Father: Rabea H. Abo Senda, age 27, will accompany
Surgery date: Monday, Dec. 19 morning
Diagnosis: Sub-aortic valve stenosis
Condition: Reduced blood flow from the left ventricle to the large aortic artery, eventually reducing the amount of blood flow to the body. Left side of the heart thickens and functions poorly. Can result in sudden death.
Cause: Narrowing or obstruction of the area below the aortic valve.
Surgery: Remove the area below the valve and replace valve, if necessary.
Father: Mohammed Sh. Hawar, will accompany
Surgery date: Tuesday, Dec. 20 morning
Diagnosis: Tetralogy of Fallot
Condition: Decrease in blood flow to the lungs and mixing of the red (oxygen-rich) and blue (oxygen-poor) blood from each side of the heart, leading to "blue babies."
Cause: Four abnormalities—a hole between the right and left ventricles (ventricular septal defect), a narrowing of the valve leading to the pulmonary arteries (pulmonary stenosis), a thickening of the right ventricle (hypertrophy of the right ventricle) and the aorta “overrides” the ventricular septal defect.
Surgery: Close the hole between the left and right ventricles, widen the pulmonary valve, and open the area that blood flows through as it leaves the lower right side of the heart so it flows into the lungs unobstructed.
Father: Salih A. Sabre, age 37, will accompany
Surgery date: Wednesday, Dec. 21 afternoon
Diagnosis: Atrioventricular canal
Condition: Too much blood circulates through the lungs.
Cause: Hole in the wall dividing the heart’s upper chambers (atrial septal defect), a hole in the wall separating the heart’s lower chambers (ventricular septal defect) and an abnormality in the mitral valve.
Surgery: Close the atrial and ventricular holes and repair the mitral valve to restore normal circulation of the blood.
Father: Khalid A. Jarallah, age 48, will accompany
Surgery date: Tuesday, Dec. 20 afternoon
Diagnosis: Ventricular septal defect
Condition: Oxygen-rich blood from the left ventricle mixes with oxygen-poor blood in the right ventricle and the combined blood is pumped back to the lungs, even though it already has been refreshed with oxygen. As a consequence, the heart pumps more, which can cause an enlarged weakened heart, as well as permanent lung damage.
Cause: A large hole in the wall between the left and right ventricles of the heart.
Surgery: Close hole with patch sewn into the wall separating the heart's lower chambers.
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We treat the most fragile patients in Montefiore’s medical, surgical, neurological and cardiothoracic intensive care units, but critical care at Montefiore also extends beyond those areas. Our unique "ICU Without Walls" service is a rapid response team of intensivists and respiratory therapists who are on call 24/7 to evaluate and treat patients in need of critical care in other areas of the hospital.
