www'soulcare'orgSid Galloway

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Michael Galloways 7th Heart Surgery (March
2005)

• Thanks to all of you who prayed for Michael and
  his medical team!
• It went very well, and he is doing great.

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Normal Heart
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Tetralogy Heart Defects
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Tetralogy Heart Defects
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At birth, Michaels Pulmonary Artery was not just
narrow, it was gone. It never developed.So in
his first surgery, the doctors had to connect
other arteries to the lungs, then in a later
surgery they implanted a donors pulmonary
artery.Later they had to insert metal stents to
open up the vessels as he grew.Then in this
surgery, they expanded the old stents to reduce
the high back pressures in the heart.
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Stents
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Cath-Lab
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Stent With Balloon Not Inflated
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Stents
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Stent with Balloon Inflated
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How Did They Do It?
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Before After Michaels 7th Surgery
Before
After
See the next slides for larger view
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Mikes Before Picture
Left pulmonary artery to the lung. This stent
is not as small, but had to be enlarged.
Right pulmonary artery to the lung. The stent is
dangerously too small and had to be enlarged soon.
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Mikes After Picture
Left pulmonary artery to the lung. This stent
is also now much larger.
Right pulmonary artery to the lung. The stent is
now much larger, allowing better blood flow
lower pressures in heart.
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For more on Tetralogy see

• The new movie, Something The Lord Made
• Web Links
• History of the First Surgical Correction
• http//www.medicalarchives.jhmi.edu/page1.htm
• Definition, Prognosis, Treatment
• http//www.medical-library.org/journals2a/tetralog
  y_fallot.htm