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Rhythm surgery and other operations on heart and pericardium: Reconstruction of pericardium and heart: Plastic reconstruction of pericardium with implant

You have had an operation on your pericardium.

The heart is composed of a thick muscle layer and a thin membrane in the heart interior. An external sac, the pericardium, surrounds the heart. This sac consists of a tight membrane. There is some fluid in the pericardium (heart sac). So the heart is able to move inside this lining.

The treatment aims to seal up your pericardium properly once more and make it nice and flexible. To do this, you had some synthetic material stitched into your pericardium.

The operation involved opening up your chest. A heart-lung machine may be used during this type of surgery. During surgery the task of a heart-lung machine is to replace the heart and lung functions. Amongst other things, the heart-lung machine enriches the blood with oxygen and pumps it around the body.

Additional indicator

If necessary, additional letters are appended to OPS codes to indicate which side of the body is affected.

  • L: Left
  • R: Right
  • B: Both sides

Further information

Note

Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the OPS code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.

Source

Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).