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Rhythm surgery and other operations on heart and pericardium: Other operations on heart and pericardium: Preconditioned and electrostimulated cardiomyoplasty: Inspection with new insertion of electrodes

Your heart has been surgically wrapped with a piece of muscle. You have also had a pacemaker for the piece of muscle inspected and partially replaced.

The heart pumps blood through the body. In the process, the blood flows through blood vessels. The blood supplies all areas of the body with oxygen and nutrients.

When someone has heart failure, the heart can be wrapped in a piece of back muscle. The further the weakened heart muscle expands, the harder it is for the heart to pump blood around the body. The aim of the wrapping is to prevent the weakened heart muscle from expanding. The pacemaker is an electrical device. This device stimulates the piece of muscle to contract regularly. This provides extra help to the heart when it is pumping.

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).