Dr. Michael Chu, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, London, ON

Dr. Michael Chu

Cardiothoracic Surgeon

London, ON

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Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery, Complex Aortic Reconstructive Surgery, Transcatheter Valve Interventions Post Graduate Training: Aug - Dec 2007 Transcatheter Valve Fellowship, Herzzentrum, Universitat Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany July 2006-June 2007 Clinical Instructor/Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgery Fellowship, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC May 2006 Successfully completed RCPSC Cardiac Surgery Examinations July 2000-June 2006 Cardiac Surgery Residency, Western University, London ON July 2003-June 2004 Master of Education, Higher Education, Specialization in Health Professional Education Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto, Toronto ON, Canada
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University of Saskatchewan

Medcial School

1996 - 2000

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Heart valves are a very important part of your heart’s anatomy, and allow the heart to do the job that it was meant to do. The heart actually comes in two parts: a left heart and a right heart. The right heart’s job is to pump the blood from the body up into the lungs. The left heart will then take the blood from the lungs and pump it out to the body.

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How the Heart Valve Can Malfunction

For the heart to do its job, it needs check valves when it squeezes to cause the blood to flow in the correct direction. Each chamber has an inlet valve and an outlet valve. Heart valves can malfunction in two ways. They can be stuck in a more closed position, so the flow through the valve will be restricted. It can also be stuck in a more open way, in which case the blood can leak back through the valve. If these issues should occur, it can result in blood not flowing the way that it should, and can result in issues for the patient. If someone has problems with their heart valve, they typically will develop symptoms at some point. These symptoms can include shortness of breath, tightness of pain in the chest, dizziness, or irregular or rapid heart rate.

The Heart Valve Replacement Procedure

Heart valve replacement is a common procedure performed to replace a valve in the heart that is affected by heart valve disease. The heart valves control the flow of blood by helping it move in one direction through your heart and body. If a valve isn’t working properly, this blood flow and the blood vessels that carry oxygen throughout the body are affected.

Most commonly, heart valve replacement is a major open-heart surgery with a recovery of several weeks. During this procedure, the doctor makes an incision in the chest, and circulates blood outside of the body using a machine to add oxygen to it. The newer procedure, which is a percutaneous valve procedure (otherwise known as a TAVI), is less invasive, but isn’t performed at as many hospitals. The most common tissues used for heart valve replacement are cow tissue, made of the heart sac of the cow, or pig valve, and sometimes a combination of both. Other options are a cadaver valve, or transferring your own valve from another part of your heart.

Following your heart valve replacement, you’ll recover in the hospital. You’ll generally need to focus on a long recovery over several weeks or months.

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Heart valves can malfunction in two ways. They can be stuck in a more closed position, so the flow through the valve will be restricted. It can also be stuck in a more open way, in which case the blood can leak back through the valve.
The heart valves control the flow of blood by helping it move in one direction through your heart and body. If a valve isn’t working properly, this blood flow and the blood vessels that carry oxygen throughout the body are affected
Most commonly, heart valve replacement is a major open-heart surgery with a recovery of several weeks. During this procedure, the doctor makes an incision in the chest, and circulates blood outside of the body using a machine to add oxygen to it.
The newer procedure, which is a percutaneous valve procedure (otherwise known as a TAVI), is less invasive, but isn’t performed at as many hospitals.
The most common tissues used for heart valve replacement are cow tissue, made of the heart sac of the cow, or pig valve, and sometimes a combination of both. Other options are a cadaver valve, or transferring your own valve from another part of your heart.

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Adhering to your medications, prescribed exercises or lifestyle changes (such as dietary changes, smoking cessation, reduced alcohol consumption, etc.) is essential to improving health outcomes successfully. Compliance to any prescribed treatment is the number one thing you can do to ensure positive changes and optimal treatment outcomes.

AATS is the world's leader in the development of cardiothoracic surgical skills that drive innovative advancements in patient care.

A cardiothoracic surgeon specializes in the surgical treatment of diseases that affect the organs inside the chest, most often heart and lung conditions. The major subspecialties of cardiothoracic surgery are cardiac, thoracic and congenital. Common procedures a cardiothoracic surgeon may perform are valve replacement, coronary artery graft, heart transplant and lobectomy (removal of a lobe of the lung).

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Dr. Michael Chu, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, London, ON

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