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Dr. Ramon Anastacio, MD

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Ramon Anastacio, MD, is an Adult Cardiologist at Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute-Lincolnton

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  • Carolinas HealthCare System, Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute

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  • Ramon Anastacio, MD
    Ramon Anastacio, MD of Carolinas HealthCare System answered:
    What is the Ross procedure for heart valve replacement?
    The Ross procedure is a type of heart valve replacement to replace an aortic valve that is severely narrowed (stenosis) and/or improperly closing, allowing blood to leak back in the wrong direction (regurgitation) with the patient's own pulmonic valve with a subsequent artificial valve placed...  Full Post
  • Ramon Anastacio, MD
    Ramon Anastacio, MD of Carolinas HealthCare System answered:
    What is the Batista surgical procedure for heart failure?
    The Batista procedure is an investigational surgical procedure being used as a treatment for heart failure. Surgeons remove a triangular, golf ball-sized piece of weakened heart tissue from the left ventricle (main pumping chamber). This restores the ventricle to a more normal shape so it...  Full Post
  • Ramon Anastacio, MD
    Ramon Anastacio, MD of Carolinas HealthCare System answered:
    What is an off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery?
    Off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) is a beating heart surgery that allows the surgeon to sew the bypass grafts into place without stopping the heart. The chest is opened as in conventional open-heart surgery.  Full Post
  • Ramon Anastacio, MD
    Ramon Anastacio, MD of Carolinas HealthCare System answered:
    What is cardiomyoplasty?
    Cardiomyoplasty is an investigational surgical treatment for heart failure that involves taking muscles from the person's back or abdomen and wrapping them around the heart. Its goal is to increase the heart's pumping power.  Full Post
  • Ramon Anastacio, MD
    Ramon Anastacio, MD of Carolinas HealthCare System answered:
    What is open-heart surgery?
    Open-heart surgery is an operation in which the heart-lung machine is used to support the patient's circulation while the surgeon opens and makes changes to the heart or the arteries on the surface of the heart. This surgery is one of the most commonly performed operations in the United States,...  Full Post