{"id":18034,"date":"2023-02-16T20:31:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T20:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/day-herm\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T21:15:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:15:37","slug":"day-herm","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/day-herm\/","title":{"rendered":"Um procedimento que melhora a vida acrescenta anos \u00e0 vida de Day Herman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day Herman soube que tinha um sopro no cora\u00e7\u00e3o durante um exame f\u00edsico de rotina efectuado h\u00e1 cerca de dois anos por <a href=\"http:\/\/Day Herman learned she had a heart murmur during a routine physical exam conducted about two years ago by Dr. David Chesney, her Southcoast Health primary care physician.\">Dr. David Chesney<\/a>, o seu m\u00e9dico de cuidados prim\u00e1rios da Southcoast Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uma visita de acompanhamento com <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/albert-lin-md\/#\/appointment-chooser\/providerId\/2604\/patientTypeId\">Dr. Albert Lin<\/a>Um cardiologista de Southcoast revelou que Day tinha uma v\u00e1lvula card\u00edaca calcificada, que exigia uma monitoriza\u00e7\u00e3o com um ecocardiograma de seis em seis meses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"De cada vez que l\u00e1 ia, a v\u00e1lvula piorava um pouco\", diz ela. \"Depois comecei a ficar com medo.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Os tratamentos com nebulizadores j\u00e1 n\u00e3o aliviavam a falta de ar que ela atribu\u00eda \u00e0 asma e \u00e0 bronquite. O cansa\u00e7o impedia-a de fazer as tarefas dom\u00e9sticas. E mudar os m\u00f3veis de s\u00edtio, algo que ela adora fazer, estava fora de quest\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O Dr. Lin identificou as dificuldades respirat\u00f3rias e a fadiga como sintomas do seu problema de v\u00e1lvula e encaminhou-a para <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/adam-saltzman-md\/\">Dr. Adam Saltzman<\/a>um cardiologista de interven\u00e7\u00e3o no Charlton Memorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O Dr. Saltzman recomendou uma substitui\u00e7\u00e3o da v\u00e1lvula a\u00f3rtica por cateter <a href=\"https:\/\/library.southcoast.org\/Search\/135,79\">(TAVR)<\/a> uma cirurgia minimamente invasiva que utiliza um cateter para implantar uma nova v\u00e1lvula no cora\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Ele disse-me que, sem o TAVR, eu teria dois anos de vida\", diz Day. \"Foi um sinal de alerta\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O TAVR pode ser um procedimento que salva e melhora a vida de doentes card\u00edacos cuja idade ou estado de sa\u00fade os tornaria maus candidatos a uma cirurgia de cora\u00e7\u00e3o aberto. Aos 74 anos, a idade e o estado geral de sa\u00fade de Day qualificaram-na, e ela foi submetida a uma cirurgia em 14 de dezembro de 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O Dr. Saltzman realizou o procedimento em menos de 30 minutos e, apenas um dia ap\u00f3s a cirurgia que salvou a sua vida, ela regressou a casa. Ap\u00f3s duas semanas de repouso e recupera\u00e7\u00e3o, o Dr. Saltzman autorizou-a a retomar a sua atividade normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Em breve, Day estava a mudar novamente a mob\u00edlia, transformando a sala de jantar na sala de estar e a sala de estar na sala de jantar. \"O Dr. Saltzman disse-me que eu tinha o cora\u00e7\u00e3o de uma pessoa de 20 anos\", diz ela. \"Recomendo o TAVR a qualquer pessoa que precise dele.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M\u00e3e de dois filhos e com uma neta de 18 anos, Day atribui \u00e0 Southcoast Health o m\u00e9rito de lhe ter salvo a vida, bem como \u00e0 equipa simp\u00e1tica e atenciosa da <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/locations\/charlton-memorial-hospital\/\">Memorial de Charlton<\/a> com o objetivo de tornar o processo o mais f\u00e1cil poss\u00edvel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Acrescentaram 15 a 20 anos \u00e0 minha vida\", disse ela. \"Espero um dia poder assistir ao casamento da minha neta.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Visitar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/cardio-heart-vascular\/#\/slot-search\/specialtyGroup\/C6F9F0E3-906B-40DB-86AA-8CECC0A43FA3\">Melhor Cardiologista do Sudeste de MA | Southcoast Health<\/a> para mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es sobre o Heart &amp; Vascular no Charlton Memorial Hospital. <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":4482,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-18034","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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