She is a master of heart attacker implantation. She was the first to carry out wireless pacemaker implantation in Zhejiang Province. The maximum age of the patient is 99 years old. In April 2022, she led her team to successfully implant the first CCM (cardiac contractile regulator) in Zhejiang Province, marking the new stage of heart failure treatment in Zhejiang Province.
She is the "heart-saving" expert in the minds of patients and a great doctor with kind heart and kindness. "As a doctor, you should not only see the disease, but also see the patient, but also regard the patient as a relative." This is a sentence that Professor Xiang Meixiang, deputy dean of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, often said by Professor Xiang Meixiang, deputy director of the Heart Center. For more than 30 years, she has been with her "heart" and caring for her sincerely, reflecting her great love and responsibility at all times.
Become medicine. Love can last for a long time
If someone is born a doctor, Xiang Meixiang must be one of them. In high school, she set the goal of studying medicine and filled her medical major with the college entrance examination volunteer form . In 1988, she stayed at school as an outstanding student cadre. This not only affirmed her academic performance, but also made her career have a connection with an excellent department.
"The Department of Cardiovascular Internal Medicine of Zhejiang University Second Hospital is a team with profound background, talented talents and outstanding professionalism," Xiang Meixiang introduced that as early as 1983, the first batch of cardiovascular clinical pharmacology bases of the former Ministry of Health were established. In 1989, the Department of Cardiovascular Internal Medicine was officially established. This is also the first specialized discipline in Zhejiang Province that independently engages in cardiovascular disease prevention, treatment, teaching and scientific research.
Since she became a resident, Xiang Meixiang has enjoyed her time in the hospital and wards. Although there were not many types of drugs at that time and the treatment methods were relatively single, the doctor-patient relationship was very harmonious. Some patients followed her since she was a resident, watched her grow up and become an expert, and she also established a good trust relationship with patients and their families. As the pace of work becomes faster and faster, the burden on his shoulders becomes heavier and the opportunities for in-depth communication are less and less. However, no matter how busy she is, Xiang Meixiang will try to use the precious outpatient time every week to communicate with patients, ranging from a few minutes to a half hour, so that patients can fully understand disease knowledge and treatment measures and solve patients' "heart disease".
When she encounters a patient with a physical examination or premature beat during puberty, she gives the patient more professional "talk therapy" to relieve the patient's doubts. On the contrary, for patients whose disease has serious consequences but do not pay enough attention, she will become very "strong". She said that no matter what the situation is, I must be responsible for the patient and minimize the patient's risk.
html More than 130 years ago, when she first worked, rheumatic heart disease was very common. With the improvement of economic conditions, rheumatic heart disease has been well controlled, but the incidence and mortality rate of cardiovascular diseases mainly coronary heart disease remained high. According to the "China Cardiovascular Health and Disease Report 2020", there are as many as 330 million patients with cardiovascular disease nationwide, and the prevalence and mortality rate are still in an upward stage and are showing a younger age.
As a traditional advantageous discipline, in addition to traditional advantageous interventional diagnosis and treatment technology, under the leadership of Professor Wang Jianan, Secretary of the Party Committee, in the past 10 years, the Department of Cardiovascular Internal Medicine has taken the lead in China in carrying out leading technologies such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), transcatheter mitral valve repair, left atrial appendage occlusion, etc., and has achieved remarkable results in scientific research, cultivating new people and discipline development. In the "2020 China Hospital Ranking" released by the Institute of Hospital Management of Fudan University, Zhejiang University Second Hospital ranked 4th in the national comprehensive specialist rankings, moving forward proudly as the National Cardiovascular Regional Medical Center.
Care for patients and treat them as their own family
Meixiang treats patients with care and protects their heart health. She was the "Top Ten Outstanding Doctors in Zhejiang Province" in 2013. In 2021, she was awarded the title of "Good Doctor with Warmth" in Zhejiang Province, which was nominated by patients and voted by the public. Such an honor is the best proof of Xiang Meixiang's superb medical skills and noble medical ethics.
She often tells students that you should be warm in your doctor, which is the "benevolence" of a doctor. She said that being a good doctor is both indispensable to being a skilled and kind heart. "Caring for patients and truly thinking about patients is actually very simple: treat the patient as your own family."
Medicine is developing rapidly, but there are still many limitations and uncertainties. Xiang Meixiang often tells students: "We cannot cure every patient, but we must treat every patient well." She once admitted a patient with terminal heart failure. Because it is already in the late stage of the disease, the treatment effect is limited, but the family does not understand and has a lot of complaints. Despite this, she still tried her best to treat her. She would call the medical staff on duty every night before going to bed to understand the patient's condition. The patient's family was very moved when they learned about it and slowly accepted the cruel reality.
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She often treats critically ill patients, and patients often come here to treat the patient. In order to treat the patient, she tried all her strength and saw that the patient was in danger, which was incomparable to the joy. She said: "The trust of patients is the greatest encouragement, and the recognition of patients and their families is the best reward."
Teaching all the teachings. Taoli Chunhui is everywhere
No matter how busy it is, Xiang Meixiang insists on personally modifying students' papers, from structural frameworks to punctuation marks, and full of annotations. The students are both "fearing" and loving: "Sometimes they are very afraid that Teacher Xiang will revise the paper because she is very careful and can always find various problems; but they always want to ask Teacher Xiang to revise it because she can always put forward constructive opinions to make us the most perfect." She inherited the rigorous and realistic style of her mentor Professor Lu Junsheng and the seniors in the department. On several occasions, in order to revise the paper for students, she did not return home from 6:00 pm to more than 1:00 AM. Her rigor subtly influences every student.
In addition to busy management and clinical work, Xiang Meixiang will always take time to discuss scientific research progress with students, discover problems in a timely manner, and solve problems. "Whenever we encounter a bottleneck in scientific research, Teacher Xiang can always point out the problem to the point and give constructive opinions." In June 2018, the "Xiang Meixiang Cardiovascular Team" won the title of Zhejiang University 's 8th "Five Good" Teaching Team; in 2020, he won the title of Advanced Model for Teaching and Educating at Zhejiang University and Zhejiang Province.
Excellent talents achieve outstanding quality. Talent training is the top priority of discipline development. She always "teaches" young doctors. "Some people say that the master is starving to death by teaching apprentices to death. I don't think so. I hate that. I hope they can truly understand, think, explore, and innovate, and be better than others." She is strict and meticulous, hoping to build this place into a "Whampoa Military Academy" that cultivates outstanding medical talents. “Medical science is a subject in health and life-reliance, and there is no sloppy at all.” In addition to imparting knowledge and skills, she pays great attention to the cultivation of professional ethics: “Although everyone has different abilities and different experiences, ability is only one aspect. The most important thing is to treat patients as relatives. With such a concept, you will definitely work hard to learn and find ways to help patients. "
When she met a young doctor who was worried that she was not capable enough and was timid in doing things, she encouraged them to seek the strength of the team: "You don't know, it doesn't mean that your teacher doesn't know or other people in the department don't know. A person’s ability is important, but the team’s strength is even stronger. "
Now the cardiovascular discipline of Zhejiang University Second Hospital has entered a new stage of development. For many years, Xiang Meixiang has been deeply involved in basic research and clinical translational research on heart failure. She said that her biggest dream is to "make a Chinese voice in the field of heart failure. ”
