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Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
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The goals of treatment include controlling the symptoms, reducing the heart's workload, and improving your heart's ability to function. Any underlying disorders and causes should be treated, if possible.The most common therapy for right-sided hear...
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Detailed information on heart transplant, including why a heart transplant is recommended, what is involved in heart transplant surgery, and long-term outlook for a child after a heart transplant
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Heart transplantation, also called cardiac transplantation, is the replacement of a patient''s diseased or injured heart with a healthy donor heart.Heart transplantation is performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or some other life-threa...
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Heart transplantation is a surgical procedure to remove a damaged or diseased heart and replace it with a healthy donor heart.Heart transplant is one of the most common transplant operations performed in the United States. A healthy heart is obtai...
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Heart transplantation, also called cardiac transplantation, is the replacement of a patient''s diseased or injured heart with a healthy donor heart.Heart transplantation is performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or some other life-threa...
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If you have coronary artery disease, bypass surgery can help. It creates a new pathway around the blocked part of your artery. This allows blood to flow again.
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Coronary artery bypass graft surgery is a surgical procedure in which one or more blocked coronary arteries are bypassed by a blood vessel graft to restore normal blood flow to the heart. These grafts usually come from the patient''s own arteries a...
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Heart bypass surgery creates a new route, called a bypass, for blood and oxygen to reach your heart. It is done to fix problems caused by coronary artery disease(CAD), in which the arteries that lead to your heart are partly or totally blocked.Off...
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Coronary artery bypass surgery creates a path for blood to flow around a blockage and helps prevent a heart attack.
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Coronary artery bypass graft surgery is a surgical procedure in which one or more blocked coronary arteries are bypassed by a blood vessel graft to restore normal blood flow to the heart. These grafts usually come from the patient''s own arteries a...
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New research shows the mental fogginess that can follow coronary artery bypass surgery may only last for a short period of time.
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Before my bypass operation, I loved spinning. After cardiac rehabilitation, I now spin two to three times a week, and my doctor tells me to keep it up. I worry worry that the grafted blood vessels will "let go" during exercise. Am I worrying needlessly?
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Coronary bypass patients frequently experience some cognitive impairment after surgery. Some studies suggest that doing the surgery without using the heart-lung machine may help prevent clots from affecting the brain, but the results are inconclusive.
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Comparing the advantages and disadvantages of two types of coronary artery bypass surgery.
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Ventricular assist devices(VAD) help your heart pump blood from the main pumping chamber of your heart(the left ventricle) to the rest of your body. These pumps may be implanted in your body or connected to a pump outside your body.VAD; RVAD; LVAD...
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A ventricular assist device(VAD) is a battery-operated mechanical system consisting of a blood pump and a control unit used for temporary support of blood circulation. The VAD decreases the workload of the heart while maintaining adequate blood fl...
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A ventricular assist device(VAD) is a mechanical pump used for temporary blood circulation support. It decreases the workload of the heart while maintaining adequate flow and blood pressure.A VAD is a temporary life-sustaining device.
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An ICD is a device that is placed permanently inside your body. An ICD monitors your heart rhythm (the speed and pattern of your heartbeat). If this rhythm becomes too fasst or too slow, the ICD sends out electrical signals that help bring the rhythm back to normal.
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It's great if you can keep your heart healthy—by not smoking, eating a healthy diet, and getting regular physical activity. But what if you end up needing heart surgery? What should you know about the procedure?
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Defects that are not symptomatic at birth may be discovered later in life, and will be treated to relieve symptoms by palliative or complete surgical repair. Surgery is recommended for congenital heart defects that result in a lack of oxygen, a po...
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Almost three years ago I had triple bypass surgery and mitral valve replacement. I did so having only one lung. It feels like the operation somehow harmed my lung, making it harder to breathe. Can heart surgery do this?
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Open heart surgery is any surgery where the chest is opened and surgery is performed on the heart. The term"open" refers to the chest, not the heart itself.
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Heart valve replacement is a surgical procedure during which surgeons remove a damaged valve from the heart and substitute a healthy one.Four valves direct blood to and from the body through the heart: the aortic valve, the pulmonic valve, the tri...
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