Mitral Valve Stenosis And Mitral Valve Replacement

Posted in Mitral Valve Stenosis And Mitral Valve Replacement Support group on Sat, 19 Feb 2011

Patients undergoing mitral valve replacement are susceptible to the following risks. Bleeding, infection, complex reaction to anesthetic. The risk involved in most cases can be determined by the physi...

Mitral Valve Stenosis And Mitral Valve Replacement

Posted in Mitral Valve Stenosis And Mitral Valve Replacement Support group on Sat, 19 Feb 2011

Alternative treatment is Balloon valvuloplasty.Balloon valvuloplasty is performed using a catheter, i.e. a very thin flexible tube which can be inserted into the body, with a balloon at the end. The b...

Mitral Valve Regurgitation and Mitral Valve Replacement

Posted in Mitral Valve Regurgitation and Mitral Valve Replacement Support group on Fri, 18 Feb 2011

Methods for Mitral Valve Repair:Annuloplasty:In annuloplasty an artificial ring is placed around the annulus of the valve.This ring reinforces the annulus and restores the valve to its normal shape an...

Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Posted in Patent Ductus Arteriosus Support group on Fri, 28 Jan 2011

Without treatments, Disease Patent Ductus Arteriosus[PDA] may progress from left-to-right(acyanotic heart) shunt to right-to-left shunt(cyanotic heart) called Eisenmenger syndrome, which has a grave o...

Cardiac Catheterization / Coronary Angiogram

Posted in Cardiac Catheterization / Coronary Angiogram Support group on Sat, 15 Jan 2011

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