|
 |
Cardiovascular Health > Valve Replacement Surgery
The following information is about Valve Replacement Surgery.
Valve Replacement Surgery Defined
A surgery used to repair or replace a damaged or weakened heart valve, either with a tissue or mechanical replacement. When healthy, the heart's four valves act like one-way doors, controlling and regulating the flow of blood. (See How the Heart Works: Heart Valves.) But heart valves can be damaged or scarred by cardiac injury, birth defects, rheumatic fever or infection. Or they may narrow (stenosis) or leak, causing blood to back up (regurgitation). When this occurs, the valves may no longer open or close properly, forcing the heart to pump harder to get blood to the body. This condition can weaken the heart and cause pain, shortness of breath or dizziness. If medication alone isn't enough to solve the problem, surgery may be needed. (Read more)
This definition is in context to Cardiovascular Health. See more contextual defintions for Valve Replacement Surgery.
Editorial: Heart surgery in dire straits
Published September 4, 2008, 9:42 am, The New Zealand Herald
For many years Auckland's Green Lane Hospital was renowned throughout the country, and in the medical world, as a centre of excellence in cardiac surgery.
Heart op numbers collapse in Auckland
Published September 3, 2008, 9:59 am, The New Zealand Herald
The number of heart operations in Auckland has collapsed by a fifth since the nation's leading cardiac hospital shifted premises.
No Definitive Link Seen Between Vytorin and Cancer
Published September 2, 2008, 11:02 am, HealthDay via Yahoo! News
TUESDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- New research finds no definitive link between Vytorin and cancer risk, but it also suggests that the cholesterol-lowering drug cannot curb cardiovascular disease.
Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair
Published September 2, 2008, 4:11 am, Medical News Today
The scope of percutaneous cardiac therapy has expanded from percutaneous coronary and peripheral intervention to percutaneous valve intervention, first used in the mid eighties. Today mitral regurgitation represents the second most important native valve disease in Europe (30%) as shown by the Euro Heart Survey.
Results from the Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in aortic stenosis study
Published September 2, 2008, 3:25 am, News-Medical-Net
The SEAS (Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis) study has investigated the effects of intensive cholesterol lowering with the combination of simvastatin (40 mg daily) and ezetimibe (10 mg daily) in patients with aortic stenosis.
Who Needs Surgery? European Society Of Cardiology
Published September 1, 2008, 2:09 pm, Medical News Today
- Since 2000 the ratio of PCI: CABG has increased from 1:1 to almost 3:1 - Both European and American guidelines are based on a fundamentally flawed misunderstanding and/or misinterpretation of 15 randomised trials of PCI (five of which used stents) versus CABG - Patient should be
Best Use Of Drug-Eluting Stents: When Should They Be Avoided?
Published September 1, 2008, 1:09 pm, Medical News Today
Compared with bare metal stents, drug-eluting stents substantially reduce the risk of angiographic and clinical recurrence but do not affect mortality or the short term or long term risk of myocardial infarction.
Are you looking for additional Cardiovascular Health > Valve Replacement Surgery news? Try our new "Valve Replacement Surgery News Focus" area.
Off-site Valve Replacement Surgery Links, User Submitted
The following links have been collected through user bookmark submission in the Valve Replacement Surgery category. Please note, because these resources are off-site we cannot guarantee the accuracy or quality of any information.
Thu Aug 23
- Medical Tourism Healthbase Panama City Beach Man Traveling Overseas for Surgery: Medical Tourism Healthbase Panama City Beach Man Traveling Overseas for Surgery - arranged by www.healthbase .com - a Boston, USA based medical tourism agency arranged affordable...
Sun Jan 14
Wed Oct 25
- Valve Surgery in Young Adult: Repair, Replacement, Ross: Valve Surgery in Young Adult: Repair, Replacement, Ross
If you would like to find additional social bookmark based links on the topic of we recommend the Open Tag Directory > Valve Replacement Surgery. If you would like to find related tags we recommend Tag Patterns > Valve Replacement Surgery
Off-site Valve Replacement Surgery Research Links
If you still need additional information on Valve Replacement Surgery then we suggest the following off-site resources. Please note, because these resources are off-site we cannot guarantee the accuracy or quality of any information.
- A9 > Valve Replacement Surgery
- Alexa > Valve Replacement Surgery
- Anti-Aging Revolution > Valve Replacement Surgery
- DMOZ > Valve Replacement Surgery
- Feeds Filtered > Valve Replacement Surgery
- Google > Valve Replacement Surgery
- News Meme > Valve Replacement Surgery
- Nuah: News > Valve Replacement Surgery
- The Feed Directory > Valve Replacement Surgery
- OBP > Valve Replacement Surgery
- Open Tag Directory > Valve Replacement Surgery
- Podzy > Valve Replacement Surgery
- Yahoo > Valve Replacement Surgery
Cardiovascular Health Topics
Everything you need to know about Cardiovascular Health
Cardiovascular Health
If you know the Cardiovascular Health Term Name use the links below to quickly jump to your desired focus.
Bookmark Us
The On Topic Network
This website is part of The On Topic Network.
Thank You
Cardiovascular-Health.On-Topic.net was developed by Odin Metatech, Inc and runs on the Odin Assemble platform.
Best Viewed With
License
This work is licensed under Creative Commons.