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Mitral Valve Repair

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Revascularization Surgery

Revascularization surgery helps to restore blood flow to the heart. It can treat blocked arteries in patients with coronary artery disease and may help selected patients with heart failure. Surgery types include coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). CABG is a traditional type of open heart surgery. PCI, also called angioplasty, uses a catheter to inflate a balloon inside the artery. A metal stent may also be ...

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Expert & Community Posts

What is a Leaky Valve?

By Lisa Nelson , Health Expert

...four heart valves - aortic valve, pulmonary valve, mitral valve and tricuspid valve. ... Read more »

06/25/07 #5 - Daily headaches following fainting and concussion?

By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert

...noted that I have “normal” blockage in my LAD and mitral valve prolapse), a neurologist (who... Read more »

What is a TEE Heart Test?

By Dr. Kirk Laman: Wholehearted Cardiologist , Health Expert

...useful for determining the cause of leakage of the Mitral Valve and to help determine the... Read more »

Has Your Loved One Has Lost Ground Mentally After Hospitalization? It May Be the Anesthetic

By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert

Frequently, I talk with people who have gotten their elderly parent home from a hospital stay,... Read more »

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Health Guide

Mitral Valve Proplase Patient Guide

...commonly diagnosed among patients between the ages of 20 and 40. What is it? MVP is a condition of the mitral valve, a two-flapped heart valve between the left atrium and left ventricle. In MVP,... Read more »

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

... Excess joint laxity and joint hypermobility Soft, thin, or hyperextensible skin Mitral valve prolapse Periodontitis Signs of platelet aggregation... Read more »

Mitral regurgitation: acute

...endocarditis (valve infection), heart attack, or ruptured cordae (one of the supporting structures of the mitral valve). Antibiotics may be prescribed if there is a bacterial infection.... Read more »

Anxiety Disorders: Diagnosis

...much more likely to be misdiagnosed as having an anxiety attack than are men with similar symptoms.Mitral valve prolapse, a common and usually mild heart problem, may have symptoms that are nearly... Read more »

Congestive Heart Failure Patient Guide

...heart muscle).Hypertension (high blood pressure).Heart valve abnormalities (particularly the aortic and mitral valves).Heart arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm).Congenital heart defects (those... Read more »

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