Heart valve diseases

The following text is taken from the book "Modern medical reference" from 1940:

"People should not believe that the main symptoms show an obvious...

It first became possible to replace a badly diseased heart valve in 1960, using an artificial caged ball valve. It is Harken and Starr whom we have to...

The cardiac septum divides the heart into two halves, separating the right ventricle and right atrium from the left ventricle and left atrium.

Magnetic resonance tomography is now an important mainstay in the non-invasive diagnosis of many conditions, including cardiological ones. For many...

Like any heart operation, heart valve replacement surgery is initially, for parents and child alike, a source of fear of the operation itself and...

What's the difference?

The heart is a muscular pump. It keeps the blood circulating through the body through its continuous pumping action, allowing...

Some of us replacement heart valve patients had their natural valves replaced as a result of acquired infectious endocarditis.

The main cause of...

Heartbeat

The phone rang. I took the call. My aunt at the other end came straight to the point. “Your uncle’s had a stroke”, she said. “He’s in hospital.” Up...

You notice that your heart does not always have the same rhythmic beat. It jumps a little. Occasionally one beat is stronger than usual. Your heart...

Cardiac arrythmia (irregular heart rhythm) is a complex topic. Most people will at some time or another have had an irregular heart rhythm...

Thrombofilia

Factor V Leiden mutation = APC resistance

Thrombophilia is a condition in which the blood exhibits increased coagulability, tending to the occurrence...

Not only replacement heart valve patients are reliant on long-term anticoagulation with vitamin K antagonists (Marcumar®, Sintrom®, Coumadin®);...

Lectures to subject "heart valve diseases"

Less "out-of-range" INR values under low dose

Valve thrombosis, thromboembolism and bleeding together account for approximately 75% of the complications experienced by patients with prosthetic...

Lectures to subject "heartbeat"

During the “Asia-Pacific Cardiology Forum” along the World Congress of Cardiology on June 18,2010, Prof. Marcel Levi, MD, PhD, informed journalists at...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major contributor to stroke and thromboembolism. Antithrombotic therapy is beneficial, and substantial trial data...

Latest opinion confirms overwhelming evidence of the benefits of risk-adjusted oral anticoagulation on stroke reduction in patients with atrial...

It is projected that 7.5 million individuals will have atrial fibrillation by the year 2020 in the United States alone.

Oral vitamin K antagonists like warfarin are extremely effective in reducing the risk of stroke among patients with AF. The early AF trials...

Heart valve diseases

Heart valve diseases

Valvular heart disease 75 years ago and today

Artificial heart valves for over 50 years

The anatomy of the heart

Can heart valve patients have MR scans?

When children receive a prosthetic heart valve – Phychosocial aspects

Large heart valves – small heart valves

Prosthetic valve endocarditis – When bacteria inflame inflame the lining of the heart

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Stroke: Predestined – or avoidable?

Atrial fibrillation: My heartbeats is irregular – What could be the cause?

Cardiac arrhythmia

Thrombofilia

Thrombofilia

Congenital thrombophilia

Thrombosis and embolism

Lectures to subject "heart valve diseases"

Lectures to subject "heart valve diseases"

Patients with artificial heart valves

The importance of stable therapeutic INR in oral anticoagulation

Lectures to subject "heartbeat"

Lectures to subject "heartbeat"

Atrial fibrillation still not treated adequately

Rationale and methods to implement anticoagulant treatment in patients with atrial fibrillation

Frequent monitoring of Atrial Fibrillation patients key to optimal outcomes when treated with anticoagulants

Optimal management of anticoagulation with atrial fibrillation

Efficacy and Safety of Vitamin K Antagonists in Elderly Patients with Atrial Fibrillation