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Heart-Valve-Surgery.Com and Medtronic Launch Novel "Aortic Stenosis Patient Activation Platform" to Empower Patients

DAIC

Aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve which prevents the aortic leaflets from opening and closing properly. Patients with aortic stenosis often have heart murmurs and experience debilitating symptoms including chest pain, dizziness, fatigue, shortness of breath and an irregular heartbeat.

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Heart-Valve-Surgery.Com, Medtronic Launch Novel 'Aortic Stenosis Patient Activation Platform' to Empower Patients

DAIC

Aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve which prevents the aortic leaflets from opening and closing properly. Patients with aortic stenosis often have heart murmurs and experience debilitating symptoms including chest pain, dizziness, fatigue, shortness of breath and an irregular heartbeat.

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Correlation between simplified treadmill score, significantly stenosed blood vessels and SYNTAX score in CAD

The British Journal of Cardiology

The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between the simplified treadmill score (STS) and both the number of blood vessels with significant stenosis and the severity of the SYNTAX score in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).

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Outcomes Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis in Patients With Type 0 Bicuspid, Type 1 Bicuspid, and Tricuspid Aortic Valves

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

BACKGROUND:Data concerning the outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in type 0 bicuspid aortic stenosis (AS) are scarce.

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Association Between Hospital Policy on Local Versus General Anesthesia, and Outcomes of Carotid Endarterectomy

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

BackgroundCarotid endarterectomy (CEA) is an established procedure for the treatment of extracranial internal carotid artery stenosis. Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, Volume 4, Issue 6 , November 1, 2024. However, the type of anesthesia during elective CEA is still under debate.

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A Picture of Subendocardial Ischemia

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

These arteries appear to remain patent, however a hemodynamically significant stenosis is not excluded. Here are some references: [link] [link] [link] early/2012/08/14/heartjnl- 2012-302531.short Marked atherosclerotic calcification at the origins of the celiac and superior mesenteric arteries.

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A man in his 70s with acute chest pain and paced rhythm.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Annals of Emergency Medicine 2012; 60(12):766-776. So the patient was taken for emergent cath, showing: Culprit artery: LAD (100% stenosis, TIMI 0) requiring thrombectomy and stent. Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Presence of Left Bundle Branch Block using the ST Elevation to S-Wave Ratio in a Modified Sgarbossa Rule.