All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

APRIL 21, 2024

This can lead to damage of the inner lining of the heart in that region. A blood clot can form on the inner surface of the heart as a consequence. These clots can break away into the circulation and get lodged into a blood vessel of the brain. Another reason for stroke is high blood pressure.

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Heart Disease Stroke Strokes Blood Clot 40

DAIC

APRIL 9, 2024

Half of the participants were randomly assigned to receive the self-expanding Evolut valve, which is constructed using porcine tissue and materials that allow the valve to expand to full size when it reaches body temperature. of patients who received the Evolut valve and 10.6% of those receiving the SAPIEN valve.

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TAVR Aortic valve Aortic Anatomy 59

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In Ischaemic strokes, there is some sort of blockage either in the major vessels that take the blood (this is called large vessel atherosclerosis) to the brain or even in the smaller vessels (called small vessel occlusion). He should also listen very carefully to the neck and the heart for bruits and murmurs.

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Stroke Strokes Blood Clot AFIB 52

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Common conditions that can cause our pump to become defective are: A previous heart attack – a heart attack means that a part of the heart has died and therefore, the pump has in some way become weaker Heart valve disease – if our heart valves are abnormally narrowed then they make it a lot more difficult for the heart to pump blood out.

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Plaque Heart Rhythm Heart attacks Heart Attack 40