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Running After Heart Surgery: A Comprehensive Guide

MIBHS

In this post, we’ll explore the essential aspects of running after heart surgery, the importance of cardiac rehabilitation, and tips to resume your running routine safely. Patients often experience significant improvements in blood flow and overall heart function after surgery.

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What are Artificial Heart Valves ?

Know Your Heart

Artificial Heart Valves Who needs artificial heart valves? The 4 heart valves work continuously to keep blood flowing to the lungs and to the body. Sometimes, disease may damage the heart valves so that they function poorly or stop working completely. When damaged valves can no longer [.]

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Leaky Heart Valves

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

We are blessed with 4 heart valves – 2 on the left side which are known as the mitral and aortic valves and 2 on the right side – the tricuspid and pulmonary valves. He is intolerant of exercise for the same reason. So if the patient is symptomatic, then the valve needs fixing.

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Edwards Lifesciences Expands Structural Heart Portfolio With Acquisitions of JenaValve and Endotronix

DAIC

As the pioneer in valve innovation for more than 60 years, Edwards believes it is uniquely positioned to lead this next frontier of aortic valve disease treatment. Edwards anticipates FDA approval of the JenaValve Trilogy Heart Valve System in late 2025, which will represent the first approved therapy for patients suffering from AR.

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Twelve-month follow-up effects of cognitive training after heart valve surgery on cognitive functions and health-related quality of life: a randomised clinical trial

Open Heart

Methods This bicentric, 1:1 randomised and treatment-as-usual controlled trial included elderly patients scheduled for elective heart valve surgery. The training consisted of paper-and-pencil-based exercises practising multiple cognitive functions for 36 min/day 6 days/week over a period of 3 weeks.

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Understanding an Enlarged Heart (Cardiomegaly): Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

MIBHS

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Persistent high blood pressure forces the heart to work harder to pump blood. Over time, this additional strain causes the heart muscle to thicken, enlarging the heart. Antiarrhythmics to help manage abnormal heart rhythms. Exercise regularly to keep the heart strong and healthy.

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What Are Heart Murmurs?

MIBHS

Types of Heart Murmurs In general, there are two types of heart murmurs, including: Innocent Heart Murmurs Innocent heart murmurs simply mean that there is faster blood flow through the heart valves but there are no problems. Innocent murmurs are also common in teenagers who are growing at a rapid phase.