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Top hospitals for cardiac care: Healthgrades

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

Of those, 97 hospitals were recognized for delivering superior clinical outcomes in cardiac care for heart bypass surgery, coronary interventional procedures, heart attack treatment, heart failure treatment and heart valve surgery.

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Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center Providing State-of-the-Art Medtronic APOLLO Clinical Trial Treating Heart Valve Disease

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The Intrepid TMVR is a heart valve that is designed to help alleviate mitral regurgitation so that blood can flow through the heart in the intended direction,” said Matthew Saybolt , M.D., FACC, principal site investigator and medical director, Structural Heart Disease Program, Jersey Shore University Medical Center.

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Relation Between Stroke and Heart Disease

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

In general, risk factors for stroke and some forms of heart disease are similar. Strokes due to blocks in blood vessels, can be seen along with blocks in blood vessels of the heart. Stroke can occur after a heart attack as well. Heart attack damages a part of the heart muscle.

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The three things that can go wrong with the heart

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

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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What do you call fluid collection around the heart?

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Pericarditis can occur after a heart attack due to damage following a loss of blood supply. But a large pericardial effusion is uncommon in rheumatic fever, where the involvement is mainly of the heart valves. Infections of the heart valves can also spread to the pericardium and cause pericardial effusion.

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New Drug Fails to Improve Diabetes-Related Heart Failure

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Diabetic cardiomyopathy is a disease in which chronically high levels of blood glucose (hyperglycemia) damage the heart muscle, leading to heart failure over time. It’s estimated that about 1 in 5 people with diabetes have diabetic cardiomyopathy, although they may not be aware of it because initially the condition has no symptoms.

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What do heart tests tell us?

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

So cardiomyopathies, valve problems, myocarditis and previous heart attacks all cause a problem with the pumping function of the heart. An ultrasound will allow you to visualise the heart, measure the sizes of the chambers, assess the heart valves and work out how well the heart functions as a pump.