DAIC

MAY 7, 2024

narrates and is a co-producer of a documentary focused on radiation and orthopedic injuries suffered by doctors and nurses who work in cardiac catheterization laboratories where they apply the very latest non-surgical technologies to treat the world’s leading cause of death, heart disease. Rizik , M.D.,

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DAIC

APRIL 2, 2024

approval of TriClip is a significant advancement for people suffering from tricuspid regurgitation, a heart condition that negatively impacts their quality of life and puts them at grave risk of serious health issues," said Paul Sorajja, M.D. , the Roger L. and Lynn C. important safety information on TriClip, visit [link].

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Many patients with symptoms of mitral regurgitation are not candidates for open heart surgery due to their advanced age or competing comorbidities, nor are they candidates for the only alternative, the MitraClip device. It is one of only two New Jersey hospitals offering the trial to patients.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a common and serious disease for which open heart surgery and symptomatic pharmacologic treatment are the current standard treatment options. Owing to high mortality risk, access to open heart surgery is severely restricted and is not considered an option for most patients with TR.

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DAIC

MARCH 21, 2024

Impella Left Sided Blood Pumps also are used when there is ongoing cardiogenic shock that occurs less than 48 hours after a severe heart attack (acute myocardial infarction), open-heart surgery, or when the heart is not functioning well due to a condition called cardiomyopathy.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Moderate and severe tricuspid disease is common in the U.S. Some people can manage their valvular heart disease with medications, but others need to have the damaged valve repaired or replaced. The tricuspid valve is typically replaced during open-heart surgery. and affects an estimated 1.6 million people.

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Dr. Prateek Bhatnagar

OCTOBER 27, 2020

He himself developed heart disease a couple of years later. Prateek Bhatnagar informed that the main issue in this surgery was the liver function. Keeping this in mind, Dr. Bhatnagar used the technique of beating heart surgery which he does in all his patients. Syed had resumed his normal life.

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Conquering CHD

MARCH 7, 2024

This can be an especially trying time in the life of an adolescent with congenital heart disease, especially as they are undergoing the major transition of leaving the nest and going off to college, joining the workforce, or just moving far from home. This post was originally published in November 2017.

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Global Cardiac Surgery

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

In the years to come, most procedures, in particular surgery for congenital heart defects, were performed at US military hospitals in South Vietnam. After the US forces left the country, fewer than 10 open-heart surgeries were done each year, due to widespread lack of supplies, devices, trained personnel, and funding.

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Open-Heart Surgery Bicuspid/Mitral Congenital Congenital Heart Disease 52

DAIC

DECEMBER 26, 2023

About Aortic Stenosis Aortic valve stenosis - or aortic stenosis - is a type of heart valve disease (valvular heart disease). The valve between the lower left heart chamber and the body's main artery (aorta) is narrowed and doesn't open fully.

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Global Cardiac Surgery

AUGUST 17, 2018

Today’s post features Bhagwan Koirala, Nepalese paediatric cardiac surgeon that introduced all-Nepalese cardiac surgery in the country and free cardiac care for the young, the elderly, and the needy. In 1997, the first open-heart surgery in Nepal by a full Nepalese team was done, led by Dr. Bhagwan Koirala.

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Global Cardiac Surgery

AUGUST 14, 2018

It has been reported that the estimated burden of congenital heart disease (CHD) in Ghana approximates 372 per million population , a disproportionally high number due to the higher fertility rate in the country relative to other countries in the Region. million people, with 10.95 million children (38.8% of total) under 15 years old.

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Cardiothoracic Open-Heart Surgery Bicuspid/Mitral Congenital Heart Disease 52

Dr. Anish Koka

MAY 16, 2023

The CDC wonder database that tracks mortality data shows just how much more deadly heart disease is in men than women. The table below shows mortality from heart disease for men vs women in 2000. Men die of heart disease at more than two times the rate women die starting at the age of 35.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Background:Patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) form a unique subset of patients with complex ventricular tachycardia (VT).Objective:To Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4148156-A4148156, November 12, 2024. These patients were younger compared to the non-ACHD subtype.(Table

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Global Cardiac Surgery

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

These infectious diseases have diverted attention and resources to the detriment of surgery in general and of cardiothoracic surgery in particular. The two aforementioned reasons also explain the high prevalence of rheumatic heart disease among Congolese children.

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