JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Your heart has four valves, which keep your blood flowing in the right direction. If one doesn’t work correctly, it can put you at higher risk for stroke or ...
Earlier this year, when leaks around Louise Calhoun’s replacement mitral heart valve kept her from walking more than a few feet before needing to rest, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) ...
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YOUR HEALTH: Repair, Don’t Replace Leaky Valves
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Your heart has four valves, which keep your blood flowing in the right direction. If one doesn’t work correctly, it can put you at higher risk for stroke or ...
Our multidisciplinary cardiovascular team collaborates on mitral valve repair, transcatheter technologies, mitral valve replacement, and follow-up treatment so patients can get all their care for ...
Recovery is faster than traditional methods of valve replacement or repair. Most surgeons use rings to fix leaky valves or replace them entirely, he said. About 30 percent of patients will come back ...
Despite dazzling breakthroughs in medical technology, it can still be difficult to improve on nature. Consultant cardiac surgeon, Dr. K. Kesava Dev knows this to be true, which is why he is an ...
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