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Round Peg Emeryville, California

Hi, I'm Round Peg. I'm a wife, to a wonderful, caring and giving man. I'm a mother to two... More

George R. La Jolla, California

I am 87 years old. i have a mechanical heart valve and a pacemaker. I have just recovered from a... More

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More on aortic valve disease and vitamin D by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

... ut I believe that I've seen it once again: Dramatic reversal of aortic valve disease. This 64-year old man came to me because o ...

Edwards Lifesciences Receives FDA Approval For Magna Ease Aortic Valve by Medical Quack Patient Expert

... istration (FDA) for the Carpentier-Edwards PERIMOUNT Magna Ease aortic valve, designed for easier implantation in the heart. The ...

Another case of aortic valve disease reduced with vitamin D by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

I watched Seth's aortic valve deteriorate over a two year period. I was first co ...

Why mitral valve replacement carries poorer outcome than aortic valve replacement ? by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

... n cardiac surgery. The common disorders that require mitral and aortic valve replacement areDegenerative , calcific aortic sten ...

With the narrowing of the aortic ... by Medical Quack Patient Expert

With the narrowing of the aortic valve, this new procedure offers some very dramatic resul ...

Valve disease and vitamin D by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

There are two common forms of heart valve disease: aortic valve stenosis (stiffness) and insufficiency (leakiness), ...

Heart scan curiosities #4 by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

... a 63-year old man with a heart scan score of 112. However, his aortic valve was also severely calcified (loaded with calcium). ...

Diseased heart valve replaced through small chest incision by Dr. J. Mariano Anto Bruno M. Medical Doctor

... ge of his heart valve—hardening that is formally known as aortic valve stenosis—open-heart surgery was out of the qu ...

What is the mechanism of LV dysfunction in severe longstanding aortic stenosis ? by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

... of the commonest valvular heart disease.Degenerative, calcific aortic valve is the underlying pathology . Many of the degenerat ...

Diseased heart valve replaced th ... by Dr. Rubens D. Medical Doctor

... ge of his heart valve—hardening that is formally known as aortic valve stenosis—open-heart surgery was out of the qu ...

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Aortic valve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aug 16, 2009 ... When the pressure in the left ventricle rises above the pressure in the aorta, the aortic valve opens, allowing blood to exit the left ...

Aortic Valve Stenosis and Regurgitation
Sep 16, 2009 ... Learn about aortic valve stenosis and ongoing care.

Bicuspid aortic valve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a defect of the aortic valve that results in the formation of two leaflets or cusps instead of the normal three. ...

Ask the Pediatric Cardiologist: Bicuspid Aortic Valve
My 11-year-old son was recently diagnosed with a bicuspid aortic valve. What is this? Can he participate in competitive sports? Will he ever need surgery or ...

Heart valve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pulmonary valve not visible, leaflets of the tricuspid and aortic valves only partly ... The closure of the aortic valve contributes the A2 component of the ...

Aortic Valve Stenosis (AS) and Aortic Insufficiency (AI)
May 21, 2009 ... Learn about aortic valve stenosis, its causes and treatment.

Aortic valve replacement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aortic valve replacement is a cardiac surgery procedure in which a patient's aortic valve is replaced by a different valve. The aortic valve can be affected ...

Aortic Valve Stenosis- Health Encyclopedia and Reference
Aortic Valve Stenosis Symptoms, Treatments and Medications.

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A Young Girl's Life is Saved By Her Doctors The story of how a young girl, The Larry King Cardiac...		Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A Silent Threat An aneurysm is an abnormal enlargement or bulging of...

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Aortic stenosis means that the aortic valve has become narrowed. The result is that the left ... Questions To Ask Your Doctor About Aortic Valve Stenosis ...

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Aortic Valve Disease - Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention
Aortic Valve Disease entails damage to, and dysfunction of, the aortic valve, ... The most common valvular problem in old age is aortic valve disease. ...

Heart Disease - After Aortic Valve replacement - pulmonary edema ...
Jun 8, 2008 ... In november, 2007 - I had my aortic valve replaced. I have had high blood pressure for 25 years but it was usually well controlled.

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Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention of Aortic Valve Disease.

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Father's year of recovery
This time around, it was to replace his aortic valve, which was operating at 18 percent of normal function, with a mechanical one. ...

Opening Wide His (Repaired) Heart
... the one that he had already named “Weapons of Self Destruction” before he halted it to undergo an aortic valve replacement procedure in March. ...

Robin Williams at New York's Town Hall
Doctors operated to replace an aortic valve. The way Williams tells it, he was offered a choice of replacement valve: doctors said a pig valve would make ...

ATS Medical Announces First in World Human Robotic Endoscopic Aortic Valve ...
No other commercially available valve can be manipulated in this manner. This successful first ever minimally invasive human aortic valve replacement is the ...

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