There are steps you can take to protect yourself from the risk of a heart attack and prevent another one in the future. This is called “secondary prevention”. First, make sure you understand your heart disease. Your doctor will tell you about risk factors and how to help prevent future damage to your heart. Then follow the tips below for a healthy lifestyle. Stop smoking Tobacco use causes heart disease...
The imaging procedure performed to detect problems such as stenosis, blockage or hardening in the coronary vessels feeding the heart is called coronary angiography. It is performed using local anesthesia. During this procedure, a catheter is accessed from the groin or arm area and the veins are visualized. Appropriate treatments are decided after coronary angiography in line with patient complaints and examination findings. Why Coronary Bypass?
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a disease in which the heart muscle (myocardium) becomes abnormally thick (hypertrophic). Thickened heart muscle can make it harder for the heart to pump blood. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy often goes undiagnosed because many people with the disease have few, if any, symptoms and can lead normal lives without significant problems. However, in a small number of people with HCM, thickened heart muscle causes shortness of breath,...
Heart attack is among the top causes of death in the world. Especially if the mother or father has had a genetic heart attack, has had surgery before, or has a blockage in the heart vessels, the person must have himself examined. The first way to prevent this is to be examined when suspected. For this purpose, a stress test can be performed, as well as examinations that show the nourished areas of the heart, mostly in nuclear medicine today....
What Should Those Having Heart Valve Surgery Pay Attention to? When heart valve surgery is performed with a few centimeter incisions using the minimally invasive surgical method, the postoperative recovery process is faster. There are fewer restrictions on patients' daily lives after minimally invasive surgery, where the risk of complications and bleeding is lower compared to open surgery. Heart valve repair or heart valve replacement...
Those with mitral valve insufficiency should have their blood pressure, pulse and weight checked regularly. However, heart failure patients should use their medications regularly and consult a doctor without delay in cases such as rapid weight gain, fatigue, loss of appetite and edema in the feet or legs. Symptoms of Mitral Valve Insufficiency: Shortness of breath, chest pain, rhythm disturbances, easy fatigue, weakness of unknown cause...
Bicuspid aortic valve has 2 leaves instead of 3 leaves. The first effect of bicuspid aortic valve disease is calcification. Arthritis can develop rapidly between the ages of 30 and 50. As a result of calcification, the valves may soften and become deformed, leaking backwards and causing heart enlargement. Therefore, intervention must be made without wasting time. Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair The person's...
Diabetes can trigger cardiovascular diseases in the long term, leading to heart failure, coronary artery diseases or peripheral artery diseases. According to research, these problems are more common in diabetic patients than in non-diabetic individuals. Diabetes can cause accelerated vascular occlusion and clotting. Patients with diabetes use tobacco, have high body mass indexes and...
Today, varicose vein treatment is performed successfully without general anesthesia and without the use of surgical methods. It is possible to get rid of varicose veins painlessly with the venablock method, which is one of the most successful techniques in the treatment of varicose veins. What is Venablock? In the Venablock method, varicose veins are entered using ultrasonography and needles. Biological adhesives are applied into the vein with a catheter, ensuring that the veins stick together....
Heart valve diseases are among the most common heart diseases. Treatment methods for heart valve stenosis and insufficiency diseases that occur in the mitral valve, aortic valve, tricuspid valve and pulmonary valve in the heart may vary depending on the condition of the disease, such as heart valve repair and heart valve replacement. Heart valve repair surgeries are different from heart valve replacement surgeries...
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