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View Post: Dr. Besser Weighs In: Children's Heart Health - The World Newser
12 hours ago by World News with Charles Gibson  
Heart Health The two most serious conditions that were detected, Marfan's syndrome and coarctation of the aorta can also be detected by a good physical exam repeated over time. Subtle signs become more apparent and parents express concern ... While one approach to detecting heart problems would be to screen all children in school for heart disease, a comprehensive approach of providing all children with a pediatrician or family doctor who they see annually would be a more ...
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View Post: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation at Jordan Hospital ...
25 Nov 2009 by placidway  
Dr. Alhaddad, cardiovascular consultant and interventionalist and the former director of cardiology-vascular services at Johns Hopkins University-USA stated that heart valves diseases can weaken the heart muscle and thus leading to ...
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View Post: Mummies and heart disease
23 Nov 2009
Contrary to views that heart disease is the result of modern humans' poor lifestyle, new research shows that even ancient Egyptians might have needed a stent or two. ... The coronary, aortic, and peripheral vasculature was identified in 16 of the specimens. Definite or probable atherosclerosis was present in nine of the 16 mummies, but among those who were 45 years or older when they died, atherosclerosis was present in 87%. The most ancient mummy with evidence of ...
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View Post: Businessmusings: 11 Second Scan can Save Your Life
Cardio Health
5 hours ago by Intact Info   ...
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View Post: Disabled World Community Newsletter - December 1st, 2009
30 Nov 2009
A person may experience aortic stenosis from birth, meaning that it is congenital; the condition may also be acquired later on in a person's life. The main artery leaving a person's heart is the aorta. When blood leaves the heart it flows from the lower left chamber, ... On issues ranging from the health of your immune system to prevention of heart disease and even vulnerability to influenza, vitamin D is now seen as one of the most critical nutrients for overall health. ...
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View Post: Health awareness - » Rheumatic fever
12 hours ago by Dr.Irham  
60% of all carditis case will develop chronic rheumatic heart disease (CRHD). Cardiac sequelae will affect mitral valve (in 75-80% of cases), aortic valves (in 30% of cases, but rarely as the sole valve), tricuspid valve and pulmonary ...
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View Post: Aortic Valve Stenosis Clinical Trial: CoreValve® System Australia ...
18 Nov 2009
2008 focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines ...
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View Post: Aortic Stenosis - Facts and Information
26 Nov 2009
People who experience aortic stenosis might not present with any symptoms at all until they are late in the course of the disease. The person might receive a diagnosis once a health care provider hears a heart murmur and then performs ...
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View Post: Surgeons Find That Statin Drugs Lower Costs in Aortic Aneurysm ...
15 Oct 2009
You are here : Health.am > Health Centers > Heart Diseases Center > Heart Disease news. Surgeons Find That Statin Drugs Lower Costs in Aortic Aneurysm Repair. • Heart Disease news • Oct 15, 2009 ...
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