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Cardiology
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bart Denysanswered
Cardiology 41 years experience
Aortic Valve Disease: Depends what condition you're asking about. There is a difference between leaking and narrowing, and then within each condition, progress is depending... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Fetal Heart Beat: Typically the heart beat can not be heard with even a doppler until the 9-10th week of pregnancy at the very earliest (sometimes not until the 12-14th... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Panic stress test: My dearest...Probably not more likely than during any other test... Panick attacks are a personal response to a trigger, consciously or not. If you ar... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Dopamine: Classified as an inotropic agent (increases contractile force of the heart).
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A 44-year-old member asked:
What exactly does it mean when blood pressure on the left is significantly higher than on the right?
Dr. Bart Denysanswered
Cardiology 41 years experience
Differential BP: If correctly taken, that could mean that you have a narrowing of one of the central arteries on the right. This could indicate a right subclavian art... Read More
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A member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Post MI Drugs: This is a generic answer to a generic question. The answer can vary depending upon circumstances and concurrent medical issues such as cardiac functio... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Hemopericardium: This condition is called "hemopericardium". How it will affect her and what the treatment and prognosis are, is dependent upon a lot of factors. Witho... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Arteries/veins: Every organ needs a supply line (artery) and discharge (vein). Think of your faucet and drain. The coronary arteries supply the heart muscle with oxyg... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
CHF: Please repost your question. This one does not make any sense. Exchange rate is a financial term and has no relation to chf.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
AVR: Exactly what it says. If there is a problem with the aortic valve (between left ventricle and aorta) (either narrowed -stenotic- or leaking -insuffici... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
CAD: Classical risk factors for atherosclerotic disease:
1. Genetics (chose your parents wisely!)
2. High blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol/trigly... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Atheroscleros: This is a disease of the arteries and can affect all of them... The major problems depend upon the blood vessels affected and include heart attack, st... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Atherosclerosis: Anybody can...
Risks include:
1. Genetics
2. Untreated high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol/triglycerides, diabetes.
3. Smoking
4.Obesity, low fu... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Aortic Valve: The aortic valve is an integral part of the heart and is located between the left ventricle and the aorta. It opens when the left ventricle contracts... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Cardioversion: Well... Potential for failure is that it may not succeed in restoring a normal rhythm. Success rates depend on many factors and are best discussed wit... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
CAD: Coronary artery disease, just as disease in other arteries, is the result of a long time process initiated by:
1. Genetic pre-disposition
2. Uncontrol... Read More
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A 26-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Ischemia: Well... Depends where and how :-) ischemia is a technical term for lack of tissue oxygenation, usually caused by a restriction of blood flow to organ/... Read More
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Heparin dobutamine: Not in the same bag for IV delivery . They can be given simultaneously iv.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Dipyridamole: Short answer: no
most common cause of frequent urination is urinary infection and/or prostate enlargement (in men, of course!).
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Heart Valve: The heart valves serve a function as a check valve. They direct blood flow in one direction and prevent back flow. Malfunction can be two ways:
1. The... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Little effect: No effect unless you are dehydrated, in which case cardiac output may decrease.
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Pericarditis: Constrictive pericarditis involves stiffening/thickening/hardening of the pericardium or "heart sack". This can be caused by many disease processes. C... Read More
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A 18-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Low blood pressure: The definition of too low a blood pressure is 1. Non-hypertensive (<120/80) and 2. Symptomatic. In other words, blood pressure is not too low unless a... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
MVP Hypothyrodism: Not commonly, but the prevalence of mitral valve prolapse (mvp) is substantially greater in patients with autoimmune thyroid disorders such as graves'... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bart Denysanswered
Cardiology 41 years experience
Pulmonary stenosis: The pulmonary valve opens when the right ventricle contracts. This is during systole. So, if there is pulmonary stenosis, the murmur would be observed... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bart Denysanswered
Cardiology 41 years experience
Aortic valve: You need to revise your question and check what it is you'd like to know. To the best of my knowledge, there is no such thing. You can have a valvular... Read More
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A 28-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bart Denysanswered
Cardiology 41 years experience
Mitral insuffiency: Mitral insufficiency is leakage of the mitral valve. This valve between the left atrium and left ventricle assures that when the ventricle (the main p... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
EECP: These treatments are usual performed in an out patient setting. Depending upon where you live, the services are provided by heart hospital, heart fail... Read More
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A 52-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Atherosclerosis: Treat risk factors before you have symptoms/ problems. If you have a strong family history, you can't be checked out young enough!
1. Treat high blood... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Hypertension: If you have high blood pressure "hypertension" you will always need meds to control. If your blood pressure gets too low - which means it gives you un... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Palpitations: Before suggesting a treatment you have to know what the problem is...
Can't fix the car unless you know what's wrong with it...
Can be high thyroid,... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Irregular heartbeat: A perceived irregularity of the heartbeat can be different things. From "skipped" atrial or ventricular beats ("extra" beats originating in the upper ... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Life expectancy CHF: Too little information to create a meaningful answer...
Depends upon cause and severity of chf, dialysis? Control of diabetes? Peripheral vascular di... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
See your doctor: No telling! can be inflammation of the esophagus/stomach or other intestinal syndrome...
Alcohol doesn't help...
Too little information to even sugg... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Stroke MI: Great question! myocardial infarction in individuals with no cholesterol, blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, or obesity is very rare but can happen. S... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Pericarditis: Long list of causes but i will limit to:
most common: viral, metabolic (kidney disease - uremic), after myocardial infarction or open heart surgery.... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Pericarditis: Inflammation of the heart sack (pericardium) associated with low white blood cells is suggestive of a viral pericarditis, the most common cause and a ... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
BMI: Bmi is calculated from body weight and height... So if you have an extraordinary muscle mass (body builder) you will appear as having a high bmi. In c... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bart Denysanswered
Cardiology 41 years experience
Atherosclerosis: By controlling the risks :
1. Treat high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol/triglycerides, diabetes.
2. Quit smoking
3. Lose weight if obese, exerci... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Cardiac rehab: Usually at a dedicated facility. Commonly associated with hospital, heart group, or rehab center.Check yellow pages or call your physician for specify... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Open heart surgery: This can be any disease process requiring access to the heart or central blood vessels for fixing. Coronary artery disease - bypass surgery, valvular ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
AICD: An aicd is recommended for very specific conditions and following very specific and well documented indications as published by professional societies... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Flutter: I read your question as "i only feel my heart flutter at rest". There are many causes of what you may be feeling, but most likely these are benign "sk... Read More
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Pericarditis: Technically speaking, yes. In other words, no physical activity will make it worse. On a practical level, however, the discomfort or pain associated w... Read More
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Heart worms: You need to ask a veterinarian that question :-)
i believe heart worms pose a mechanical problem by "filling up" the cavities of the heart.
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Vasodilators: Vasodilators do what the name implies: these compounds dilate blood vessels, resulting in a decrease in blood pressure. As the baroreceptors detect th... Read More
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Defibrillator: Absolutely! laser tag does not involve high intensity radio waves. It takes a very high intensity source to confuse or interfere with an aicd. Example... Read More
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Cardiac enzymes: Ck, ck-mb, and troponin.
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Aortic Valve: The aortic valve is an integral part of the heart and is located between the left ventricle and the aorta. It opens when the left ventricle contracts ... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Cardiology 41 years experience
Mitral stenosis: Aha! sophisticated question! you are correct in that mitral stenosis produces a loud s1, opening snap, followed by a diastolic rumble. It would be unu... Read More
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