After Open Heart Surgery

How do you have open heart surgery? That is one of the first questions when your doctor recommends this radical intervention. He called it open heart surgery, but does he really open the heart, cutting through the muscle. How do you have open heart surgery? In the midst of the emotional turmoil brought on by [...]

Is It Safe to Have an MRI after Open Heart Surgery?

Open heart surgery, whether done to repair a heart valve, to bypass artery blockage, or for some other reason, has become common in the U.S. Coronary heart disease itself is said to be enormously common in North America, and the open heart surgery done for it is likewise common. When MRI is Safe Is it [...]

Caring for Your Incision after Open Heart Surgery

There are a number of reasons for open heart surgery, and various types of incisions. While the standard procedure has, for many years, required an incision from just below the neck to the navel, more recent procedures are done with much smaller incisions. The information here is general. Please ask your doctor for more specific [...]

Effects of Higher Altitudes on Heart Disease Patients

Individuals who are accustomed to living at lower altitudes, and then vacation or move to higher altitudes will often become ill at the higher altitude. This illness is commonly referred to as high-altitude sickness. Effects of higher altitudes on heart disease patients are greater than on those who have no heart disease. People without heart [...]

Valvular Heart Disease Symptoms

The heart is a marvelous muscle, pumping blood through our bodies constantly and without conscious effort. Day after day, it carries out its work, and many people seldom give it a thought. Valvular heart disease symptoms can make you think about it, though. According to statistics, U.S. physicians diagnose about 5 million people with valvular [...]

Heart Disease and Smoking

Anyone who has heard about heart disease has undoubtedly heard of the connection between heart disease and smoking. Those who smoke are at major risk for heart disease. Cigarette smoking is a contributing cause to many kinds of heart disease. Heart Disease and Cigarette Smoking Ongoing research regarding heart disease and smoking often adds to [...]

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