Heart Diseases

The Ross Procedure is replacing an aortic valve with a cadaver heart valve.

2007-01-23 10:14:09 · 1 answers · asked by debbie2243 7

I'm suffering in great pain from severe edema which made my legs rigid and unable to bend at all. My liver is swollen with ascites. I have a bit of fluid in base of lungs. since oral diuretics have not diminished the edema yet - I'm worsening daily. I want to go for a relatively recent powerful treatment called ultrafiltration where they hook someone up to 2 catheters, left & right, & using a special filtration machine (not dialysis) they can filter the blood andremove up to 5 liters of water during a 8-hour stretch to relieve the systemic edema. But here in NY city - I called many doctors, cardiology depts., hospitals, and they scowled and gave me no help to track down how to receive this treatment & where it is done. Most knew what it was but refused to guide me to how to get it. Please can anyone help me to locate a facility in NYCity which accepts CHF patients for this dramatic, powerful, rapid method of resolving their edema. All whom I spoke to scorned me. Please help me.

2007-01-23 09:01:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-23 08:57:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-23 08:37:14 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

We found out about a month ago that my dad had high cholesterol. He's never been one to take care of his eating habits, so I wasn't really surprised to hear it. The doctor put him on meds right away which kind of made me a little upset 'cause he never exhausted the option of a good diet. I went with my dad today for a follow-up and I discussed diet with the doctor and he had this to say:
1. diet has VERY LITTLE to do with cholesterol and getting rid of it, it's ALL ABOUT GENETICS --does that make any sense??? I thought it was an absolutely rediculous comment
2. I then asked him about carbohydrates."what about carbs? what should his daily intake be of it?" his answer was "i'm not worryng about carbs for him because he's not diabetic" i replied "so he can eat carbs everyday without it having any type of effect on him?" he replied "nope, nothing" i replied "but my father doesn't exercise" he replied "oh right...he needs to exercise then" and that was that!
Am i missing something here??

2007-01-23 07:34:08 · 10 answers · asked by socergrl17 2

2007-01-23 06:55:14 · 7 answers · asked by pia j 1

2007-01-23 06:40:00 · 4 answers · asked by justcurious 2

I am not looking for an answer, I am looking to help. Somebody else on here had a baby who was going to have to have the same surgery for their babies tetralogy, and vsd. In was wanting to let them know how, it went and what to expect.

2007-01-23 06:14:29 · 2 answers · asked by goon3131 1

My doctor wants to maybe look into whether or not I have a hole in my heart. He thinks that it may be a cause for my frequent, severe, and abnormal migraines. Has anyone ever had a hole repaired in order to cure their migraines? Did it work?

2007-01-23 05:47:44 · 3 answers · asked by fayra_elm 4

working on a paper and i need a digram or good description

2007-01-23 05:23:09 · 5 answers · asked by mainst2063 2

perferably a sniper

2007-01-23 04:48:48 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

How can I get my HDL to go up - I have followed a good diet and stopped smoking since having a stent put in.

2007-01-23 03:31:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-23 03:15:59 · 14 answers · asked by Victoria 1

2007-01-22 22:26:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it safe to take it to cure it?

2007-01-22 21:03:14 · 1 answers · asked by somebody 1

2007-01-22 19:05:45 · 14 answers · asked by tom 1

2007-01-22 18:43:47 · 2 answers · asked by mircescu a 1

A very dear friend of mine said he has them...is it painfull? how are they cosed? how do you get rid of them or is that even posable? And could something I say or do cose them to get worse?

2007-01-22 18:39:20 · 7 answers · asked by hiei_hn 2

2007-01-22 16:24:38 · 10 answers · asked by T.T 2

i have a friend who has arrhythmia and i was wondering if there was anything he could do when he has an attack and doesnt have his medication?

2007-01-22 15:50:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

My husbands blood pressure is 194 and the doctor put him on lisinopril and hydrochlorothiazide. One pill each every day plus asprin. Im very worried. The doctor said if he didnt watch himself he will have a heartattack. No doubt. So what things thing can he do or diets can he do to loose weight?

2007-01-22 15:38:45 · 4 answers · asked by jeanlovesharrypotter 1

Axis Nos. areP 66, QRS 41, T 65;
Rate is 7, PR 146, QRSD 96, QT 374, QTc 395; The anterolateral t abnormalities also read t neg. T/QRS ratio <.07 1, L, V2-V6

2007-01-22 14:42:16 · 3 answers · asked by dcarpenterhiex 1

2007-01-22 14:23:36 · 24 answers · asked by jcm75 1

Thanks for responding to my previous question.
My grandfather had a heart attack yesterday. He is still alive... as it was a relatively "small" attack. However, he did obtain a 60% block. The doctor wishes to do a triple bypass surgery to remove all the scarred tissue instead of just giving him drugs. This will happen in about three days' time so that all the blood thinner is cleared from my grandfather's system.

I just need to know... What is the survival rate of such a surgery?

Thank you once more.

2007-01-22 14:14:53 · 1 answers · asked by chrιsτιη 3

I want to know because these commercials I see don't make any sense to me.

2007-01-22 14:03:48 · 7 answers · asked by tweety04243 1

2007-01-22 13:57:01 · 9 answers · asked by leesa307 1

2007-01-22 13:34:25 · 4 answers · asked by dustin k 3

ok, last few days i have had symptoms of a heart attack but no heart attack. yesterday for over an hour i had bad pain in my chest, middle, sides, etc. but heart beat was not pounding and stuff, and i didn't feel panicky. i just get this mostly burning feeling in my chest, most of the time on my right upper chest area and sometimes soreness in my left lower arm, maybe in my right lower arm. no fast pounding heart beat. sometimes ill feel dizzy/light headed, and a couple times my chest hurt in the middle, and it felt like pressure and tightness. but it goes away ussually and im allright. is it a heart attack???

2007-01-22 12:03:42 · 5 answers · asked by Crunchies 4 1

My husband has high blood pressure and been prescribed Crestor & Micardis. But, due to high costs, we are unable to afford his medications. What are YOUR food suggestions? Everyone always say "diet and exercise" and we know that. My husband does not have a problem with his weight. He's 38 years old, 165lbs., 5'7" tall. He's still muscular (somewhat) due to years of body building. His siblings (all under 45 years old) & parents are all under medication for high blood pressure & high cholesterol.

2007-01-22 11:35:19 · 9 answers · asked by YCC 1

My nephew was only 10 and died by heart attack reason high cholesterol i want to ask . there is any solution of this problem? we dont want to lose more kids because of this high cholesterol...

2007-01-22 09:24:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous