mechanical prosthetic heart valve
Surgical Outcome of Prosthetic Heart Valve Obstruction: Single Center Experience
... the mechanical valves remains one of the most important complications in pa- tients undergoing valve replacement Since 1950, a number of patient-related factors canincrease the thromboembolic risk, ...
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Heart transplantation as salvage therapy for progressive prosthetic valve endocarditis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE)
... infective prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) was ...the prosthetic aortic valve and a perivalvular dehiscence of the mechanical valved ...
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Clinical experience with the Bicarbon heart valve prosthesis
... after valve surgery. Some patients need reoperation because of prosthetic valve dysfunction caused by restricting prosthetic valve function valve with thrombosis or pannus ...
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A Study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on anticoagulant drug compliance among patients with mechanical heart valve in GKNM Hospital, Coimbatore
... than two or three days) of sinusitis or upper respiratory symptoms such as a cold or flu should be reported to physician. Remind him/her that you have a prosthetic heart valve. He/she may conduct ...
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Comparative Outcome of Different Types of Redo Surgery in Malfunction of Mechanical Prosthetic Mitral Valve
... for prosthetic valve dysfunction or periprosthetic leakage, and in redo-surgery for endocarditis or valve thrombosis were ...mitral valve, isolated valve repair, tricuspid valve ...
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Pregnancy With Prosthetic Heart Valves
... a mechanical heart valve during pregnancy presents a double jeopardy with risk both to the mother and the ...After mechanical heart valve replacement, proper counselling, regular ...
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Cardiac crossroads: deciding between mechanical or bioprosthetic heart valve replacement
... valvular heart disease, valve replacement surgery improves morbidity and mortality ...90,000 valve replacement surgeries were performed in the United ...of mechanical and bioprosthetic ...
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Original Article Feasibility and Complications of the St. Jude Medical Mechanical Heart Valve- A Brief Study
... Medical valve have appeared, these incidents have been extremely ...The valve was immediately replaced. Examination of the valve by the manufacturer showed surface scratches on the leaflet and an ...
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Experience with Prosthetic Valve Replacement in Indigents with Rheumatic Heart Disease in Nigeria: 10 Year Follow Up
... rheumatic heart disease (RHD) underwent median sternotomy for heart valve re- ...mitral valve disease due to the unexpected intraoperative finding of severe suprasystemic pulmonary ...
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Prosthetic heart valve selection in women of childbearing age with acquired heart disease: a case report
... bioprosthetic heart valves has accumu- lated worldwide, including different valve models fab- ricated from different biological tissues and various methods of valve preservation and ...
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Security and cost comparison of INR self-testing and conventional hospital INR testing in patients with mechanical heart valve replacement
... cardiac valve replacement, the incidence rates of relevant com- plications still remains high, mainly due to the fact that the patients conduct anticoagulation testing with a low frequency and fail to regularly ...
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A Comparison Study of Cavitating Flow in a Ventricular Assist Device Using Laminar and Turbulent Model
... the valve tip. Then it grows and moves along the valve surface on the down- stream side, and later detaches from the valve and moves into the downstream flow ...
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<p>Genetic variations in the transcription factors <em>GATA4</em> and <em>GATA6</em> and bleeding complications in patients receiving warfarin therapy</p>
... The GATA family, the zinc fi nger transcription factor, consists of 6 subtypes in vertebrates. GATA-1/2/3 subfamily is expressed in the hematopoietic cell lineage, 7 whereas GATA-4/5/6 subfamily is expressed in various ...
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Stroke is a major source of mortality and morbidity in the
... There are no randomized clinical trials regarding stroke prevention among pregnant women; therefore, the choice of agents must be made by inference from other studies, primarily prevention of DVT and the use of ...
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PART B - Human Tissue List February 2015
... QHV02 The Prince Charles Hospital - Queensland Heart Valve Bank $7,294.00 RPH02 Royal Perth Hospital T/A Heart Valve Bank $6,406.00 SHV02 Sydney Heart Valve Bank, St.[r] ...
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Determinants and Results of Early Surgery for Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis with Periannular Extension
... of valve replacement, especially if it is accompanied by periannular ...with prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) with periannular extension (PVEPE) and the influence of timing for surgery in ...
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Prosthetic aortic valve selection: current patient experience, preferences and knowledge
... In order to participate in decision-making, patients should be able to understand what the available pros- thetic valve options and their associated risks and bene- fi ts are. The way risks and bene fi ts are ...
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Respiratory muscle strength is not decreased in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
... The impact of preoperatively decreased respiratory muscle strength in patients after cardiac surgery has not been fully investigated. Rodrigues et al. [8] found an as- sociation between impaired preoperative MIP and MEP ...
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MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PROSTHETIC KNEE IN FLEXION
... the mechanical behavior of an ...the prosthetic knee simulation with elastic elements such as springs to approximate the behavior of the ligaments, including a stress analysis of the joint using finite ...
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Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance
... aureus, Pseudomonas group streptococci, Enterococcus, Strep.. pneumoniae HACEK group , Prosthetic valve Coagulase negative Staph., Staph.[r] ...
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