MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'aortic valve'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:32:07 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181681&cid=t_177907_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F08%2Fdicrotic-notch%2F The dicrotic notch represents that closure of the aortic valve. This closure ends systole and starts diastole. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181681 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:39:19 +0100 5181681 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050577&cid=t_177907_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fresearch-investigates-a-percutaneous-option-for-aortic-valve-replacement%2F2011.07.21 To ensure rational and responsible dissemination of this new technology (transcatheter aortic valve replacement [TAVR]), government, industry and medicine will need to work in harmony.” - David R. Holmes, Jr., MD, FACC President, American College of Cardiology Today, Edwards Lifesciences’ will request pre-market approval of its SAPIEN Transcatheter Heart Valve from the FDA’s Circulatory Systems Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee. And for the first time, the groundwork for our complicated new era of health care rationing will be exposed. To win an expensive technology on behalf of patients these days, there will have to be “harmony” between doctors and their professional organizations and government regulators. If not, patients lose. At issue is a... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050577 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:00:00 +0100 5050577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3556128&cid=t_177907_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fbarbara-walters-interviews-her-aortic.html Voiceover speaks in the background..."It has worked for years, tirelessly opening and closing. Now, saddled with the challenges of age, Barbara Walters spends a few comfortable moments interviewing her critically narrowed aortic valve, for what comes next...""So, A.V., this must be very hard for you, being replaced and all."Tears welling..."Yes.... yes, it is. I mean all these years opening and closing, opening and closing and just because I get a little stiff, this is the thanks I get. The prospect of some cow or pig thing doing what I've been doing for years.... It's devastating....""What will you do next?" "I mean, that's just it! Don't you see? I'll just sent packing to some cold, silver kidney basin to the basement, only to be palpated and sampled, frozen and sectioned, while they get... Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3556128 Wed, 12 May 2010 10:45:00 +0100 3556128 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3120456&cid=t_177907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F12%2F25%2Fvideo-the-12-bipolar-days-of-christmas%2F DISCLAIMER: I am no Barbara Streisand. I’ve never taken a singing lesson in my life. Not one. (Ed. - Really??) The inspiration for this song came two weeks before Thanksgiving when I received a call from my doctor: we had better get together a plan for lowering my cholesterol. Yeah. Sure. Getting to it… right after I fix my pituitary tumor, abnormal aortic valve, bipolar brain, and facial fungus. My high cholesterol is not a new issue. Somewhere around the time David was conceived I found out that my cholesterol scores were higher than my verbal SATs. But for the last six years I didn’t do anything about it because (honest confession coming up here) many of those days I was so depressed that I really wanted to be with God in his mansion upstairs. Dropping dead of a heart... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3120456 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:36:19 +0100 3120456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2920216&cid=t_177907_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fprosthetic-aortic-valve-theres-app-for.html Meet iAorticValve produced by iMobileHealthCare, available now for upload to your iPhone.In an era where the medical device industry is increasingly concerned about health care reform, innovation, and the implications for providing their products to patients, it's nice to know there are helpful companies sprouting up that can place company literature about mechanical, biologic, or percutaneous prosthetic aortic valves, both approved and experimental, on your iPhone free of charge. Further, if you want to go ahead and calculate your own STS (Society of Thoracic Surgery) Risk Calculator for placement of a heart valve, heck, you can do that also. Do not, however, look for objective criticism of the various valve types since most device literature there fails to include warnings, containdicati... Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2920216 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:07:00 +0100 2920216 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2789025&cid=t_177907_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Frobin-williams-discusses-his-aortic.html He's an exerpt from a candid video where Robin Williams discusses his rationale for choosing the type of valve replacement he received: "... here are your choices: pig valve, which is great, you can find truffles,mechanical valve, which clicks and you know, weird, (eds note: that also requires chronic anticoagulation)and bovine - great, 'I'll go bovine, Bob, for 20!'"The video provides a very real (and, yes, humorous) glimpse into the emotional and physical impact of aortic valve surgery as only Robin Williams can portray.-WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist. (Source: Dr. Wes) Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2789025 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:13:00 +0100 2789025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2367377&cid=t_177907_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F04%2F15%2Fendovascular-stent-grafts-for-the-treatment-of-abdominal-aortic-aneurysms%2F Title: Endovascular stent - grafts for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms Source: NICE The Skinny: Endovascular stent-grafts are recommended as a possible treatment for people with abdominal aortic aneurysms if: the aneurysm is below their kidney and has not burst, surgery is appropriate, and the person and their specialist have discussed the risks and benefits of this and other procedures and decided that endovascular stent–grafts are appropriate. Aneurysm repair using endovascular stent–grafts should only be carried out in specialist centres by staff experienced in treating people with abdominal aortic aneurysms. Endovascular stent–grafts are not recommended for people whose abdominal aortic aneurysm has burst unless they are taking part in research with the data collect... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2367377 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:30:08 +0100 2367377 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2313548&cid=t_177907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F04%2F02%2Fhow-do-you-practice-mindfulness-eat-ice-cream-for-starters%2F I’ve been trying to master mindfulness in the last few weeks like it’s a cute step sequence in a line dance. I have unofficially hired Dr. Elisha Goldstein, author of Psych Central’s blog, “Mindfulness and Psychotherapy” as my mindfulness personal trainer because he knows this stuff inside and out, and because I don’t have the time or money to hang out with the Buddhist monks in Tibet. I’ve always aspired to better live in the moment–it was one of the gems I picked up in support group meetings back in college–but now I honestly feel like it could save my life–or at least keep my pituitary tumor from growing any wider and shield my heart from any more damage to the aortic valve. How do you practice presence, or mindfulness? The B... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2313548 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:21:16 +0100 2313548 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2287309&cid=t_177907_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FT1QKkLYfM9o%2F Robin Williams underwent heart surgery on March 13th, which included replacing the aortic valve and repairing the mitral valve.  The 57-year-old comedian is reportedly doing very well. The aortic valve is a tricuspid valve - it has three leafs that open and close. The aorta, which is the largest artery in our body pumps cleaned, oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body. The aortic valve allows the oxygenated blood out and then closes so that the blood can’t back up. The valve can either malfunction or become sclerotic , which means that it starts to thicken, narrowing the passageway, making it more  difficult for the valve to work properly. Robin Williams Aortic valve surgery isn’t unusual, even at 57. There are many reasons why the valve may malfunction. Som... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2287309 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:28:47 +0100 2287309 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2116025&cid=t_177907_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FXyMz6XeYOkI%2F Heart valve replacement surgery is preformed more than 250,000 times per year. Even with this large a number of surgeries, there was little information on the subject, as Adam Pick and his family would find. Adam found at even the young suffer any number of problems with their hearts. He was diagnosed with severe stenosis and regurgitation in his aortic valve, and that both the aortic and pulmonary valves would have to be replaced through surgery. After receiving this information Adams family and friends started a search for information on open heart surgery. They searched for books, literature, and on line articles on open heart surgery to no avail. The material that was found did not give them any peace of mind. As we all know stress is the biggest enemy that there is for people with hea... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2116025 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:00:00 +0100 2116025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1729587&cid=t_177907_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FZhv5Qjz-X2s%2F A 92 year old Australian women is the first to undergo a ground breaking procedure. In the radical procedure, a new aortic valve is attached to a long rod and fed through a small incision in the groin up to the the heart, where it defrosts and expands. Wow! This will take the place of open heart surgery for those that are too old and frail to undergo surgery. This will also help with cost and recovery time. Tags: aortic valve, australia, cath procedure, open-heart-surgery, valve replacementShare This (Source: A Hearty Life) A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1729587 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:15:25 +0100 1729587 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1369703&cid=t_177907_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F269635683%2F Here's a fungal infection you don't hear much about. One of the fungi we work on, a model for mushroom development as it can be fruited in the lab is Coprinopsis cinerea (previously named Coprinus cinereus). C. cinerea is a saprobric coprophillic fungus so it is usually found on dung.  Although rare in human infections there are a few reports in immunocopromised patients.  Below is an abstract describing isolation of C. cinerea from an implanted heart valve from a pig. This definitely not its typical habitat and Coprinus growing in yeast form I'm sure I've really heard of either.  Would be great to see if the clinical strains are still sexually competent and/or are significantly different in other ways (growth rate, resistance to drugs and oxidative stress) from the wild or laborat... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1369703 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:45:47 +0100 1369703