Timing of surgery for mitral valve stenosis in rheumatic heart disease
For a patient with rheumatic heart disease mitral valve stenosis, when to choose surgery to replace the valve? It is safer to operate very early, but since the symptoms are…
Category: Rheumatic heart disease
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What does the circuitry of the heart have to do with the beating of the heart?
The human body has a group of cells at the top of the right atrium called the sinus node. Under normal conditions, the sinus node controls the delivery of each…
How to treat mitral stenosis in rheumatic heart disease?
Treatment (a) Treatment in the compensated phase Avoid excessive physical work and strenuous exercise to protect cardiac function; patients with rheumatic heart disease should be actively prevented from streptococcal infection…
The causes and characteristics of wind heart disease in women
Studies have shown that women have several times more rheumatic heart disease than men. As a common cardiovascular disease, why are women friends more likely to suffer from rheumatic heart…
Why do patients need to be admitted to the monitoring unit after cardiac surgery?
After cardiac surgery, the patient’s condition is relatively unstable and there is a risk of accidents, so the vital signs need to be monitored dynamically in order to detect and…
What are the tests for right bundle branch conduction block?
Right bundle branch conduction block is divided into complete right bundle branch conduction block and incomplete right bundle branch conduction block according to the degree of block. Complete right bundle…
Is surgery necessary to treat wind heart disease?
The ultrasound of the heart showed the following:The left atrioventricle was enlarged, the right atrioventricular internal diameter was in the normal range, the septum and left ventricular free wall were…
A few common sense questions about heart valve disease
(a) What are the heart valves? There are four sets of valves in every human heart. These are the aortic valve that connects the left ventricle to the aorta, the pulmonary…
How much do you know about the cardiovascular risks of high uric acid?
Patients with cardiovascular disease tend to pay attention only to their heart rate, blood pressure and lipid profile, and rarely pay attention to the blood uric acid situation. However, blood…
Mitral valve closure in rheumatic heart disease
Patient: exertional chest tightness and dyspnea for more than 2 years. ultrasound diagnosis on March 31, 2008 revealed: 1. possible mitral tendon rupture, posterior leaflet prolapse and severe mitral valve…