Showing posts with label heart failure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heart failure. Show all posts
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[postlink]https://abcheart.blogspot.com/2011/06/real-patients-getting-ready-for-heart.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v58x0uSPsyAendofvid
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The video begins with Ron Myers and William Davenport, 2 patients who are ready to get a heart transplants in just a few hours. The cardiologists and the cardiac surgeons of UPenn give their best to save the dying hearts of these patients.

Cardiac transplant remains the only option for patients with end stage heart failure. But only a few donor hearts are available and the demand is huge. This makes it a long driven process which demands complete dedication and patience from the family and the patient.


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Real Patients Getting Ready for Heart Transplant - 1

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[postlink]https://abcheart.blogspot.com/2011/06/left-ventricular-assist-device-lvad.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqiV4ef22Iendofvid
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This is an animated video which illustrates how a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is placed and how it functions. In patients with end stage heart failure who have failed optimal medical therapy and cardiac resynchronization therapy, cardiac transplant remains the only option. LVAD is a bridging procedure for patients awaiting cardiac transplant.
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Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)

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[postlink]https://abcheart.blogspot.com/2011/06/medical-therapy-of-heart-failure-and.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcaUTnd5SOQendofvid
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What does the video explain?

Dr. Michael Harper from UCSF very clearly explains the following:

1. Burden of heart failure
2. Causes of heart failure
3. Types of heart failure
4. Symptoms and signs of heart failure
5. Medical management of heart failure
6. Lifestyle modification which includes exercise and dietary change.
7. Risk factor modification
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Medical Therapy Of Heart Failure and Overview