Monday, October 17, 2011

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From Richard N. Fogoros, M.D., your Guide to Heart Health Center
This week: The FDA is about to improve the TAVI procedure (minimally invasive aortic valve replacement) - but only for some patients. Also: non-sustained ventricular tachycardia.

TAVI - Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement
The US Food and Drug Administration is seriously considering approval of a new, minimally-invasive technique for aortic valve replacement, called "transcatheter aortic-valve implantation, or TAVI. TAVI is designed as a... Read more

Non-Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia
An episode of ventricular tachycardia that lasts for less than 30 seconds is called non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, or NSVT. NSVT can be significant for two reasons. First, while often it is... Read more

Unstable Angina
Unstable angina - angina that occurs at rest and apparently for no reason - is a strong warning that one of the coronary arteries has become critically unstable, and that... Read more

Reducing your risk for heart disease
We can greatly reduce our risk of developing many types of heart disease by changing our behavior. Here are methods for lowering our chances of developing heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular disorders.

 


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