Heart surgery is a life-saving procedure that can treat various conditions affecting the heart, such as coronary artery disease, valve problems, arrhythmias and congenital defects. However, traditional heart surgery often involves opening the chest cavity and stopping the heart, which can cause significant trauma, pain and complications for the patient.
Second medical Opinion lead to changes in course of treatment in 37% of patients and change in diagnosis in 15% of them based on a study involving around 7000 patients done in USA.
Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm (TAA) is a bulge in the Aorta, the largest vessel carrying blood to the rest of the body.They are relatively rare, occurring in 10 / 100, 000 people with around 20% of cases linked to family history of aneurysmal disease. The definite causes of the disease is still unknown, but some genetic connective tissue diseases and family history are highly linked. Other associated factors include smoking, hypertension and male sex. The disease process is typically slow and the aneurysm grows over a long period of time. Hence, most patients with TAA are Asymptomatic. Others may feel some of the pressure effects of the bulge on...
Mitral Valve Disease refers to diseases of the mitral valve that separates the chambers of the left heart, ventricle and atrium. It is mostly mitral stenosis (blockage), mitral insufficiency (leakage), or mitral valve endocarditis (infection). Treatment could be conservative, minimally invasive intervention or surgical. If you have mitral disease, our Specialist at USA Doctors would be happy to help! MyUSADr. was created to assist you in making Critical Health Decisions. Our US based practicing Specialists provide Online Second Medical Opinion and Virtual Doctor visits to patients from all over the Globe. Feel free to reach out at any time... For more information, please...
The Aortic Valve separates the left ventricle of the heart from the aorta. Hence, it is the valve that affects the flow of blood from the heart to the rest of the body. Multiple disease processes affect this valve mostly leading to Aortic Stenosis with obstruction to the flow of blood out of the heart, or Aortic Regurgitation with leakage of blood back to the heart. At times, infection of the valve leaflets takes place causing it to be dysfunctional. Patients may be without symptoms for quite a while. Others though may develop shortness of breath, chest pains or syncope...
