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I’m in excellent health and I don’t have any side effects after an aortic valve replacement surgery that I underwent in 2007. After a second interview for a job I will be required to have a pre-employment health check. Could I be denied employment because of my aortic valve prosthesis? Did this...

July 6 (Bloomberg) -- Traveling long distances by plane, bus, car or train may nearly triple a person’s risk of blood clots in leg veins and lungs, a review of previous studies found. For each two-hour increase in travel time, the risk of developing a clot, known as venous thromboembolism...

Gender - highly important in heart transplants http://www.zmescience.com/gender-highly-important-in-heart-transplants The gender of the person one receives the heart from may in fact prove highly important for their future evolution. As reported on November the 12th at the American Heart...

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Hi all. I'm back home. I had my AV replaced with a Carbomedics mechanical one and my ascending aorta replaced too with a Dacron graft. The surgery was performed at the Montreal General Hospital by dr. Christo I. Tchervenkov. My problem is my heart rate that is still around 100, two weeks after...

English Title: Homocysteinemia is a risk factor for aortic dissection. Personal Authors: Takagi, H., Umemoto, T. Author Affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sizuoka Medical Center, 762-1 Nagasawa, Shimizu-cho, Sunto-gun, Shizuoka 411-8611, Japan. Document Title: Medical...

Hello all. Few days ago I met my surgeon and it seems that my surgery will be scheduled sometime in October. He told me that my own aortic valve (bicuspid with mild stenosis and mild regurgitation) seems to be in a good enough shape to be left in place (no repair necessary). However the...