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Heart murmur by heru m. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 25 Jan 2011 12:24am It can be very hard to determine if a heart murmur is present when listening to the chest of an excited dog. Respiratory sounds can mimic a heart murmur when respiration is rapid enough to approximate the heartrate. Heart murmurs vary widely in their importance. Hearing a heart murmur in a dog that seems normal in all other respects doesn Read on »

Pediatric heart murmurs - when are they serious? by Dr. John Z. Medical Doctor

Posted Sun 24 Jan 2010 12:00am in , , , , , , , Heart murmurs in children may be more common than you think. A pediatric cardiologist explains below when to be concerned and when to wait. “Finding out that your child has a heart murmur causes a great deal of anxiety,” said Dr. Louis Bezold, associate professor of pediatrics and chief of the division of pediatric cardiology, University of Kentucky Read on »

What happens when you have a heart murmur and ignore a bad tooth filling? by Saundra G. Patient Expert

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Posted Fri 13 Nov 2009 10:00pm This is a true story told to me by the wife of a dental patient with a heart murmur (mostly in her words). Three months ago my husband lost part of a filling and used... with a heart murmur. 2. He started sleeping a lot more, not wanting to do too much. He just assumed he stayed up too late. 3. Then he started getting low grade fevers that would only Read on »

Paucis Verbis card: When murmurs need echo evaluation by Michelle Lin Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 17 Sep 2010 12:00am Have you been in a situation where you are the first to detect a cardiac murmur in a patient? If you are hearing it in a busy, loud Emergency Department, I find that it's at least a grade III. Should you order an echocardiogram for further outpatient evaluation? It depends on the grade and characteristic of the murmur, in addition Read on »

Mechanism of Austin flint murmur by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 16 Sep 2010 10:16am The murmur of Austin flint is has become an immortal cardiac auscultatory sign even in this era of hi tech cardiology. This is our humble tribute to the physicians... .This generates a mid and late diastolic murmur from the mitral valve which is heard well in the mitral area. This was confirmed 100 years later as anterior mitral leaflet flutter Read on »

We Heart Books and Dogs by Kel Posted Tue 22 Feb 2011 5:16pm Here is Bridgette attempting to eat some cereal before her nap. I hope it stays down. Nothing like having your daughter aspirate on her own vomit! It's a most unpleasant way to wake up. And since we already took a shower today too (she woke up covered head to toe in poop), staying clean for 12 hours would be nice. So these are her ... Read on »

Dogs Leave Pawprints On Our Hearts by Laurie P. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 01 Oct 2008 9:17pm had been grieving the loss of Brutus and my heart was broken because I missed him too. I wanted to "fix" it and even bought another puppy last week for Chris. But we ended up taking it back. Chris appreciated the fact that I wanted to make him feel better but he just wasn't ready for another dog. So, he decided to wait until next year to get another Read on »

FDA approves Heart Mate II – Blood Pump for the Heart for Patients With Advanced Heart Problems by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Wed 27 Jan 2010 11:46pm A new smaller version of the Heart Mate has been approved by the FDA. I had a related post back in 2008 about how the device from Thoratec was responsible for extending the life of a man who needed both kidney and heart transplants. If you read through you can see where mechanical improvements were also made with the new model. The device Read on »

First heart patients implanted with 3rd Generation mechanical heart pump - DuraHeart by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Tue 02 Jun 2009 10:47pm The device helps the heart pump blood from the left ventricle to the aorta, increasing flow throughout the body. Previous research has shown the approach can help alleviate symptoms and improve survival. With a shortage of hearts available for transplant the device can help extend lives and earlier this year I posted about the clinical trials Read on »

Heart Health for Women: To Have a Heart is To Suffer the Attack of the Heart by Melissa G. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 01 Oct 2008 9:16pm

1 Comment Women and our hearts....it is an on going struggle to balance ourselves, our hearts and our world. We battle every day with keeping our emotions in check, taking care... and natural leaders are often described as "bitches without heart." Other women, those labeled as meek and non-offensive women cower in their cubes or desks, unable to assert Read on »