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… How Hospice Palliative Care Can Help With Pain and Treatment … strong or able to handle pain. Telling your doctor exactly how you feel is one of the most important parts of … does it feel like? Sharp? Dull? Throbbing? Burning? Steady? How strong is the pain? How long does the pain last? What …
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… Interactive Tool: How Bad Are Your Urinary Symptoms From Benign Prostatic … prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and gives you a score based on how severe your symptoms are. BPH is an enlarged prostate … Your score on this tool may help you think about if and how you want to treat the problem. The tool is based on the …
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… Valve Replacement Surgery On this page: Surgery Overview How It Is Done What To Expect Why It Is Done How Well It Works Risks Surgery Overview Aortic valve replacement gives you a new aortic heart valve. The new valve may be mechanical or made of …
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… for Atrial Fibrillation On this page: Treatment Overview How It Is Done What To Expect Why It Is Done How Well It Works Risks Treatment Overview Catheter ablation … a catheter ablation, the doctor destroys tiny areas in the heart that are firing off abnormal electrical impulses and …
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… Artery Bypass Surgery On this page: Surgery Overview How It Is Done What To Expect Why It Is Done How Well It Works Risks Surgery Overview Coronary artery … arteries are the blood vessels that bring blood to the heart muscle. This is also called coronary artery bypass …
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… Coronary Angioplasty On this page: Treatment Overview How It Is Done What To Expect Why It Is Done How Well It Works Risks Treatment Overview Coronary … arteries are the blood vessels that bring oxygen to the heart muscle. It may also be called percutaneous coronary …
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… this page: Treatment Overview What To Expect Why It Is Done How Well It Works Risks Treatment Overview Cardiac … pacemaker (say "by-ven-TRICK-yuh-ler") to treat heart failure. This pacemaker sends electrical pulses to …
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… this page: Treatment Overview What To Expect Why It Is Done How Well It Works Risks Treatment Overview Transcatheter … is a procedure to implant a replacement aortic valve in the heart. It is also called transcatheter aortic valve …
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… this page: Surgery Overview What To Expect Why It Is Done How Well It Works Risks Surgery Overview Mitral valve replacement is most often done as an open-heart surgery. Minimally invasive types of surgery may be …
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… this page: Surgery Overview What To Expect Why It Is Done How Well It Works Risks Surgery Overview Mitral valve repair is typically done during an open-heart surgery. It repairs a mitral valve that is not working …
