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… aorta, a large blood vessel in the chest. This can cause an aortic aneurysm , which can be life-threatening. Your doctor … Healthy Bone Versus Bone Weakened by Osteoporosis Thoracic aortic aneurysm … Conditions Basics What is giant cell … aorta, a large blood vessel in the chest. This can cause an aortic aneurysm , which can be life-threatening. Your doctor …
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… heart conditions include: A repaired or replaced heart valve. Endocarditis in the past. Heart defects since birth (congenital heart defects). Heart valve problems after a heart transplant. Your doctor can … has several reasons for not advising all people with valve problems to take antibiotics: Taking antibiotics may …
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… heart muscle may also interfere with how the heart valves open and close, particularly the mitral valve, which divides the left upper chamber (atrium) from … heart muscle may also interfere with how the heart valves open and close, particularly the mitral valve, which …
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… Your doctor may also do a pelvic and para-aortic lymph node biopsy to find out the stage and grade of … that they have more experience with. Pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes will be biopsied during surgery to help … Your doctor may also do a pelvic and para-aortic lymph node biopsy to find out the stage and grade of …
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… surgeon then puts a tube into the opening to let air in. A valve keeps the opening of the tube closed during the day, … you to speak and breathe normally. At night, you open the valve so that air can go around the blockage in your throat … the tube with your finger or by adding a special one-way valve to the trach tube. You may also be able to use …
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… VUR is caused by a problem with the development of the valve at the end of the tube that carries urine from the … Secondary VUR is also caused by a problem with the same valve. Something inside the bladder prevents the bladder … causes increased pressure in the bladder that keeps the valve from closing properly. What are the symptoms? …
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… stenosis. Pulmonic stenosis is a narrowing of the pulmonic valve. It limits blood flow out of the right ventricle and … Tricuspid stenosis is a narrowing of the tricuspid valve. This limits blood flow out of the right atrium, … regurgitation. In tricuspid regurgitation, the tricuspid valve doesn't close properly. This causes blood in the right …
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… or the spinal bones Blood vessel problems, such as an aortic aneurysm or peripheral arterial disease Sudden … or the spinal bones Blood vessel problems, such as an aortic aneurysm or peripheral arterial disease Sudden …
