Conditions and Treatments
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was treated and released Wednesday from a Washington hospital after experiencing an irregular heartbeat. Mr. Cheney suffered from the most common type of irregularity, called atrial fibrillation. VOA’s Carol Pearson tells us what this condition is and why it is taken seriously.
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Interventional radiology’s drug-device technique breaks up/removes blood clots to help prevent permanent leg damage and disability.
Duration : 0:1:54
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The Shands Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Vein Isolation procedure, also known as the “Mini-Maze,” is used to treat atrial fibrillation through three small incisions on each side of the chest. Two of the incisions are about the size of a nickel, and the other incision is slightly larger. Through these “ports,” a surgeon can use a [...]
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The mini-maze procedures are cardiac surgery procedures intended to cure atrial fibrillation (AF), a common disturbance of heart rhythm.
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A range of treatments for the irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation aim to reduce the chance of a stroke, and ease symptoms, for millions.
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Did you know more Americans die annually from deep vein thrombosis (DVT)/pulmonary embolism (PE) than from breast cancer and AIDS combined? Yet 74 percent of Americans have little or no awareness of DVT, according to a national survey sponsored by the American Public Health ociation. In this week’s show we talk to a good friend, [...]
Blood clots are a potentially deadly side effect which can happen after major orthopaedic surgery. A breakthrough treatment has been approved to help prevent this post surgical complication.
Duration : 0:2:48
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