As for the nineteenth installment of this new series of article from Men, Heart Diseases and EKG Machines, we will be discussing here on about the causes of heart valve disease.
Heart valve disease can develop before birth (congenital) or can be acquired sometime during one's lifetime. Sometimes the cause of valve disease is unknown.
Congenital valve disease
Most often affects the aortic or pulmonic valve. Valves may be the wrong size, have malformed leaflets, or have leaflets that are not attached correctly.
Bicuspid aortic valve disease
A congenital valve disease that affects the aortic valve. Instead of the normal three leaflets or cusps, the bicuspid aortic valve has only two. Without the third leaflet, the valve may be stiff (unable to open or close properly) or leaky (not able close tightly).
Acquired valve disease
This includes problems that develop with valves that were once normal. These may involve changes in the structure or your valve due to a variety of diseases or infections, including rheumatic fever or endocarditis.
Rheumatic fever is caused by an untreated bacterial infection (usually strep throat). Luckily, the introduction of antibiotics to treat this infection has dramatically reduced the numbers of this infection. The initial infection usually occurs in children, but the heart problems associated with the infection may not be seen until 20-40 years later. At that time, the heart valves become inflamed, the leaflets stick together and become scarred, rigid, thickened, and shortened. This leads to mitral regurgitation. Mitral stenosis is rarely seen in the U.S. outside the immigrant population.
Allow me to stop there for a moment to give a review on this yet another superb EKG device brand GE: Marquette MAC 5000 Premium EKG System. Also being listed in the EKGShop.com website, Marquette MAC 5000 Premium EKG System is regarded as one of the recommended EKG Machines brand available in the market today as being used by most doctors and medical hospitals or clinics.
The Marquette MAC 5000 Premium EKG System is known as the ultimate resting ECG system. The innovative MAC 5000 provides the most complete suite of advanced analysis algorithms. New, digital compact acquisition module virtually eliminates non-cardiac electrical noise. Lead-Check display instantly checks lead integrity and gives you a simultaneous real-time review of all 12 leads. This Mac 5000 EKG machine replaces the Mac 6 and Mac 8 ECG systems.
This said EKG Machine has up to $30 reimbursement per test. This machine pays for itself after 180 tests. This ECG Machine has a full alphanumeric liquid-tight keyboard minimizes cleanup.
Aside from the abovementioned specs, this EKG also includes these features: 3.5 inch, high-density floppy disk drive is incorporated into the design for data storage, wide active matrix display screen increases viewing angles for greater user convenience, Marquette 12SL interpretation program and a monochrome display.
Moreover, if you buy EKG on the website (www.ekgshop.com), they offer a 3-year manufacturers warranty. You can also avail for a 2 year extended warranty which is available for $ 299 only. Extended warranty plans available including free loaners and our exclusive Rapid Response Service.
For more info regarding this brand, you may visit the link below:
http://www.ekgshop.com/Product/MAC-5000-Premium-EKG-System.html
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Men, Heart Diseases and EKG Machines (Part 18): A Marquette MAC PC Basic EKG Machine Product Review
As for the eighteenth installment of this new series of article from Men, Heart Diseases and EKG Machines, we will just be discussing here on about the types of heart valve disease.
There are several types of heart valve disease:
Valvular stenosis
This occurs when a heart valve opening is smaller than normal due to stiff or fused leaflets. The narrowed opening may make the heart work very hard to pump blood through it. This can lead to heart failure and other symptoms (see below). All four valves can be stenotic (hardened, restricting blood flow); the conditions are called tricuspid stenosis, pulmonic stenosis, mitral stenosis, or aortic stenosis.
Valvular insufficiency
Also called regurgitation, incompetence, or "leaky valve", this occurs when a valve does not close tightly. If the valves do not seal, some blood will leak backwards across the valve. As the leak worsens, the heart has to work harder to make up for the leaky valve, and less blood may flow to the rest of the body. Depending on which valve is affected, the condition is called tricuspid regurgitation, pulmonary regurgitation, mitral regurgitation, or aortic regurgitation.
Allow me to stop there for a moment to give a review on this yet another superb EKG device brand GE: Marquette MAC PC Basic EKG Machine. Also being listed in the EKGShop.com website, Marquette MAC PC Basic EKG Machine is regarded as one of the recommended EKG Machines brand available in the market today as being used by most doctors and medical hospitals or clinics.
The Marquette MAC PC Basic EKG Machine is a non-interpretive with portability in a full function EKG machine.
This said EKG Machine has up to $30 reimbursement per test. This machine pays for itself after 30 tests. This ECG Machine has a system that acquires ECG data and relays it to the ER via cellular phone lines.
Aside from the abovementioned specs, this EKG also includes these features: microcomputer augmented, 4.25 inch strip chart report, three or six channel format, AC/DC with NiCad battery, internal storage of up to 20 ECGs, data transmission capability and weighs 11 pounds.
Moreover, if you buy EKG on the website (www.ekgshop.com), they offer a 1-year manufacturers warranty. You can also avail for a 2 year extended warranty which is available for $ 299 only. Extended warranty plans available including free loaners and our exclusive Rapid Response Service.
For more info regarding this brand, you may visit the link below:
http://www.ekgshop.com/Product/MAC-PC-Basic-EKG-Machine.html
There are several types of heart valve disease:
Valvular stenosis
This occurs when a heart valve opening is smaller than normal due to stiff or fused leaflets. The narrowed opening may make the heart work very hard to pump blood through it. This can lead to heart failure and other symptoms (see below). All four valves can be stenotic (hardened, restricting blood flow); the conditions are called tricuspid stenosis, pulmonic stenosis, mitral stenosis, or aortic stenosis.
Valvular insufficiency
Also called regurgitation, incompetence, or "leaky valve", this occurs when a valve does not close tightly. If the valves do not seal, some blood will leak backwards across the valve. As the leak worsens, the heart has to work harder to make up for the leaky valve, and less blood may flow to the rest of the body. Depending on which valve is affected, the condition is called tricuspid regurgitation, pulmonary regurgitation, mitral regurgitation, or aortic regurgitation.
Allow me to stop there for a moment to give a review on this yet another superb EKG device brand GE: Marquette MAC PC Basic EKG Machine. Also being listed in the EKGShop.com website, Marquette MAC PC Basic EKG Machine is regarded as one of the recommended EKG Machines brand available in the market today as being used by most doctors and medical hospitals or clinics.
The Marquette MAC PC Basic EKG Machine is a non-interpretive with portability in a full function EKG machine.
This said EKG Machine has up to $30 reimbursement per test. This machine pays for itself after 30 tests. This ECG Machine has a system that acquires ECG data and relays it to the ER via cellular phone lines.
Aside from the abovementioned specs, this EKG also includes these features: microcomputer augmented, 4.25 inch strip chart report, three or six channel format, AC/DC with NiCad battery, internal storage of up to 20 ECGs, data transmission capability and weighs 11 pounds.
Moreover, if you buy EKG on the website (www.ekgshop.com), they offer a 1-year manufacturers warranty. You can also avail for a 2 year extended warranty which is available for $ 299 only. Extended warranty plans available including free loaners and our exclusive Rapid Response Service.
For more info regarding this brand, you may visit the link below:
http://www.ekgshop.com/Product/MAC-PC-Basic-EKG-Machine.html
Men, Heart Diseases and EKG Machines (Part 17): A Marquette MAC 1200 CardioSmart EKG Product Review
As for the seventeenth part of this new series of article from Men, Heart Diseases and EKG Machines, we will just be discussing here about the heart valve disease.
According to the American Heart Association, about 5 million Americans are diagnosed with heart valve disease each year.
So what is Heart Valve Disease?
Heart valve disease occurs when the heart valves do not work the way they should.
How Do Heart Valves Work?
Your heart valves lie at the exit of each of your four heart chambers and maintain one-way blood flow through your heart. The four heart valves make sure that blood always flows freely in a forward direction and that there is no backward leakage.
Blood flows from your right and left atria into your ventricles through the open mitral and tricuspid valves.
When the ventricles are full, the mitral and tricuspid valves shut. This prevents blood from flowing backward into the atria while the ventricles contract (squeeze).
As the ventricles begin to contract, the pulmonic and aortic valves are forced open and blood is pumped out of the ventricles through the open valves into the pulmonary artery toward the lungs, the aorta, and the body.
When the ventricles finish contracting and begin to relax, the aortic and pulmonic valves snap shut. These valves prevent blood from flowing back into the ventricles.
This pattern is repeated over and over, causing blood to flow continuously to the heart, lungs, and body.
Allow me to stop there for a moment to give a review on this yet another superb EKG device brand GE: Marquette MAC 1200 CardioSmart EKG. Also being listed in the EKGShop.com website, Marquette MAC 1200 CardioSmart EKG is regarded as one of the recommended EKG Machines brand available in the market today as being used by most doctors and medical hospitals or clinics.
The Marquette MAC 1200 CardioSmart EKG is a non-interpretive and 12 lead EKG with a full sized 8.5 x 11 inch paper format and alphanumeric keyboard.
Aside from the abovementioned specs, this EKG also includes these features: preview screen for EKG viewing, LCD text display and 12SL measurements, AC line or battery operation from NiCad battery and modular software and hardware package allows flexibility in system configuration.
Moreover, if you buy EKG on the website (www.ekgshop.com), they offer a 3-year manufacturers warranty. You can also avail for a 2 year extended warranty which is available for $ 299 only. Extended warranty plans available including free loaners and our exclusive Rapid Response Service.
For more info regarding this brand, you may visit the link below:
http://www.ekgshop.com/Product/Max-1.html
According to the American Heart Association, about 5 million Americans are diagnosed with heart valve disease each year.
So what is Heart Valve Disease?
Heart valve disease occurs when the heart valves do not work the way they should.
How Do Heart Valves Work?
Your heart valves lie at the exit of each of your four heart chambers and maintain one-way blood flow through your heart. The four heart valves make sure that blood always flows freely in a forward direction and that there is no backward leakage.
Blood flows from your right and left atria into your ventricles through the open mitral and tricuspid valves.
When the ventricles are full, the mitral and tricuspid valves shut. This prevents blood from flowing backward into the atria while the ventricles contract (squeeze).
As the ventricles begin to contract, the pulmonic and aortic valves are forced open and blood is pumped out of the ventricles through the open valves into the pulmonary artery toward the lungs, the aorta, and the body.
When the ventricles finish contracting and begin to relax, the aortic and pulmonic valves snap shut. These valves prevent blood from flowing back into the ventricles.
This pattern is repeated over and over, causing blood to flow continuously to the heart, lungs, and body.
Allow me to stop there for a moment to give a review on this yet another superb EKG device brand GE: Marquette MAC 1200 CardioSmart EKG. Also being listed in the EKGShop.com website, Marquette MAC 1200 CardioSmart EKG is regarded as one of the recommended EKG Machines brand available in the market today as being used by most doctors and medical hospitals or clinics.
The Marquette MAC 1200 CardioSmart EKG is a non-interpretive and 12 lead EKG with a full sized 8.5 x 11 inch paper format and alphanumeric keyboard.
Aside from the abovementioned specs, this EKG also includes these features: preview screen for EKG viewing, LCD text display and 12SL measurements, AC line or battery operation from NiCad battery and modular software and hardware package allows flexibility in system configuration.
Moreover, if you buy EKG on the website (www.ekgshop.com), they offer a 3-year manufacturers warranty. You can also avail for a 2 year extended warranty which is available for $ 299 only. Extended warranty plans available including free loaners and our exclusive Rapid Response Service.
For more info regarding this brand, you may visit the link below:
http://www.ekgshop.com/Product/Max-1.html
Men, Heart Diseases and EKG Machines (Part 16): A GE Max 1 Product Review
As for the sixteenth part of this new series of article from Men, Heart Diseases and EKG Machines, we will just be discussing here on why the treatment heart failure is a team effort.
Heart failure management is a team effort, and you are the key player on the team. Your heart doctor will prescribe your medications and manage other medical problems. Other team members -- including nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, exercise specialists, and social workers -- will help you achieve success. But it is up to YOU to take your medications, make dietary changes, live a healthy lifestyle, keep your follow-up appointments, and be an active member of the team.
What Is the Outlook for People With Heart Failure?
With the right care, heart failure will not stop you from doing the things you enjoy. Your prognosis or outlook for the future will depend on how well your heart muscle is functioning, your symptoms, and how well you respond to and follow your treatment plan.
Everyone with a long-term illness, such as heart failure, should discuss their desires for extended medical care with their doctor and family. An "advance directive" or "living will" is one way to let everyone know your wishes. A living will expresses your desires about the use of medical treatments to prolong your life. This document is prepared while you are fully competent in case you are unable to make these decisions at a later time.
Allow me to stop there for a moment to give a review on this yet another superb EKG device brand GE: GE Max 1. Also being listed in the EKGShop.com website, GE Max 1 is regarded as one of the recommended EKG Machines brand available in the market today as being used by most doctors and medical hospitals or clinics.
The GE Max 1 is an interpretive stress test with Marquette T2000 Treadmill.
Aside from the abovementioned specs, this EKG also includes these features: patient cables digitizes the signal at the patient, eliminating analog cable noise, contacts resist corrosion and ensure optimal signal quality, median update helps assure all measurements, including ST segments, are made upon true morphology, technician friendly interface and can select standard or customized protocols.
Moreover, if you buy EKG on the website (www.ekgshop.com), they offer a 2 year extended warranty which is available for $ 299 only.
For more info regarding this brand, you may visit the link below:
http://www.ekgshop.com/Product/Max-1.html
Heart failure management is a team effort, and you are the key player on the team. Your heart doctor will prescribe your medications and manage other medical problems. Other team members -- including nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, exercise specialists, and social workers -- will help you achieve success. But it is up to YOU to take your medications, make dietary changes, live a healthy lifestyle, keep your follow-up appointments, and be an active member of the team.
What Is the Outlook for People With Heart Failure?
With the right care, heart failure will not stop you from doing the things you enjoy. Your prognosis or outlook for the future will depend on how well your heart muscle is functioning, your symptoms, and how well you respond to and follow your treatment plan.
Everyone with a long-term illness, such as heart failure, should discuss their desires for extended medical care with their doctor and family. An "advance directive" or "living will" is one way to let everyone know your wishes. A living will expresses your desires about the use of medical treatments to prolong your life. This document is prepared while you are fully competent in case you are unable to make these decisions at a later time.
Allow me to stop there for a moment to give a review on this yet another superb EKG device brand GE: GE Max 1. Also being listed in the EKGShop.com website, GE Max 1 is regarded as one of the recommended EKG Machines brand available in the market today as being used by most doctors and medical hospitals or clinics.
The GE Max 1 is an interpretive stress test with Marquette T2000 Treadmill.
Aside from the abovementioned specs, this EKG also includes these features: patient cables digitizes the signal at the patient, eliminating analog cable noise, contacts resist corrosion and ensure optimal signal quality, median update helps assure all measurements, including ST segments, are made upon true morphology, technician friendly interface and can select standard or customized protocols.
Moreover, if you buy EKG on the website (www.ekgshop.com), they offer a 2 year extended warranty which is available for $ 299 only.
For more info regarding this brand, you may visit the link below:
http://www.ekgshop.com/Product/Max-1.html
Friday, July 10, 2009
Men, Heart Diseases and EKG Machines (Part 15): A Marquette MAC 5500 Workflow Solutions Product Review
As for the fifteenth part of this new series of article from Men, Heart Diseases and EKG Machines, we will just be discussing here if a surgery can be used to treat heart failure.
In heart failure, surgery is aimed at stopping further damage to the heart and improving the heart's function. Procedures used include:
• Implantable left ventricular assist device (LVAD). The LVAD is known as the "bridge to transplantation" for patients who haven't responded to other treatments and are hospitalized with severe systolic heart failure. This device helps your heart pump blood throughout your body. It allows you to be mobile, sometimes returning home to await a heart transplant. It may also be used as destination therapy for long-term support in patients who are not eligible for transplant.
• Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. The most common surgery for heart failure is bypass surgery. Your doctor will determine if your heart failure is caused by coronary artery disease and if you have blockages that can be bypassed. Although surgery is more risky for people with heart failure, new strategies before, during, and after surgery have reduced the risks and improved outcomes.
• Heart valve surgery. Diseased heart valves can be treated both surgically (traditional heart valve surgery) and non-surgically (balloon valvuloplasty).
• Infarct exclusion surgery (Modified Dor or Dor Procedure). When a heart attack occurs in the left ventricle (left lower pumping chamber of the heart), a scar forms. The scarred area is thin and can bulge out with each beat. The bulging thin area is called an aneurysm. When heart failure occurs after a heart attack, the surgeon may choose to combine bypass surgery and/or valve repair, with removal of the infracted (dead) area of heart tissue or the aneurysm. Infarct exclusion surgery allows the surgeon to return the left ventricle to a more normal shape and to improve function.
• Heart transplant. A heart transplant is considered when heart failure is so severe that it does not respond to all other therapies, but the person's health is otherwise good.
Allow me to stop there for a moment to give a review on this yet another superb EKG device brand GE: Marquette MAC 5500 Workflow Solutions. Also being listed in the EKGShop.com website, Marquette MAC 5500 Workflow Solutions is regarded as one of the recommended EKG Machines brand available in the market today as being used by most doctors and medical hospitals or clinics.
The Marquette MAC 5500 Workflow Solutions is the ultimate resting ECG system. The innovative MAC 5500 provides the most complete suite of advanced analysis algorithms. New, digital compact acquisition module virtually eliminates non-cardiac electrical noise. Lead-Check display instantly checks lead integrity and gives you a simultaneous real-time review of all 12 leads.
This said EKG Machine has up to $30 reimbursement per test. This machine pays for itself after 300 tests. This ECG Machine has a full alphanumeric liquid-tight keyboard minimizes cleanup.
Aside from the abovementioned specs, this EKG also includes these features: 3.5 inch, high-density floppy disk drive is incorporated into the design for data storage, wide active matrix display screen increases viewing angles for greater user convenience, Marquette Hook-up Advisor signal quality analysis program reduces poor waveform quality during ECG recording, Marquette 12SL interpretation program and a monochrome display.
Moreover, if you buy EKG on the website (www.ekgshop.com), they offer a 1-year manufacturers warranty. You can also avail for a 2 year extended warranty which is available for $ 299 only. Extended warranty plans available including free loaners and our exclusive Rapid Response Service.
For more info regarding this brand, you may visit the link below:
http://www.ekgshop.com/Product/MAC-5500-Workflow-Solutions.html
In heart failure, surgery is aimed at stopping further damage to the heart and improving the heart's function. Procedures used include:
• Implantable left ventricular assist device (LVAD). The LVAD is known as the "bridge to transplantation" for patients who haven't responded to other treatments and are hospitalized with severe systolic heart failure. This device helps your heart pump blood throughout your body. It allows you to be mobile, sometimes returning home to await a heart transplant. It may also be used as destination therapy for long-term support in patients who are not eligible for transplant.
• Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. The most common surgery for heart failure is bypass surgery. Your doctor will determine if your heart failure is caused by coronary artery disease and if you have blockages that can be bypassed. Although surgery is more risky for people with heart failure, new strategies before, during, and after surgery have reduced the risks and improved outcomes.
• Heart valve surgery. Diseased heart valves can be treated both surgically (traditional heart valve surgery) and non-surgically (balloon valvuloplasty).
• Infarct exclusion surgery (Modified Dor or Dor Procedure). When a heart attack occurs in the left ventricle (left lower pumping chamber of the heart), a scar forms. The scarred area is thin and can bulge out with each beat. The bulging thin area is called an aneurysm. When heart failure occurs after a heart attack, the surgeon may choose to combine bypass surgery and/or valve repair, with removal of the infracted (dead) area of heart tissue or the aneurysm. Infarct exclusion surgery allows the surgeon to return the left ventricle to a more normal shape and to improve function.
• Heart transplant. A heart transplant is considered when heart failure is so severe that it does not respond to all other therapies, but the person's health is otherwise good.
Allow me to stop there for a moment to give a review on this yet another superb EKG device brand GE: Marquette MAC 5500 Workflow Solutions. Also being listed in the EKGShop.com website, Marquette MAC 5500 Workflow Solutions is regarded as one of the recommended EKG Machines brand available in the market today as being used by most doctors and medical hospitals or clinics.
The Marquette MAC 5500 Workflow Solutions is the ultimate resting ECG system. The innovative MAC 5500 provides the most complete suite of advanced analysis algorithms. New, digital compact acquisition module virtually eliminates non-cardiac electrical noise. Lead-Check display instantly checks lead integrity and gives you a simultaneous real-time review of all 12 leads.
This said EKG Machine has up to $30 reimbursement per test. This machine pays for itself after 300 tests. This ECG Machine has a full alphanumeric liquid-tight keyboard minimizes cleanup.
Aside from the abovementioned specs, this EKG also includes these features: 3.5 inch, high-density floppy disk drive is incorporated into the design for data storage, wide active matrix display screen increases viewing angles for greater user convenience, Marquette Hook-up Advisor signal quality analysis program reduces poor waveform quality during ECG recording, Marquette 12SL interpretation program and a monochrome display.
Moreover, if you buy EKG on the website (www.ekgshop.com), they offer a 1-year manufacturers warranty. You can also avail for a 2 year extended warranty which is available for $ 299 only. Extended warranty plans available including free loaners and our exclusive Rapid Response Service.
For more info regarding this brand, you may visit the link below:
http://www.ekgshop.com/Product/MAC-5500-Workflow-Solutions.html
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