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Heart (Cardio) Disorders & Diseases

On this forum you can find topics about specific types of heart disease such as coronary artery disease, coronary heart disease, cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, pericardial disease, and heart failure.

What's the difference between double and triple bypass heart surgery?

Hello, I am dealing with heart issues. I have arteriosclerosis on left coronary artery (obstruction over 80%). Doctors are thinking about what procedure to perform , double or triple bypass surgery. I don’t know the difference between those two, then again, I don’t even know what is...

by User avatar Guest

What is the best treatment for patients with Infective Endocarditis?

Greetings. My name is Max. I have one daughter and she is 27 years old now. She got really sick at my birthday party a few days ago. The good thing is that my sister is a doctor and she reacted really quick. She called her friends from ER and they took her to the hospital. Nothing good...She has...

by User avatar MadMax

How can doctors diagnose Buerger's Disease and what are treatment options?

Hello everyone. I was talking with one friend of mine. Her maid of honor was diagnosed with Buerger's Disease and she is now using some medications. I am not sure, but they are regular way of the treatment. We were talking about it and I told her that we do talk a lot...

by User avatar Aurora-Borealis349353

How to diagnose and treat Antiphospholipid Syndrome?

Hello everyone. How are you? My sister's boyfriend was diagnosed with Antiphospholipid Syndrome. It is really hard for me to accept that her boyfriend is one who has some heart problems, I just don't want to believe in it. I want to help him but I don't know how, since I can see that he is...

by User avatar CouchPotato351031

For what heart diseases ACE Inhibitors are used?

Hello everyone. I really don't like doctors. I think that nobody loves them. But I do know that I need to visit them and now, I clearly have some heart issues or some heart disease. When my doctor told me this I was pretending that I don't care because I was always thinking that I am super lady. But...

by User avatar Clara/898BB

How can Myocarditis be diagnosed and what are the best treatment options?

Hello. My mother is really impossible. Whenever she has some symptoms that are different from her current condition, she believes that she is sick. Maybe she is, I am not saying nothing opposite, but the main problem is because she doesn't want to visit her doctor. The newest thing is that she has...

by User avatar Guest

Are there any complications of Mitral valve repair procedure?

Good day there. My husband's dad needs to have Mitral valve repair procedure. He needed to do this procedure almost three years ago, but he didn't. Now his condition is really serious and doctor told him that it is just a matter of time when this can have some fatal effects on his health. Since...

by User avatar CouchPotato351031

How to live with low blood pressure (hypotension)?

Answered by a doctor

Hello everyone, Well, I kind of knew that there was something going on with me so I went to see my doctor and even without doing any tests, he told me that I have low blood pressure (hypotension is its professional title, I think). Is there anyone here who has this condition or knows...

by User avatar Health-n-joy349544

What are the most common causes of Antiphospholipid Syndrome?

Hi everyone. My friend from Australia called me today. She was really upset because she found out that she has Antiphospholipid Syndrome. She asked me what do I know about it and I really don't know a lot at all. I have heard about this disease like three months ago, but I don't know anyone...

by User avatar MakeMeCoffee349376

Signs and symptoms of coarctation of aorta

Hello everyone, I was wondering if you could help me out. A friend of mine just called me and she said that she thinks that she has coarctation of aorta. She searched online and apparently, her symptoms say that this is the condition that she has. She is going to visit her doctor the day...

by User avatar Bee350875