Heart disease surgery
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After Heart Valve Surgery - St Vincent's Heart Health
Discover how to recover well after heart valve surgery.
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Travel - St Vincent's Heart Health
Information about travelling with a heart condition or after heart surgery.
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Heart Valve Surgery - "Valve Surgery" - St Vincent's Heart Health
Information about heart valve repair and replacement surgery, including how to prepare and what happens during and after the surgery.
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Heart Transplant - St Vincent's Heart Health
Information about heart transplant, including how to prepare and what happens during and after the surgery.
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After Cardiac Bypass Surgery - St Vincent's Heart Health
Discover how to recover well after cardiac bypass surgery.
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Cardiac Bypass Surgery - "Bypass" - St Vincent's Heart Health
Information about cardiac bypass surgery, including how to prepare and what happens during and after the procedure.
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Bentall Procedure - St Vincent's Heart Health
Information about a Bentall Procedure, including how to prepare and what happens during and after the surgery.
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After Heart Transplant - St Vincent's Heart Health
Learn how to recover well after a heart transplant.
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Heart transplants - MyDr.com.au
There are treatments for heart failure, but for some people a transplant is the best option. Heart transplantation is generally a successful procedure for advanced heart disease.
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Cardiac infective endocarditis fact sheet | Children’s Health Queensland
Children's health information fact sheet about infective endocarditis.
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LDL cholesterol - Pathology Tests Explained
Why and when to get tested for LDL cholesterol
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Music to reduce stress and anxiety for people with coronary heart disease | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: This systematic review indicates that listening to music may have a beneficial effect on anxiety in persons with CHD, especially those with a myocardial infarction
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Congestive Heart Failure – Common Reasons for CHF | Ausmed
Congestive heart failure is not a disease; rather it’s a cascade of events and ill-conceived compensatory efforts made by the body in an attempt to maintain an adequate ejection of blood from the left ventricle. The heart is doing its best… but in the long run, it’s making a bad job worse.
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Creatine kinase - Pathology Tests Explained
Why and when to get tested for creatine kinase (CK)
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Quicker access to medical advice and life saving cardiac therapy
In the past, a doctor had to be with a person to diagnose a heart attack, but a new service that is being introduced in NSW allows an ECG to be sent quickly to a specialist doctor who may be many kilometres away. This means that people are treated much faster and, in many cases, even before they see a doctor.
Read more on ACI - Agency for Clinical Innovation website
C-reactive protein - Pathology Tests Explained
Why and when to get tested for CRP
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Anti Xa levels - Pathology Tests Explained
Why and when to get tested for heparin anti-Xa
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Platelet function test - Pathology Tests Explained
Platelets are vital for normal blood clotting
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An Introduction to Blood Clots | Ausmed
A blood clot is a semisolid mass of blood components (platelets, proteins and cells) that clumps together in a process known as coagulation. Harmful blood clots affect 30 000 Australians every year. They are potentially fatal if left untreated and account for about 10% of hospital deaths.
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Prothrombin time - Pathology Tests Explained
Describes how the prothrombin time (PT) test is used, why the PT test is done, and what the results might mean.
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