Douglas Bogart, MD  
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Truman Medical Center
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7900 Lee's Summit Road
Kansas City - MO
Mobile mass on aortic valve
Jul 24, 2008 07:25AM in the Interventional Cardiology Expert Forum
Both a PFO and a fibroelastoma can cause embolization and can produce a stroke. While I don't know your specific case it might be possible to do both procedures with open heart surgery. You problably should have a second opinion as this is a difficult and not very common problem.
venous return from legs
Jul 24, 2008 07:16AM in the Interventional Cardiology Expert Forum
Obesity does correlate with peripheral edema and venous insufficiency. A regular exercise program with diet as well --low fat and low sodium can help.
Chronic insomnia - heart disease patient, triple bypass in 1990
Jul 24, 2008 07:14AM in the Interventional Cardiology Expert Forum
You have already tried all the medications I generally recommed and then some. Trazadone is a good med for heart patients and sometimes going up on the dose to of 300 mg can be helpful.
ok to excerscise
Jul 23, 2008 07:23AM in the Interventional Cardiology Expert Forum
see above response.
excercising
Jul 22, 2008 05:41PM in the Interventional Cardiology Expert Forum
You should start by walking at a comfortable level for 15 minutes and do this daily for one week. Then increase the time by five minutes per week until you are at thirty minutes per day. At that point you should begin to increase the pace you walk--your goal should be to walk two miles in 30 minutes. At this point you can then start resistance training to ...
Newborn with severe heart defects
Jul 22, 2008 05:30PM in the Interventional Cardiology Expert Forum
The best advice I can give you is to take your son to a center with a large experience in severe congenital heart disease and get their opinion.