Calcified Heart Valves Vs. Normal Heart Valves
Posted By Adam Pick On October 18, 2008 @ 5:37 am In Pictures, Diagnosis | 2 Comments
Are you like me?
When I was diagnosed with severe heart valve disease, I wanted to learn as much as I could about [1] the recovery from open heart surgery.
Specifically, during my second-opinion with Dr. Chaikin, I learned that my heart valve leaflets had narrowed due to [2] asymptomatic, I was not in good health.
Calcified Aortic Heart Valve
I also thought you might like to see a picture of a normal heart valve. That said, here are two pictures of an aortic valve and a tricuspid valve. These valves do not have any form of disease (calcification, prolapse, infection).
I hope these pictures help you visualize the difference between calcified and normal heart valves.
Keep on tickin!
About The Author: Adam Pick is a double, heart valve surgery patient and author of The Patient’s Guide To Heart Valve Surgery, a unique book which integrates the clinical facts of heart valve surgery with the personal experiences of an actual heart valve surgery patient. [4] To learn more about Adam and his heart valve surgery book, click here.
Article printed from Adam’s Heart Valve Surgery Blog: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog
URL to article: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/10/18/calcified-heart-valve-pictures-normal/
URLs in this post:
[1] the recovery from open heart surgery: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/open-heart-surgery-recovery-time.php
[2] asymptomatic: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/07/23/asymptomatic-heart-valve-disease-di
agnosis/
[3] three heart valve flaps: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/08/05/heart-valve-flaps-what-are-they-how
-do-they-work/
[4] To learn more about Adam and his heart valve surgery book, click here: http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-valve-surgery-book-download-guide.php
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