Heart Valves: What Can Go Wrong and the Latest Approaches to Making Them Right Again
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UC San Francisco (Audio)
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What role do genetics, diet, exercise and cholesterol play in preventing and treating diseases of the heart? Learn about advances in the prevention and treatment of heart disease, coronary artery disease and heart attacks, abnormal rhythms such as atrial fibrillation, cardiac arrest, the failing heart, and diseases of the heart valves. In this UCSF program, Dr. Sammy Elmariah and Dr. Tom C. Nguyen explain what can go wrong with valves of the heart and how to correct them. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 38486]
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