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Dr. Ramon Quesada

Medical Director of the Structural Heart and Complex PCI Programs with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute

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Valves of the Heart

The four valves of the heart allow the constant pumping of blood, explains Dr. Ramon Quesada, Medical Director of the Structural Heart and Complex PCI Programs with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute. The doctor explains when the heart gets older, the aortic valve is calcified and can be obstructed. It is called stenosis.

Valve Stenosis

With a digital imaging, Dr. Ramon Quesada, Medical Director of the Structural Heart and Complex PCI Programs with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, explains how stenotic valve works. He explains when this valve it’s obstructed, stenosis happens. When the blood isn’t circulating well, the disease of aortic valve could be fatal.

Anatomy of the Heart

With a 3D imaging, Dr. Ramon Quesada, Medical Director of the Structural Heart and Complex PCI Programs with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, explains anatomy of the heart. He says it has different chambers. He describes a tricuspid valve, left atrium, mitral valve, aorta and the four valves: mitral valve, aortic valve, tricuspid vales and pulmonic goblets.

Medication For Heart Valve Disease

Dr. Bernardo Lopez-Sanabria, Interventional Cardiologist at Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, says there are no many medications to treat heart valve disease. "Aspirin is being used for the treatment of coronary artery disease or obstruction in the arteries of the heart, and it is also being used for stroke prevention and many," he says. Dr. Ramon Quesada, Structural Heart and Complex PCI Programs at the same institution, highlights that now they can use less invasive technologies to improve the quality of life of the patient.

Symptoms Of Valve Heart Disease

Some of the symptoms of valve heart disease are chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, swelling of the ankles, feet or abdomen, weakness or dizziness and quick weight gain. Dr. Ramon Quesada, Structural Heart and Complex PCI Programs at Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, says most of the time those symptoms occur when the disease is advanced, so the most challenging thing is to detect it in early stages to set a treatment that will improve patients' outcome.

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