Sentences with phrase «damage to the heart valves»

The danger about strep throat is that if it is not treated it could lead to rheumatic fever, which in turn can cause damage to the heart valves.

If the infection isn't stopped, it can progress into rheumatic fever — a highly contagious disease that affects more than 400,000 people worldwide each year and leaves survivors with lasting damage to heart valves and other tissue.

Although most cases of strep throat heal on their own, antibiotic treatment reduce symptoms decrease transmission to others, and can prevent rare but serious complications such as damage to heart valves.

The research was later built upon to conclude vitamin C has the potential to lessen inflammatory damage to the heart valves.

But, eventually - without treatment - the dog's heart and pulmonary arteries become enlarged due to mechanical obstruction of the worms, inflammation and damage to the heart valves.

These vibrations or murmurs are produced due to a disturbance in the blood flow through your pet's heart, usually caused by damage to the heart valves or a change in the health of the heart valves.

When a dog is coughing due to heart disease, often it is the result of the blood from the left ventricle or chamber of the heart being pushed back into the atrium and that usually occurs due to some type of damage to the heart valves or some type of change in the valve.

Damage to heart valves, leading to heart failure, liver and kidney damage: the mouth is a highly vascular area — there is lots of blood flow in this area — and the bacteria in the mouth can get picked up and work its way into the circulatory system and through the filtration systems of the liver and kidneys

Not exact matches

newborn anemia, respiratory distress leading to brain damage and / or death (rare, yes, but it happens), inadequate blood supply resulting in a need for transfusion, possible heart defects resulting from problems closing off the hole in the heart valves following birth.

The more frequently a hospital performs a minimally invasive technique called transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, to replace a damaged aortic heart valve, the better patients fare, on average, immediately after the procedure, researchers reported at the American College of Cardiology's 65th Annual Scientific Session.

Pig heart valves are used to replace damaged or diseased human valves, diabetics may use insulin taken from pigs, and the blood - thinning drug heparin was first derived from a pig.

These penetrate tissue and heat up when excited by radio - frequency waves; and they have been shown to thaw arteries and heart valve tissue from pigs, as well as human skin cells, rapidly and evenly, without the typical damage.

If it's not treated quickly, endocarditis can damage or destroy your heart valves and can lead to life - threatening complications.

It is widely recommended to repair heart damage, boost the function of the heart and acts as a protectant against heart attacks and valve damage.

Excessive drinking can also lead to high blood pressure, which can lead to damaged heart valves, veins, and arteries, as well as arrhythmias.

As the AHA explained, heart valve surgeries are often ordered to restore a defective valve's function that's been compromised through damage or disease.

Brushing teeth with a layer of tartar increases the chances of bacterial spread in the bloodstream, which can lead to kidney and heart valve damage.

Untreated tooth and gum disease may allow bacteria to enter the bloodstream and cause damage to the valves of the heart.

In particular, they focus on the diagnosis and treatment of congestive heart failure, damage to the heart muscle or valves, cardiac arrhythmias, congenital defects, diseases of the pericardium, high blood pressure, coughing and other breathing issues.

The most common cause of this in our pets as they age is damage to the valves that control the flow of blood within the heart.

Bacteria from periodontal disease enter the bloodstream, circulate and take up residence in the kidney or on the leaf — like valves of the heart, causing serious damage to these organs.

• Congestive heart failure • Damage to the heart muscle or valves • Coughing and other breathing problems • Congenital (present at birth) defects • Cardiac arrhythmias (problems with the rate and / or rhythm of your animal's heart)

Similarly, dental plaque needs to be removed — it doesn't just cause bad breath, but can lead to more serious conditions such as heart valve damage, and kidney disease.

Untreated tooth and gum disease may allow bacteria to enter the bloodstream and cause damage to the valves of the heart, the kidneys and liver.

If left untreated, dental disease can lead to larger systemic problems in your pet due to oral bacteria entering the bloodstream and damaging the heart valves, kidneys, and liver.

It can result in problems to any of their organs but in particular, the valves in the animal's heart can be damaged.

The most common form of heart disease in dogs and cats begins with damage to the mitral valve on the left side of the heart.

Heart valve replacement surgery is one option used to treat damaged or diseased valves in the hHeart valve replacement surgery is one option used to treat damaged or diseased valves in the heartheart.

Because bacterial endocarditis is such a serious infection which can potentially damage the heart, the heart valves and other blood vessels, insurance companies are generally always going to consider those who have been exposed to BE as a «higher» risk applicant when reviewing their life insurance application.