Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Cardiology, Your Health
The aortic valve is the gate-keeper for blood to circulate from the heart to all parts of the body.
Narrowing of the aortic valve is aortic stenosis. This is a condition that can be congenital or develop over time as a person ages. Most commonly, as people age, this valve is susceptible to calcification leading to its narrowing.
Eventually as time goes by, symptoms of aortic stenosis such as chest discomfort, shortness of breath, exercise intolerance, heart failure, fainting spells, and even death can occur. (more…)
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Cardiology, Health Tips, Safety
While injury and illness can happen at any time of year, there are a few threats that come with the season – especially its cold, inclement weather. You can help avoid an emergency by being prepared. Before the long winter sets in, winterize your home, learn to layer your clothing for extra warmth, and boost your immune system with a flu shot, the pneumococcal vaccine and multi-vitamins. (more…)
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Cardiology, Inside, Your Health
While competing in a 1,500-meter triathlon swim in the Hudson River in August, Chris LaPak, 52, experienced sudden cardiac arrest. A Herculean rescue effort ensued, with first responders moving him quickly from a surfboard to a jet ski to a boat and finally to a pier. Attempts at cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) failed, leaving Mr. LaPak—the president of a pharmaceutical printing company—without a pulse for at least nine minutes before he was finally resuscitated with an automated-external defibrillator.
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Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Cardiology, Inside, Your Health
In Herald Square, on Wednesday, October 29—World Stroke Day—staff from The Mount Sinai Hospital, World Stroke Organization, and Covidien provided free blood pressure screenings, answered questions about stroke, and helped launch a global “Take 2…Tell 2” campaign. “This initiative encourages people to educate themselves and others by taking two minutes to learn about stroke risk factors, warning signs, and symptoms, and spending two minutes sharing that information,” says Stephan A. Mayer, MD, Founding Director, Institute for Critical Care Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Cardiology, Inside, Your Health
The Mount Sinai Health System has received high ratings for patient safety in heart attacks, pulmonary care, and overall medical care from CareChex®, a national quality rating service, which released its rankings of approximately 5,000 U.S. acute care hospitals and health care systems in October. CareChex arrived at its rankings for the Mount Sinai Health System by averaging its scores of The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Roosevelt, and Mount Sinai St. Luke’s.
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Nov 24, 2014 | Cardiology, Inside, Research
Abnormalities in the structure and function of the brain can appear in people who are overweight, smoke, have diabetes, hypertension, elevated lipids, or metabolic syndrome before the other consequences of vascular risk factors—such as a heart attack or stroke—appear, according to a team of researchers at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
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The aortic valve is the gate-keeper for blood to circulate from the heart to all parts of the body.
