This story appears in the Aug. 8 print edition of Equipment & Maintenance Update, a supplement to Transport Topics. In the wake of federal clean-air mandates in 2007 and 2010, maintenance technicians ...

Surgery is usually the best fix for a severe heart valve disease. Different types of heart valve blockages can happen, and surgery is necessary to fix these problems. Your heart is split into four ...

A doctor may recommend various medications, such as antiarrhythmics, anticoagulants, or beta-blockers, to help treat heart valve problems. In some situations, a person may only require medications to ...

MONTH AND TOMORROW IS HEART VALVE DISEASE AWARENESS DAY. SO RIGHT NOW I’M JOINED BY DOCTOR ARUN KUMAR REDDY WHO IS A CARDIOLOGIST AT UPMC. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME ...

What is a Prosthetic Heart Valve? A prosthetic heart valve is an artificial device surgically implanted into the heart to replace a heart valve that has become damaged. The human heart has four valves ...

Motion-control valves solve troublesome equipment-instability problems. • Overcenter, or motion-control valves, are well suited for load holding and control. • Standard overcenter valves can solve the ...

A simple 2D echo can detect valve problems. Watch out for the signs and symptoms of heart valve disease and report to your doctor on a priority basis. People fail to pay attention to their heart ...