On Monday morning, I will be undergoing open heart surgery to replace my decaying aortic valve with a mechanical one.

Since ❤️, next to 🧠 surgery, is probably the biggest operation anyone can go through, I ask everyone to please keep me in their prayers 🙏

It's appreciated.

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Aortic tears, illustrated by Thomas A. Graves, a Board Certified Medical Illustrator with over 20 years illustration experience in digital media.

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“Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” with a penetrating cardiac injury! Stab wound to left chest with subcutaneous gas (circle). Hemopericardium (*) in superior aortic recess and focal hypoattenuation of the myocardium (-->).
2 cm ventricular laceration in OR

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Anatomical Changes Associated with Aortic Stenosis.
Click on 'ALT' for description

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Four diagnosis on this TEE
1. Severe AR( see the diastolic reversal in aorta and rapid deceleration of AR jet)
2. Infective endocarditis and bicuspid aortic valve with fusion of right and left cusp
3. Posterior aortic root thickening( ring access)
4. Moderate AS

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Eligibility for minithoracotomy aortic valve replacement: from Van Praet classification to complex scanner measurements https://t.co/eSx9Ag6hvu

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Hugh is Modo's son with autism and a traumatic brain injury he gets later in the story. Dafoe has aortic stenosis and gets winded easily. And Hex has a leg injury that makes him limp so he floats and flies everywhere because standing hurts.

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3D printed Aortic blood vassel training model for surgeons learning to use minimally invasive stent grafting technique.

I take pride in my toy works but once in a while, something worthy came along. This thing will hopefully make someone live loger.

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Suprasternal aortic view
- used in the evaluation of aortic aneurysms, dissection, coarctation, quantifying aortic regurgitation etc.

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This art shows a heart with severe aortic valve regurgitation.
The pattern of flowing water represents valvular disease, and other features of the heart are represented in various Japanese art forms, such as goldfish and the moon and so on.


https://t.co/s3Xm8JQoFv

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Do you know what different postoperative appearances of repaired ascending aorta and aortic arch look like on imaging?
https://t.co/Oygsd1CgWD

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Not something you see often; aortic stent to esophageal fistula

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Hasegawa et al on Selective Lesser Curvature Augmentation With Geometric Study for Repair of Aortic Arch Obstruction: https://t.co/lDkXLtbHTM

ping:

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Actually I just wanted to draw their hair 😅

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🪰"FEAST"🪰Occulta Dama 2021

If insects are the beating heart of our survival, flies are the aortic valve. They are nature's waste management, food source and pollinators. They are also so diverse and beautiful.

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More PSMA PETCT fun

Biochemical recurrence (PSA 0.9) after radical RT

Is this a para-aortic uptake due to a malignant node?

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"Guts"
Rest in Peace, Miura Kentaro (1966-2021)
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Miura Kentaro, the legendary creator of the manga "Berserk" has passed away on May 6, 2021 as a result of acute aortic dissection, according to a statement by the editorial department of Young Animal Comics. Although, the new…

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