Atrial Fibrillation & Heart Valve Disease: Surgeon Insights with Dr. Marc Gerdisch

www.Heart-Valve-Surgery.com - Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is an abnormal heart rhythm that increases a patient's risk of stroke by 5 times, according to the American Heart Association. Unfortunately, patients with heart valve disease are up to 35% more likely to be diagnosed with atrial fibrillation.
To learn more about atrial fibrillation and its unique relationship to heart valve disease, we interviewed Dr. Marc Gerdisch, the Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Franciscan Health. Dr. Gerdisch is a world-renowned cardiac surgeon who specializes in both atrial fibrillation and heart valve disease.
Key questions asked-and-answered in this video include:
1. What is atrial fibrillation? What causes AFib?
2. How does atrial fibrillation cause blood clots? What should patients know about the left atrial appendage?
3. Why are patients with atrial fibrillation at more risk for stroke?
4. Does AFib cause heart valve disease? Or, do valvular disorders (including mitral regurgitation) cause AFib? What is atrial fibrillation induced mitral valve regurgitation?
5. How is AFib treated? What is the Maze Procedure? How does the Maze Procedure work?
6. What are the benefits of the Maze Procedure for patients (reduced stroke risk, cardiac output, lowered risk of other types of valve disease)?
7. Can patients who have a successful Maze Procedure stop taking blood thinners and/or other antiarrhythmic medications?
8. Is AFib treated during heart valve surgery?
9. What is follow-up important for patients to stay in normal sinus rhythm?
To learn more or get help from Dr. Gerdisch, please call [phone] or visit www.heart-valve-surgery.com/s....

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My husband has cardiomyopathy with Afibulation and a leaky heart value hes on sotlol and beta blockers hes had heart disease for many years