Heart Diseases
I know someone that had a mitral valve replaced because of leakage. She is now taking Coumadin and was told?
workmanship asked: she could not have some dark green vegetables or Vitamin K by the doctor . She likes to eat healthy foods so this makes planning meals a little more difficult. Has anybody else had this experience or know anything about this drug..?
She wants to know the reason that she was taken off of [...]
Are there any foods that are anti-vitamin K?
mdigitale asked: Hello friends,
A year ago I had an emergency surgery for a condition known as “aortic dissection”. It was a real surprise to me because I had no idea my heart had any sort of problem to begin with…
Anyways, I have an artificial heart valve and in order to keep my blood from [...]
Deficiency of Vitamin K can lead to build up in arteries, but then why can’t you give Vit K for blood clots?
mm asked: I have read that deficiency of Vitamin K can lead to build up in arteries. But at the same time I have read that if a person has blood clots you aren’t supposed to give Vitamin K since it promotes clotting of blood.
This doesn’t make sense to me. One of the reasons why [...]