I'm Venkatesh from Bangalore, and I'm trying to understand a recent 2D echo report for my mom. It mentions a "sclerotic aortic valve." I'm not familiar with this term and am a bit worried. Can you explain what this means for her health?

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Dr Ranjith Darla

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scelerotic aortic valve means thickened and stiffened valves is due to deposiyion of calcium. It is common in older patients..

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I'm wondering if you can help me understand what's going on with my blood pressure. It's been fluctuating a lot, sometimes shooting up to 180 over 110, and my pulse rate gets really high too. My heart and sugar levels are fine, but this blood pressure issue is worrying me. Do you have any advice or medication suggestions to help stabilize it?

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My dad's been taking Angised tablets, and I'm curious about what they do and any side effects we should look out for. Can you give me a rundown on how safe they are? I'm a bit worried about him taking new medication, and I just want to make sure we're informed.

it helps in preventing angina.

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I'm concerned about my mother-in-law's medication. The doctor prescribed her Rosuvastatin 20mg, but we only have 10mg tablets at home. Can she take two 10mg tablets instead to make up the dose?

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