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Heart Disease Overview
Heart Disease Overview Heart Disease overview Heart Disease is one of the worlds largest health problems today. It not only affects the wealthier nations it is also affecting the poorer ones. Heart...
Myocarditis
Myocarditis Myocarditis The myocardium is the muscular wall of the heart, or the heart muscle. It contracts to pump blood out of the heart, and then relaxes as the heart refills with returning blood....
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Peripheral Vascular Disease Peripheral Vascular Disease What is peripheral vascular disease? Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a heart condition similar to that of coronary artery disease and...
Prognosis And Treatment Of Abnormal Heartbeats
Prognosis And Treatment Of Abnormal Heartbeats Prognosis and Treatment of Abnormal Heartbeats Most arrhythmias (abnormal heartbeats) neither cause symptoms nor interfere with the heart's ability to...
Rheumatic Fever And Heart Disease
Rheumatic Fever And Heart Disease Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease Before antibiotic medicines became widely used, rheumatic fever was the largest cause of valve disease. Rheumatic fever is a...
Sick Sinus Syndrome In Heart Disease
Sick Sinus Syndrome In Heart Disease Sick Sinus Syndrome in Heart Disease Any irregularity in your heart's natural rhythm is called an arrhythmia. Almost everyone's heart skips a beat now and again,...
Silent Ischemia And Ischemic Heart Disease
Silent Ischemia And Ischemic Heart Disease Silent Ischemia and Ischemic Heart Disease Ischemia is a condition in which the blood flow (and thus oxygen) is restricted to a part of the body. Cardiac...
Sudden Cardiac Death
Sudden Cardiac Death Sudden Cardiac Death Sudden cardiac death (sudden arrest) is death resulting from an sudden loss of heart function (cardiac arrest). The victim may or may not have diagnosed...
Vulnerable Plaque In Heart Disease
Vulnerable Plaque In Heart Disease Vulnerable Plaque in Heart Disease Swelling (inflammation) is the body's natural reaction to an injury. Inflammation can happen anywhere on the skin, within the...
Ways To Reduce The Risk Of Metabolic Syndrome
Ways To Reduce The Risk Of Metabolic Syndrome Ways to reduce the risk of Metabolic Syndrome Many people can do with lowering the risk factors that lead to heart disease. Metabolic syndrome is...
What Are The Symptoms Of A Myocardial Infarction
What Are The Symptoms Of A Myocardial Infarction What are the symptoms of a Myocardial Infarction? Severe chest pain is the main symptom. The pain may also travel up into the jaw, down the left arm,...
What Causes Angina
What Causes Angina What Causes Angina? Angina is caused by reduced blood flow to an area of the heart. This is most often due to Coronary Artery Disease. Sometimes, other types of heart disease or...
What Causes Mitral Valve Prolapse
What Causes Mitral Valve Prolapse What causes mitral valve prolapse? Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is among the most common heart conditions; however it remains something of a puzzle. Although MVP...
What Causes Myocardial Infarction
What Causes Myocardial Infarction What causes Myocardial Infarction? The most common cause of a Myocardial Infarction (MI) is a blood clot known as thrombosis. This forms inside a coronary artery, or...
What Is A Myocardial Infarction
What Is A Myocardial Infarction What is a Myocardial Infarction? Myocardial infarction (MI) means that part of the heart muscle suddenly loses its blood supply. Without immediate treatment, this can...
What Is Angina
What Is Angina What Is Angina? Angina is a symptom of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), the most common type of heart disease. This happens when the plaque builds up in the coronary arteries. This build...
What Is Cardiomyopathy
What Is Cardiomyopathy What is Cardiomyopathy? Cardiomyopathy is a serious disease in which the heart muscle becomes inflamed and doesn't work as well as it should. There may be multiple causes...
What Is Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
What Is Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery What is Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery? This is a type of heart surgery. It's sometimes called CABG ("cabbage"). The surgery reroutes, or "bypasses," blood...
What Is Heart Disease
What Is Heart Disease What Is Heart Disease? The heart is the center of the bodys cardiovascular system. Throughout the body's blood vessels, the heart pumps blood to all of the body's cells. The...
What Is Mitral Valve Prolapse
What Is Mitral Valve Prolapse What is mitral valve prolapse? Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is still amongst the more common heart diseases; although it remains something of a puzzle. Now although MVP...
What Is Pericarditis
What Is Pericarditis What is Pericarditis? The pericardium is a thin, sac-like covering (a membrane) that surrounds the heart. The outer layer of the pericardium surrounds the roots of the heart's...
What Is Peripheral Vascular Disease
What Is Peripheral Vascular Disease What is Peripheral Vascular Disease? Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) involves damage to or blockage in the blood vessels distant from your heart, the peripheral...
What Is Tachycardia
What Is Tachycardia What is Tachycardia? Heart disease is a global problem that affects both rich and poor countries. Tachycardia is one of many medical health conditions that relate to the heart. In...
Why Heart Disease
Why Heart Disease Why heart disease? Heart disease is a term that applies to a large number of medical conditions relating to the heart. These medical conditions relate to the abnormal health...
Wolf Parkinson White Syndrome
Wolf Parkinson White Syndrome Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome In a normal heart, electrical signals use only one path whilst moving through the heart. This is the atrio-ventricular or A-V node. As the...