Heart disease

Heart disease

Heart diseases (heart attack, heart failure,) risk factors, treatment, prevention, and heart health.

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papillary muscles

Health care; Heart disease

Small muscles that are part of the inside walls of the ventricles and attach to the chordae tendineae.

A Japanese term meaning "death by overwork". Referring to the special Japanese phenomenon where business men working long hours for many years, to the detriment of their health, eventually succumbs ...

Loop recorder

Health care; Heart disease

Small logger (monitor) is attached to electrodes on the chest. Is constantly being worn for a period of time. If the symptoms are felt, button, the event may be depressed, and heart rhythm is ...

aortic insufficiency

Health care; Heart disease

Aortic insufficiency refers specifically to the aortic valve, that valve, the blood passes through, as it leaves the heart and aorta. When blood leaks backwards through the valve is known as aortic ...

Advance directive

Health care; Heart disease

A document written in "good" health which informs your family and health care providers of your wishes for extended medical treatment in times of emergency.

Free radical

Health care; Heart disease

A destructive fragment of oxygen produced as a by-product. Increased free radicals are thought to trigger atherosclerosis.

Directional coronary atherectomy (dca)

Health care; Heart disease

This rare procedure is used to clean out clogged heart arteries. A DCA catheter has a hollow cylinder on the tip with an open window on one side and a balloon on the other. When the catheter is ...