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Heart disease
Heart diseases (heart attack, heart failure,) risk factors, treatment, prevention, and heart health.
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Batista procedure
Health care; Heart disease
During this surgical procedure, to treat heart failure, the surgeon cuts out a piece of the patient's enlarged left ventricular muscle. The intention is to reduce the size of the left ventricular ...
Pet or cardiac viability study
Health care; Heart disease
An imaging procedure that uses radioactive tracers to create 3-dimensional pictures of the tissues inside of the body and can monitor metabolic processes.
Premature ventricular contractions (PVCS)
Health care; Heart disease
An irregular heartbeat in which the lower chambers of the heart (the ventricles) beat before they are supposed to.
Fibrillation
Health care; Heart disease
Abnormally rapid, inefficient contractions of the atria or ventricles. Ventricular fibrillation is life-threatening.
Anticoagulant
Health care; Heart disease
A medication that prevents blood from clotting; used for people at risk for stroke or blood clots.
Haemoglobin
Health care; Heart disease
A protein in red blood cells that transports oxygen and carbon dioxide and gives blood its red color.
Pulmonic valve
Health care; Heart disease
The last valve through which the blood passes before it enters the pulmonary artery that lies between the right atrium and from the right ventricle.
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