Heart disease

Heart disease

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

Contributors in Heart disease

Heart disease

The heart beats or pumps blood at a certain speed depending on the needs of the patient's body. When the heart is pumping normally, the heart is said to be in a normal (sinus) rhythm. Any deviation ...

Absent pulmonary valve syndrome

Health care; Heart disease

Pulmonary regurgitation caused by the absence of the pulmonary valvular tissue. This rare anomaly may be isolated or associated with ventricular septal defect, obstructed pulmonary valve annulus and ...

Arteriohepatic dysplasia

Health care; Heart disease

An autosomal dominant multi-system syndrome consisting of intrahepatic cholestasis, characteristic facies, butterfly-like vertebral anomalies and varying degrees of peripheral pulmonary artery ...

Arteriotomy

Health care; Heart disease

A small opening made in the aorta by the surgeon in order to connect one end of the bypass graft to the arteriotomy, and then the other end of the graft to the coronary artery beyond the blockage.

American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (ABCP)

Health care; Heart disease

The national body regulating and managing certification (CCP) of perfusion technologists.

Aberrant innominate artery

Health care; Heart disease

A rare abnormality associated with right aortic arch in which the sequence of arteries arising from the aortic arch is- right carotid artery, right subclavian artery, then left innominate artery. The ...

Atrioventricular canal defect

Health care; Heart disease

A congenital heart defect involving an opening low in the atrial septum, an opening high in the ventricular septum, and abnormal development of the mitral and/or tricuspid valves.