Heart disease

Heart disease

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

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Pulmonary hypertension

Health care; Heart disease

Pulmonary hypertension is high blood pressure of the pulmonary arteries.

Thoracic artery

Health care; Heart disease

Artery located in the chest wall and used for coronary artery bypass surgery. Most commonly kept intact at its origin, and sewn to the coronary artery beyond the site of blockage. If the surgeon ...

Normally, the electrical impulse travels down both the right and left bundle branches at the same speed and the ventricles contract at the same time. If there is a block in one of the branches, it's ...

Cardioversion

Health care; Heart disease

A procedure used to convert an irregular heart rhythm to a normal heart rhythm by applying electric shock or using certain medications.

Low-density lipoprotein (LDL)

Health care; Heart disease

A lipoprotein particle in the blood responsible for depositing cholesterol into the lining of the artery. Known as "bad" cholesterol because high LDL is linked to coronary artery disease.

Echocardiography

Health care; Heart disease

An imaging procedure that creates a graphic outline of the heart's movement, valves and chambers using high-frequency sound waves that come from a hand held wand placed on your chest.