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Heart disease

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

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Thallium exercise stress test

Health care; Heart disease

A type of nuclear scanning technique that uses the radioactive substance thallium. A thallium stress test combines nuclear scanning with exercise on a treadmill or stationary bicycle to assess heart ...

Pulse rate

Health care; Heart disease

The number of heartbeats per minute. The resting pulse rate for an average adult is between 50 and 90 beats per minute.

Aortic valve repair

Health care; Heart disease

The aortic valve is the last valve in the heart through which the blood travels prior to circulating in the body. When this valve is leaking or too tight, a surgeon may be able to repair the valve ...

Ventricular septal defect

Health care; Heart disease

The right and left ventricles lie next to each other in the heart. The septum is the membranous wall that separates them. A ventricular septal defect is a hole in the septum.

Myocardial infarction

Health care; Heart disease

A lack of blood supply to the heart caused by a blood clot in the coronary artery. This results in permanent damage to the heart muscle and the severity of damage varies from normal, mild, to ...

Bicuspid valve

Health care; Heart disease

A valve with two leaflets (cusps) instead of three.

High-density lipoprotein (HDL)

Health care; Heart disease

Lipoprotein is a particle in the blood. HDL is known as "good" cholesterol because it deposits cholesterol in the liver, where it is excreted by the body. High HDL is thought to protect against ...

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