Heart disease

Heart disease

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

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Heart disease

A procedure that involves infusing a medication (dobutamine) through an intravenous (IV) line while you are closely monitored. This drug stimulates your heart allowing evaluation of heart and valve ...

Heart block

Health care; Heart disease

An arrhythmia. The electrical current is slowed between the atria and ventricles. In more severe cases, conduction is blocked completely and the atria and ventricles beat independently.

Arterial grafting

Health care; Heart disease

In patients who require coronary artery bypass graft surgery, it is sometimes desirable to use arteries from other parts of the body to provide the bypass grafts. This is known as arterial grafting. ...

Myocardial biopsy

Health care; Heart disease

An invasive procedure to obtain a small piece of heart muscle tissue that is sent to a laboratory for analysis.

Cardiac biopsy

Health care; Heart disease

An invasive procedure to obtain a small piece of heart muscle tissue that is sent to a laboratory for analysis.

Intra-aortic balloon pump assist device (IABP)

Health care; Heart disease

A machine that can help the pumping function of the heart. It is usually inserted through an artery in the groyne area and threaded backwards into the descending thoracic aorta in the chest. In ...

Valve

Health care; Heart disease

Structures that maintain the proper direction of blood flow in the heart. There are four valves in the heart: the tricuspid and the mitral valve, which lie between the atria and ventricles and the ...