Heart disease

Heart disease

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

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Heart surgery

Health care; Heart disease

Heart surgery is any surgery that involves the heart or heart valves.

Stress echo

Health care; Heart disease

A procedure that combines echocardiography with exercise to evaluate the heart's function at rest and with exertion. Echocardiography is an imaging procedure that creates a picture of the heart's ...

Maze procedure

Health care; Heart disease

A surgical treatment for chronic atrial fibrillation. The surgeon makes multiple incisions in the atrium to form a path or maze through which the impulse can travel to reach the atrioventricular ...

Diabetes

Health care; Heart disease

A condition in which the body does not produce or respond to insulin (a hormone produced by your body, which allows blood sugar or glucose into your body's cells for energy).

Cardiologist

Health care; Heart disease

Doctor specialising in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.

A small recorder (monitor) is attached to electrodes on your chest. It records the heart's rhythm continuously for 24-hours as you go about your normal activities. After the monitor is removed the ...