Heart disease

Heart disease

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

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atria

Health care; Heart disease

The upper chambers of the heart. (Atrium refers to one chamber of the heart).

Drugs that are used to keep the body's immune system from rejecting a transplanted organ, such as the heart, or to slow down the destructive processes of autoimmune disease (where the body's immune ...

heart lung bypass machine

Health care; Heart disease

A machine that oxygenates the blood and circulates it throughout the body during surgery.

ventricular tachycardia

Health care; Heart disease

A rapid life-threatening rhythm originating from the lower chambers of the heart. The rapid rate prevents the heart from filling adequately with blood, and less blood is able to pump through the ...

hardening of the arteries

Health care; Heart disease

The process whereby abnormal deposits of lipids, cholesterol, and plaque build up, leading to coronary artery disease and other cardiovascular problems.

implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)

Health care; Heart disease

A surgically inserted electronic device that constantly monitors your heart rate and rhythm. When it detects a very fast, abnormal heart rhythm, it delivers electrical energy to the heart muscle to ...

transient ischemic attack (TIA)

Health care; Heart disease

A stroke-like event lasting minutes, or hours, that occurs when the brain is deprived of oxygen-rich blood but in which the effects wear off completely after resumption of blood flow.