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Health care

Of or pertaining to the prevention and treatment of illness, and the preservation of physical and mental well-being, through the services provided by medical professionals.

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idiopathic

Health care; Heart disease

When the cause of a disease or process is not known.

commissurotomy

Health care; Heart disease

A surgical or catheter procedure that helps to repair the damage caused by defective heart valves. In some patients, specifically those with rheumatic heart disease, this area of ...

patency rate

Health care; Heart disease

The likelihood that a vessel will remain open.

head upright tilt test (HUT)

Health care; Heart disease

A test used to determine the cause of fainting spells. The test involves being tilted at different angles for a period of time. Heart rhythm, blood pressure, and other ...

heart attack

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 ...

ventricular rupture

Health care; Heart disease

In people who suffer a significant heart attack, it is sometimes the case that the area of the muscle wall of the heart that is affected can become so weakened that it ruptures ...