Heart disease

Heart disease

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

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nitroglycerin

Health care; Heart disease

A medication used to relax and dilate the blood vessels (vasodilator), improving blood flow. Nitroglycerin works very quickly and is the most common vasodilator used to treat angina.

papillary muscles

Health care; Heart disease

Small muscles that are part of the inside walls of the ventricles and attach to the chordae tendineae.

The normal anatomy for the coronary arteries involves their origin from the aorta at each of two separate sites. Sometimes people can be born with the origin of a coronary artery that comes from an ...

heart failure

Health care; Heart disease

A condition where the heart muscle weakens and can't pump blood efficiently throughout the body.

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 arrest

Health care; Heart disease

When the heart stops beating suddenly and respiration (breathing) and other body functions stop as a result.

ventricular fibrillation

Health care; Heart disease

An erratic, disorganized firing of impulses from the ventricles. The ventricles quiver and are unable to contract or pump blood to the body. This is a medical emergency that must be treated with ...