Heart disease

Heart disease

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

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extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

Health care; Heart disease

In people who are unable to provide oxygen for their own blood or enough blood circulation, they can be put on life support known as extra corporeal membrane oxygenation. The blood is withdrawn from ...

cardiologist

Health care; Heart disease

Doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.

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 ...

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 ...

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).

angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors

Health care; Heart disease

A group of drugs used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. ACE inhibitors block a specific enzyme (ACE or angiotensin-converting enzyme) that retains salt in the kidney and can cause ...