Pulmonary Endarterectomy: A Complex lifesaving lung surgery
Pulmonary Endarterectomy is a specialist surgical procedure for Pulmonary Hypertension resulting from a condition called Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH).
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Managing 3 risk factors of heart disease and heart attack
There are 3 key risk factors of heart disease: cholesterol, blood pressure, and smoking. While most believe that cholesterol is always bad, this is not always true. Learn more about good and bad cholesterol.
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) for severe aortic valve stenosis
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) is helpful for patients with aortic stenosis, who are very weak and cannot tolerate a major heart surgery.
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Blocked arteries – 5 tips to slow the process down!
Next time you undergo a lipid profile, make sure your total cholesterol and HDL are in the normal range. High total cholesterol increases your risk for arterial plaque, heart disease, and stroke. However, HDL has a protective effect on your body.
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హార్ట్ ఫెయిల్యూర్ అంటే ఏమిటి… రాకుండా తీసుకోవాల్సిన జాగ్రత్తలేమిటి?
గుండె మన శరీరంలో ఒక ప్రధానమైన అవయవం. శరీరంలో అవయవాలన్నింటికీ నిరంతరం రక్తం సరఫరా చేస్తుండే ఒక అద్భుతమైన పంపింగ్ మోటార్ ఇది. ఈ రక్తప్రసరణ వల్లనే అన్ని అవయవాలకూ పోషకాలు, ఆక్సిజన్ అందడం మాత్రమే కాకుండా రక్తంలో చేరిన కార్బన్ డై ఆక్సైడ్, శరీరంలోని జీవక్రియల వల్ల …
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Rhythms of the Heart
For the heart to pump blood through the body, it needs an electrical impulse to start a heartbeat. This electrical impulse fires first in an area of the heart called the sino-artial (S-A) node. The S-A node gives off electrical impulses that make the heart beat 60 to 100 times per minute under normal conditions.
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