Heavy drinking tied to heart rhythm problem in men
Men who consume 35 or more alcoholic drinks per week are 45 percent more likely to experience
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Valvular Heart Disease
While most cases of valvular disease in the United States were at one time due to rheumatic heart…
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Atrial Septal Defect and Patent foramen ovale
Essentials of Diagnosis
- Usually asymptomatic until middle age.
- Right ventricular lift; S2 widely…
Ventricular Septal Defect
Essentials of Diagnosis
- Adults asymptomatic if defect is small to moderate.
- Grade II-VI/VI…
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Essentials of Diagnosis
- Adults with small or moderately large patent ductus are usually asymptomatic…
Pulmonary Stenosis
Essentials of Diagnosis
- No symptoms in patients with mild or moderately severe lesions.
- …
Signs of Heart Disease
Although the cardiovascular examination centers on the heart, peripheral signs are often invaluable.
Functional Classification of Heart Disease
In the management of patients with heart disease, it is important to quantify and closely follow the severity…
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Heart: Symptoms and signs
COMMON SYMPTOMS
The most common symptoms of Heart disease are dyspnea,
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Heart Disease: Diagnostic testing
The chest x-ray provides information about heart size, the pulmonary circulation (with characteristic signs suggesting both pulmonary artery…
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Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography
Although cardiac catheterization and angiography remain the standard tests for assessment of many hemodynamic and anatomic abnormalities of…
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Coarctation of the Aorta
Essentials of Diagnosis
- Infants may have severe heart failure; children and adults are usually…
Takeda diabetes drug cuts heart attacks
Giving Diabetes patients Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.’s drug Actos not only lowers their blood sugar levels…
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Mobile phones can affect pacemakers
Under certain circumstances, mobile phones can have adverse effects on the function of pacemakers, but the devices usually…
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B vitamins no help in stopping heart attacks
Giving B vitamins to Heart Attack survivors does not cut their risk of having another attack…
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Heart disease spotted, treated too little in women
Cardiovascular disease in women is under-diagnosed and under-treated compared to cases in men, an expert said…
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Cholesterol crystals may cause heart problems
Heart Attacks and Strokes often occur when plaques inside the blood vessels rupture and…
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High-fiber diet may slow atherosclerosis
Researchers from Finland and the United States report evidence that diets high in cereal fiber and whole-grain products…
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Genentech cancer drug raises heart risk
An early review of a recent study showed Genentech Inc.’s cancer drug Herceptin can significantly increase the risk…
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Women less likely to survive heart bypass surgery
Women are nearly twice as likely as men to die from complications of Heart bypass surgery,…
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