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What is heart failure?
Heart failure is a condition in which your heart can't pump enough blood to meet your body's... Full Answer12/31/1969
What is the heart?
The human heart is a pear-shaped, fist-sized body organ with muscular walls. It controls the flow... Full Answer12/31/1969
What causes heart failure?
Heart failure occurs most often in older people -- but it can happen to anyone, at any age.... Full Answer12/31/1969
What causes heart failure?
Heart failure does not imply that your heart has stopped working, but rather that it does not work... Full Answer12/31/1969
What is heart valve disease (valvular heart disease)?
Heart valves control blood flow through your heart. When valves are damaged, they often don't... Full Answer12/31/1969
What causes heart valve disease (valvular heart disease)?
Heart valve disease can have many causes including wear and tear, infection, radiation effects from... Full Answer12/31/1969
What causes heart valve disease (valvular heart disease)?
Heart valve disease has several possible causes. You may have been born with a valve defect.... Full Answer12/31/1969
What is a heart attack?
A heart attack, or myocardial infarction, is damage to a portion of the heart muscle resulting from... Full Answer12/31/1969
How do heart medications work?
Heart medication can help your heart in the following ways: Decrease your heart's workload... Full Answer12/31/1969
How does the heart beat?
Electrical impulses are generated by the sinoatrial node (SA node), a small area in the heart's... Full Answer12/31/1969
What is diastolic heart failure?
The Problem More than five million people in the United States have chronic heart failure. The... Full Answer12/31/1969
How is heart failure treated?
Heart failure treatments will depend on the cause and extent of structural damage to the heart.... Full Answer05/23/5900
What is a heart chamber?
The heart has four chambers that keep oxygen-depleted blood from mixing with oxygen-rich blood. The... Full Answer12/31/1969
What causes heart rhythm problems?
Electrical pulses travel on a pathway through the heart, causing muscle contractions along the... Full Answer12/31/1969
Is coronary heart disease serious?
Simply stated... YES! Coronary heart disease is really a spectrum of vascular disease, that is a... Full Answer12/31/1969
