- Industria: Health care
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Aumento in grandezza di un vaso sanguigno o di una cavità cardiaca.
Industry:Health care
A condition where the heart muscle weakens and can't pump blood efficiently throughout the body.
Industry:Health care
A small recorder (monitor) is attached to electrodes on your chest. It is worn continuously for a period of time. If symptoms are felt, an event button can be depressed, and the heart's rhythm is recorded and saved in the recorder. The rhythm can be saved and transmitted over the phone line.
Industry:Health care
Inadequate supply of oxygen-rich blood to the heart that does not cause symptoms such as chest pain.
Industry:Health care
A drug that enables the kidneys to rid the body of excess fluid. A diuretic may be referred to as a "water pill. "
Industry:Health care
An inherited disease that causes thickening of the heart muscle and other changes to the heart that significantly impair its function. Although the disease is rare, IHSS is the single most common cause of sudden cardiac arrest in seemingly healthy young people.
Industry:Health care
Rheumatic valve disease is a consequence of rheumatic fever. It is a thickening and stenosis of one or more of the heart valves and often requires surgery to repair or replace the affected valve(s).
Industry:Health care
Repeated contractions and dilations of the coronary arteries, causing a lack of blood supply to the heart muscle. It may occur at rest and can even occur in people without significant coronary artery disease.
Industry:Health care
Condition in which there is not enough oxygen-rich blood supplied to the heart muscle to meet the heart's needs.
Industry:Health care
