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What disease may cause the sufferer to need a heart transplant?
heart disease
Where can I find information about cardiovascular disease?
Heart disease is unfortunate. You need to take care of your body and your heart to stay healthy. Find more details here. http://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/conditions/cardiovascular-disease.aspx
How to maintain a healthy heart to avoid heart disease?
Ways to avoid heart disease is eating healthy, and watching what you eat. You need to take care of your self. You need to walk and watch your blood pressure.
How do improve my cardiomyopathy problems through better heart health choices?
Cardiomyopathy is a heart muscle disease. There are many ways you can improve your heart health. First, you need to change your diet. Eat more high fiber, low fat foods. You also need to exercise more.
What is a stress echo and when is it used?
A stress echo is used to diagnose heart disease. One way the need for this would be indicated is if you have a family history of heart disease and another would be if you have physical precursors for heart disease.
What type of disease is ischemic heart disease?
As the name suggest, ischemic heart disease is a disease of the heart. However you need to understand that the term 'ischemic' means that lack of blood supply. This then suggest that the actual problem is the lack of blood supply to the heart muscle (myocytes). Ischemic heart disease can predispose to many other cardiovascular condition such as angina, myocardial infaction and arrythmia.
Is there a website with health information on heart disease?
There are a lot of web site with health information about heart disease. if you need to know on preventing hereditary heart disease. I recommend you go to this web site http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home.html
How does coronary heart disease affect the cells?
All the cell of your body are affected by heart disease. The cells of the body need the oxygen and nutrients carried by blood in order to survive. The heart pumps blood. If the heart is unable to adequately pump blood, the cells do not get what they need in order to survive, and will eventually die. Heart disease can be managed by your health care provider, and there are means to make the heart pump better in order to prolong the life of the cells that we need so much to survive.
How does heart disease kill you?
sure you can. of course you need cardiology technologists and doctors and stuff like that but you can get rid of cardiovascular disease.
Is rheumatic heart disease contagious?
Unfortunately, once you have rheumatic heart disease, the damage has been done and there is no cure.Fortunately, Rheumatic heart disease is pretty uncommon in recent years.If you are having effects from the damage done to your heart valves, such as heart failure or anemia from destruction of red blood cells, you may need to have a valve replacement.You can find more information at the link below.
Is it possible to get an artificial heart?
Yes there is such thing as an artificial heart. These are used in specific candidates who need them due to disease or malfunctioning of their own heart. You should talk to a doctor for more in depth information. This site has some more information too. inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blartificialheart.htm
When does someone need heart stents?
The coronary stent is a tube placed in the coronary arteries to keep them open and is a treatment for coronary heart disease. It is an intervention to prevent heart attacks and more damage to the heart.
