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Heart Disease

About one in every four deaths in the United States is due to heart disease, making it the leading cause of death. Ask questions about various heart diseases here.

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What is the medical term meaning any disease of the heart?

The study of the heart in a medical field is called cardiology. Those who study the heart are called cardiologists and should not be confused with cardiac surgeons who performs cardiac surgeries on the heart.

What is cerebral ischemia?

Focal cerebral ischemia (FCI) is often results from a blood clot in the brain. The blood flow in the affected area is reduced. The reduction could be severe or mild but usually FCI causes irreversible injury to sensitive neurons.

How long can one live after he has congestive heart failure?

Ask the great U14As captain Bryan Mulitalo.

He'll tell you all his workouts :D

What are symptoms of right sided congestive heart failure?

Right sided heart failure is also known as congestive heart failure. The right side loses it's pumping function and the blood backs up in other areas causing congestion. Congestion affects the liver, the GI tract and the limbs.

What are all the diseases a heart can have?

It can be acquired condition or congenital (since birth).

It can be carditis which are inflammation. Could cause Valvular conditions.

It could be myopathies which are muscular changes to the heart.

It can progress to Congestive heart failure.

Septal defects, tetralogy of fallot, transposition of great arteries, patent ductus arteriosus.

Atheroschlerosis leading to emboli and infarction.

Rarely tumors.

Most of the diseases are inter related.

How artificial heart treatments for heart disease?

I have not experience about artificial heart treatments but I can share my herbal and Ayurvedic heart treatment experience here. For heart treatment Cureveda is a leading brand of herbal medicine which organic herbal heart supplements online. Our natural herbal heart health tablets are an effective medicine for heart health with no side effects.

What lifestyle do a person with heart disease have?

Well, i'm a doctor person and healthy fitness in other words good excersising and heathy portions of healthy food will keep you on a good path to not get heart disease. by the way i'm 7, i snuck onto my moms account. hi mommy

How many watts are in defibrillator?

The AED output is in joules (J); an energy output. Energy is an Amp Ohm divided by time. Although AED's may vary on their output, depending on numerous criteria, some AED's will shock at 200J, then 300J, then 360J.

Is heart disease non-infectious?

If you mean can other people catch it from you, the answer is no. However, the offspring of someone with heart disease are more likely to get it than someone who has no history of heart disease in their family.

Why is saturated fat intake a risk factor for heart disease?

Excessive saturated fat intake increases the risk of heart disease by increasing triglyceride and LDL (low density lipoprotein) levels. Cholesterol can deposit in blood vessels, clogging them and causing heart disease.

Unsaturated fats can reverse this process.

What are the long term effects of heart disease if not treated?

Undoubtedly, the worst long term effect of heart disease that is left untreated would be death. But, the long term effects that occur while alive, that lead up to death, might sound better than dying, but it could turn out to be a long, slow process. Enlargement of the heart will occur, as will blood pressure, as the heart will be pumping faster. Blood vessels will become more narrow, and the heart will stop pumping as much blood to areas like the hands and feet, so that more blood can get to vital organs instead.

Is it only diet that causes heart disease?

Diet has a massive impact on heart disease. Consuming a diet that is high in simple processed sugars, saturated fat and cholesterol increases the risk of heart disease. In contrast, consuming a diet that is high in fiber, fruits, vegetables and whole grains decreases the risk of heart disease.

What describes unsaturated fat?

Decreases your risk of developing heart disease

What condition can myocardial ischemia lead to?

Reversible myocardial ischemia is a condition in which areas of myocardium becomes ischemic during stress (exercise) but regain its viabililty (circulation) on resting and do not progress to infarction. Such areas can be detaected by myocardial perfusion imaging like Thallium (T-201)scan.

I was diagnosed with mild left ventricular hypertrophy recently. Dr. did not seem concerned was told to keep BP under control all would be fine. Any thoughts on this it makes me very scared.Thanks?

Left Ventricular Hypertropy is usually caused by some underlying cardiovascular disease. One of these is high blood pressure but there are others. Ask the doctor if any other causes have been excluded and if whatever test you had showed healthy aortas.

If the answer is not satisfactory seek another opinion...you could do this regardless. Take along the results of ECG's or whatever you have had done. Sometimes the other doctor can obtain the reports anyhow.

It may be that your doctor is correct, but unless they explain properly and can show they have excluded other causes it is easy to be concerned.

Can cigarettes give you heart diseases?

Smoking damages the lungs, so that the blood does not get all the oxygen it needs. This deprives the body from oxygen, and causes the heart to overwork. An overworked heart is not a happy heart.

When did Emily Carr have a heart attack?

Emily Dickinson died of Bright's disease or Nephritis - diseases of the kidneys.

What are the common signs and symptoms of ischemia?

A tight, squeezing, heavy, burning, or choking pain that is usually beneath the breastbone and may spread to the throat, jaw or one arm. A feeling of heaviness or tightness, of gas or indigestion.

What causes CHF?

Heart failure often develops after other conditions have damaged or weakened your heart. Over time, the heart can no longer keep up with the normal demands placed on it to pump blood to the rest of your body.

What are diseases?

A disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism. It is often construed to be a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by external factors, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune diseases. There are four main types of disease: pathogenic disease, deficiency disease, hereditary disease, and physiological disease. In many cases, the terms disease, disorder, morbidity and illness are used interchangeably. In some situations, specific terms are considered preferable.