Category: Heart Disease FAQ

Cardiac output is the product of stroke volume and heart rate. It will not rise sufficiently with exercise if the heart rate response is blunted.

Can spontaneous cure occur for cardiac ailments? Everyone is afraid of heart disease. Still some are reluctant to take medications or undergo procedures, especially operations for heart disease.

Artificial valve material is thrombogenic. Clots can form on the valve and obstruct it. Fragments of clot can detach from the valve and get lodged elsewhere

Electrical defect of the heart: disorders affecting the electrical conduction system of the heart.

Maximum possible blood pressure: The maximum pressure which the human left ventricle can generate is about 300 mm Hg.

Heart rate rises about 10 beats for every degree rise of body temperature.

Urine metanephrines can be elevated in pheochromocytoma. They are metabolites of catecholamines.

Very rare congenital abnormalities of coronary arteries or aneurysms of coronary arteries due to Kawasaki’s disease can death of a child with heart attack.

Plenty of fluids with a little bit of salt helps to bring up the blood pressure in an otherwise normal person.

Tiny branches of the conduction system which connect with the heart muscle fibres are known as Purkinje fibres.