Category: Heart Disease FAQ

Mitral stenosis is narrowing of the mitral valve between the left atrium and left ventricle (upper and lower chambers on the heart on the left side).

Mitral regurgitation is leakage of the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle so that part of left ventricular blood flows back into left atrium.

Aortic Regurgitation denotes leakage of the valve between left ventricle and the aorta, so that blood flows back into the left ventricle when it relaxes.

Cardiac only resuscitation (COR) is giving chest compressions alone without mouth to mouth respiration to a person in cardiac arrest.

Rheumatic fever is an immune mediated disease involving the joints, heart, skin and brain. Commonest manifestation is pain and swelling of multiple joints.

Age as a risk factor for coronary artery disease: more than 45 years for males and more than 55 years for females are taken to convey risk.

Echocardiography is ultrasound imaging of the heart.

WPW syndrome can be treated with antiarrhythmic drugs or radiofrequency catheter ablation with good results.

Treadmill exercise test (TMT) is one of the commonest forms of stress tests used to induce provocable myocardial ischemia for diagnostic evaluation of CAD.

Coronary angioplasty is the procedure in which small balloons attached to the tip of small tubes are used to remove the blocks in coronary arteries.