Category: Heart Disease FAQ

Defibrillator is a device for delivering high energy direct current electric shocks in a controlled manner to correct abnormalities in cardiac rhythm.

An electrocardiograph records the electrical activity of the heart from the surface of the body. The recorded graph is called an electrocardiogram (ECG).

Cardiac pacemaker is a device meant to give regular electrical pulses to the heart when the normal pacemaker function of the heart is defective.

Angiography is the procedure by which blood vessels of the body are visualised by injecting contrast or otherwise.

Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathy) seen in the tropical countries, in the developing world.

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a communication between the pulmonary artery (blood vessel carrying deoxygenated blood to the lungs) and aorta.

World Heart Day 2008 Sunday, 28th September 2008 World Heart Day 2008: World heart day was celebrated on the last Sunday of September every year. (This has subsequently

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Coronary Steal – Who is stealing what? Coronary steal is the term given to blood being stolen from one region of the coronary tree by another. It is

Coronary Angioplasty What is coronary angioplasty and how is it done? Angioplasty is a method to remove blocks from important blood vessels. The most common form of angioplasty