Category: Heart Disease FAQ
Angiography and Interventions
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.
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ECG / Electrophysiology
Defibrillator is a device for delivering high energy direct current electric shocks in a controlled manner to correct abnormalities in cardiac rhythm.
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ECG / Electrophysiology
An electrocardiograph records the electrical activity of the heart from the surface of the body. The recorded graph is called an electrocardiogram (ECG).
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ECG / Electrophysiology
Cardiac pacemaker is a device meant to give regular electrical pulses to the heart when the normal pacemaker function of the heart is defective.
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Heart Disease FAQ
Angiography is the procedure by which blood vessels of the body are visualised by injecting contrast or otherwise.
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Heart Disease FAQ
Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathy) seen in the tropical countries, in the developing world.
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Heart Disease FAQ
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a communication between the pulmonary artery (blood vessel carrying deoxygenated blood to the lungs) and aorta.
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Heart Disease FAQ
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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Heart Disease FAQ
Not all fish are good for the heart Not all fish are good for the heart – a study reports. Eating fish twice a week has been a
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Heart Disease FAQ
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
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