All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Can you mention an adverse effect common to many antihypertensive drugs? Orthostatic hypotension or fall in blood pressure on standing up, is an adverse effect common to diuretics,

Those with a small patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) may not require any significant restriction of activities, only those with large PDA need restriction.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a hereditary disease. Athlete’s heart is a thickening of the heart muscles due to training.

Intracranial pressure goes up with bleeding in the brain, causing a reflex increase in blood pressure pressure and slowing of heart rate (Cushing reflex).

Implanted defibrillator does not prevent an arrhythmia. It only treats it.

In a tape type of Holter monitor, you can see the moving tape and in digital recorder an LED blinks indicating that the device is functioning.

Chest pain is the most important symptom of heart attack. Other symptoms like undue fatigue, giddiness, breathlessness or sweating may also occur.

Cardiac defibrillator delivers a high voltage direct current shock and depolarizes a critical mass of heart muscle stopping all cardiac electrical activity.

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS)? is a group of birth defects in which left side of the heart is poorly developed.

Very high blood pressure (BP) or rapidly rising BP are treated with medications. Control of blood pressure without medication is by life style modification.