All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Symptoms of congestive heart failure: Fatigue due to low cardiac output, breathlessness due to pulmonary congestion, swelling of feet due to excess fluid.

Heart rate decreases as the baby grows up. Adult human heart rate is around 72 per minute while a new born infant’s heart beats at about 140 per

Atrial fibrillation is a rapid electrical activity in the atrium with no effective contraction.

Ventricular fibrillation is equivalent to cardiac arrest. You wont be conscious to feel it nor is it felt by anyone.

Usually, heart rate and pulse rate the same. In rare situations like atrial fibrillation, heart rate will be more than pulse rate.

Chest pain with or without undue perspiration, breathlessness, giddiness, fatigue and edema are some of the important symptoms of heart disease.

Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a fast regular heart rhythm originating above the ventricles, usually in the atrioventricular node or in the atrium.

Signs of blood clots in the leg: Clot in artery - pain, pallor, coldness, loss of sensation and paralysis. Clot in vein - pain, swelling and bluish colour.

Cardiovascular benefits of exercise: Exercise keeps you fit and reduces cardiovascular risk. Blood pressure and cholesterol come down with regular exercise.

Relation between coronary artery disease and low birth weight is known as Barker’s hypothesis or fetal origin of adult heart diseases.