All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Floppy atrial septum is an aneurysm or bulge in the atrial septum which moves to and fro. It can cause embolic stroke rarely, more if associated with a

Magnesium deficiency in blood (hypomagnesemia) can cause irregularities in heart rhythm.

Athlete’s heart is hypertrophied (thickened) due to the constant training.

Cardiac arrest is sudden stoppage of the pumping activity of the heart. The vital organs cease receiving oxygenated blood and stop functioning soon.

Surgery is not the only option for blocks in blocks in coronary arteries. There is medical treatment and balloon angioplasty to relieve coronary blocks.

Multisite atrial pacing can reduce the chance of atrial fibrillation.

Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) is a defect in the interventricular septum separating the two ventricles of heart (lower chambers).

Atrial septal defect (ASD) is one of the commonest congenital heart diseases in the adult.

Electrical Storm: Frequent fast rhythms originating from the lower chambers of the heart requiring implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks (>3/day).

U wave is a wave in the ECG (electrocardiogram) which occurs after the T wave and is usually seen in the mid precordial (chest) leads.