Heart & Vascular Health: Overview

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  • Congenital Heart Defects - What Happens

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    10/25/07, Healthwise

    Congenital heart defects happen when the heart does not form normally as the baby (fetus) grows in the uterus. Heart defects may cause problems with blood flow through the heart after a baby is born. The problems can affect the baby's

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  • Heart Attack and Unstable Angina

    Article
    05/14/07, Healthwise

    A heart attack occurs when blood flow to the heart is blocked. Without blood and the oxygen it carries, part of the heart starts to die. A heart attack doesn't have to be deadly. Quick treatment can restore blood flow to the heart and sav

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  • Heart Failure

    Article
    08/25/08, Healthwise

    Heart failure means your heart muscle does not pump as much blood as your body needs. Failure does not mean that your heart has stopped. It means that your heart is not pumping as well as it should.

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  • Dilated Cardiomyopathy - Topic Overview

    Article
    08/20/08, Healthwise

    Dilated cardiomyopathy is a serious condition that weakens your heart muscle and causes it to stretch, or dilate. When your heart muscle is weak, it can't pump out blood as well as it should, so more blood stays in your heart after each h

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  • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Topic Overview

    Article
    08/26/08, Healthwise

    Restrictive cardiomyopathy is a serious problem that makes your heart muscle stiff. When your heart muscle is stiff, it can't stretch to allow enough blood to enter its lower chambers, the ventricles. So blood that would normally ente

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  • Mitral Valve Stenosis

    Article
    03/18/08, Healthwise

    Mitral valve stenosis is a heart condition in which the mitral valve fails to open as wide as it should. Although it has no immediate effect on health, eventually mitral valve stenosis can cause irregular heartbeats and possibly h

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  • Pulmonary Embolism - Topic Overview

    Article
    01/29/09, Healthwise

    Pulmonary embolism is the sudden blockage of a major blood vessel (artery) in the lung, usually by a blood clot. In most cases, the clots are small and are not deadly, but they can damage the lung. But if the clot is large and stops blood

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  • Aortic Aneurysm

    Article
    03/07/08, Healthwise

    An aortic aneurysm (say “a-OR-tik AN-yuh-rih-zum”) is a bulge in a section of the aorta, the body’s main artery. The aorta carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the rest of the body. Because the section with the aneurysm is over

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  • Acute Coronary Syndrome

    Article
    06/22/07, Healthwise

    Acute coronary syndrome is chest pain and other symptoms that happen because the heart does not get enough blood. It includes unstable angina and heart attack.

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  • Heart Murmur

    Article
    07/16/08, Healthwise

    A heart murmur is an extra sound that the blood makes as it flows through the heart. Your doctor uses a stethoscope to listen to your heartbeat. When you have a heart murmur, your doctor can hear an extra whooshing or swishing noise along

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