Obesity and Heart Diseases
Obesity has become a modern life style problem and an epidemic of the era. Obesity is excessive body fat. To…
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What is Atherosclerosis?
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Atherosclerosis is a condition involving thickening of the arterial vessel wall, due to build up of fatty material such as…
What is meant by Transposition Of Great Vessels(TGV)?
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Transposition of Great vessels is a congenital heart disease, involving a spatial mal-arrangement of any of the major blood vessels…
Mitral Valvuloplasty
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Mitral Valvuloplasty also known as percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty is the surgical process adopted to repair a damaged mitral valve. This…
Carotid Stenosis Stenting
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Carotid stenosis is a disease affecting the carotid artery causing the narrowing of lumen thus interrupting the blood flow thorough…
What is Bicuspid Aortic Valve?
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Bicuspid aortic valves may be present in as many as 1-2% of the population. Because the bicuspid valve may be…
What is Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)?
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Tetralogy of Fallot is a cyanotic congenital heart disease. TOF is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease, 10-15 %…
Congenital Heart Diseases: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
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A congenital heart defect (CHD) is seen in the structure of the heart and the great vessels of a new…
What is Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)?
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Patent Ductus Arteriosus(PDA) is an Acyanotic congenital heart disease, with shunting of blood from left side of heart to the…
Electrical Conduction System of the Heart
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The normal electrical conduction in the heart allows the impulse that is generated by the sinoatrial node(SA node), situated in…