Heart:
Heart Failure, Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Human Heart, Open Heart Surgery.
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Feb 3rd, 2005
With obesity on the rise in North America, the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) is becoming a greater concern.
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Jan 30th, 2005
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) reduce death by 23 percent in people with heart failure whose hearts don't pump blood efficiently.
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Jan 27th, 2005
Learn to recognize heart attack symptoms. Heart attacks often present themselves subtly, most often as chest pain or discomfort.
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Jan 20th, 2005
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a partial artificial heart intended to keep people alive in the hospital while they are awaiting a heart transplant.
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Jan 16th, 2005
Protamine, a drug used for more than 40 years immediately after coronary artery bypass surgery to return thinned blood to its normal state, has been shown to have more potential negative side effects than previously appreciated, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers.
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Jan 16th, 2005
When attempting to locate their heart, most people place their hand on their left chest. Actually, your heart is located in the center of your chest between your lungs. The bottom of the heart is tipped to the left, so you feel more of your heart on your left side of your chest.
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Jan 16th, 2005
You can tell how fast your heart is beating (heart rate) by feeling your pulse. Your heart rate is the amount of times your heart beats in one minute.
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Jan 16th, 2005
Like all organs, your heart is made of tissue and requires a supply of oxygen and nutrients. Two major coronary arteries branch off from the aorta near the point where the aorta and the left ventricle meet.
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Jan 16th, 2005
Your heartbeat is triggered by electrical impulses that travel down a special pathway through your heart. The electrical system of your heart is the power source that makes the heart bit possible.
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Jan 16th, 2005
Blood enters the heart through two large veins, the inferior and superior vena cava, emptying oxygen poor blood from the body into the right atrium.
