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Heart (Cardio) Disorders & Diseases

On this forum you can find topics about specific types of heart disease such as coronary artery disease, coronary heart disease, cardiomyopathy, valvular heart disease, pericardial disease, and heart failure.

What are Cardiac Enzymes and what they show?

Hi everyone, I like learning about heart issues and heart conditions and it is also very useful for me because I get to work with a lot of people who have heart problems and they all come to the hospital with a lot of questions about their conditions and I don't have an answer to a lot of them....

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Signs and symptoms of Atrial Septal Defect

Hello everyone, I haven't been feeling well lately. I won't tell you about my symptoms because I want someone to tell me what are the symptoms of atrial septal defect so that I could compare those to the symptoms that I have. I talked to a friend of mine about how I am feeling and he told me that...

by User avatar Bee350875

How effective is Spironolactone in treating congestive heart failure?

Answered by a doctor

Hello everyone, I heard about this medication called Spironolactone that can apparently treat congestive heart failure. A good friend of mine is suffering from congestive heart failure and she switched bunch of medications and still hasn't found any medication that would help her with her...

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When does Prinzmetal's Angina occur and what triggers it?

Hello everyone, I know a lot of stuff when it comes to heart diseases, disorders and different types of heart conditions, but this was the first time ever that I've heard about this type of angina called a Prinzmetal's angina. It caught me off guard but I suppose that there are always things...

by User avatar Adria18349543

Am I at risk of getting bradycardia if I'm obese and a smoker?

Hello everyone, This question has been bothering me for a while now. I don't do exercise because I don't like getting tired, I don't like sweat, it's just not my thing. Because of my not so healthy lifestyle I've become obese, plus, I drink from time to time and I smoke a lot, like, really a lot....

by User avatar Alan_45349542

How can someone get Infective Endocarditis, what causes it?

Hey guys, Just yesterday I talked with a friend of mine about infective endocarditis. Apparently, our mutual friend got it and we were discussing how can a person possibly get infective endocarditis. We were afraid because of its name that we might have gotten it from him but I doubt that...

by User avatar Stradivarius349545

How dangerous is Hyperlipidemia and how it is treated?

Hi everyone, I recently met an old friend, our story goes way back to high school, he was always my crush actually but he doesn't know it even today. Anyway, I met him in the hospital two days ago and we talked for about half an hour until it was his turn to go inside the doctor's office to...

by User avatar Bee350875

I had a panic attack which resulted with OCD and fast heartbeat

Answered by a doctor

Too keep it breif in 2006 i had a panic attack, which resulted really bad ocd but ive got rid of the ocd for quite a while. I had palpitations upon hard excersize and chest tightening, as in laying down feel likes elephant sittin on top. I let go of the weed in '06 but contineud to smoke cigs up...

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Is it true that Cardiac Syndrome X is a type of angina?

Greetings guys. I hope that you are doing fine. I was today with my twin sister. I think that heart diseases runs in my family. My dad had them and he died because of a heart attack. Now, my sister told me that she went to see her doctor and he told her that she has cardiac syndrome X. According to...

by User avatar CouchPotato351031

How common is Buerger's Disease among adults?

Hello everyone, My little (maybe not so little) cousin got a task in his medical school to write an essay about how common is Buerger's Disease among adults. I'm not familiar with this disease so I was hoping that you guys might know something about this, and that you might know about...

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