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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.

Is angioplasty a routine procedure?

Hello, my father is suffering from angina pectoris for a long time now. He has problems with chest pain, episodes happened only during strain before, but now it happens all the time. Doctor said that he has to be subdued to angioplasty because of the obstructed coronary arteries. Is angioplasty a...

by User avatar jeffie33987

How Alcohol affects the Heart

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Hi! I am 54 years old man. Sometimes I drink alcohol; one or two drink not more. Because I am in risk for heart disease, stressful job, family history of heart disease I want to know how alcohol consumption affect oh the heart. Do you know something about alcohol intake and heart disease?

by User avatar Guest

Can myocardial infarction be acute and what are treatment options for it?

Hello everyone. It seems that my sister was diagnosed with myocardial infraction. She was not scared at all, but when doctors told her that this diagnose could be acute, she got scared. I understand her, because I would be scared as well. But I didn't know that myocardial infraction could be acute....

by User avatar The Big Z349328

fast heart rate

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grandson has fast heart rate with missing beats and weakness he is 10 yrs old heart rate high even at rest any idea what could be wrong

by User avatar nanaof 6

What is pulmonary heart disease?

Hi! Yesterday my friend told me that his father has pulmonary heart disease. He tried to explain what it is but I didn’t understand well. Because of that I still don’t know what it is. Please, can somebody explain me that and tell me do I need to worry. Thank you!

by User avatar averill46704

Case of CHF

Case of CHF involving my grandmother is the main subject of talking in our house these days. She is 77 years old and she has been experiencing cardiac trouble since she was fifty. Now, it is CHF and I wonder how dangerous this illness is. She is old, but still she can see many years more, right?

by User avatar Guest

Why do I have chest pains?

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Hello all, I am having some weird chest pains recently and ECG and heart attack enzymes (troponin=0) are OK. Can anybody please shed some light on this and help me worry less that it is heart attacks or angina. OK so here is the story... Recently I have been diagnosed with Fatty Liver with High...

by User avatar negatron61200

What treatment after bypass surgery?

My husband will go to bypass surgery next month. I would like to help him as much as I can. Because of that I want to prepare for this. I don’t know what to expect after surgery. Only I know that he will come home few days after surgery. Can somebody tell me what treatment after bypass...

by User avatar janice174156242

What is viral cardiac myopathy?

My friend has just told me that he has viral cardiac myopathy. I heard about this heart disease earlier but I can not remember exactly what is it. Can somebody explain to me that? I want to help my friend somehow. I’m worried a lot but I’m not sure do I really need to.

by User avatar jefferey50652

How does exercise affect blood pressure and heart rate?

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During the exercise I got some result which are not satisfactory. I diod it for 1,2,3,4,5, minutes recording the result of each in the table. It shows that it increses the heart rate and blood pressure. However the hard part is that at 5 the pulse goes down and the blood pressure goes up in...

by User avatar Guest