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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.

Causes and risk factors of Constrictive Pericarditis

Hi everyone, My father has been diagnosed with constrictive pericarditis. He came home from the hospital and he told us this. Apparently, the doctor told him that he is actually very lucky to be diagnosed with this one because it is a very hard condition to diagnose. Doctors usually mistake this...

by User avatar Adria18349543

Is NSTEMI a type of heart attack and how it is diagnosed?

Hello everyone. Can you tell me what the NSTEMI actually means? It is a short term for what? I have heard my wife talking to her friend that she needs to find out is she having a risk of this, because her mom had this when she was younger. And I know that her mom had heart attack when she was...

by User avatar DeY

Treatment options for Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) in children

Hi everyone, My friend's daughter was recently diagnosed with tetralogy of fallot, or TOF. My friend was pretty much mad at the doctors because this is a congenital condition (so she told me) and they were supposed to diagnose her child with this as soon as she got born. I don't know much about...

by User avatar Bee350875

What can Creatinine Kinase test determine?

Hello everyone. Apparently my sister's boyfriend needs to do some creatinine kinase test (I hope that I wrote it correct, because she told me this while we were talking and since I haven't heard about this, maybe I did make a mistake). Well, I know that he is rugby player and maybe because of...

by User avatar Aurora-Borealis349353

What is Ventricular tachycardia and what can cause it?

Answered by a doctor

Hi everyone, My friend from college, the one that sits next to me since we started this year, told me today while we were drinking coffee during the break that she has been diagnosed with ventricular tachycardia. She said  that she was actually thinking that something is wrong for quite...

by User avatar BookAndTea

What is Subclavian flap and for what heart condition is used?

Guys, my sister is desperate and that's stretching for a few weeks back and I don't know how to help her since we live so far away. Her daughter, my little lovely niece Tanya apparently has some heart issues. She doesn't know what this is, her husband didn't want to explain to her all...

by User avatar Guest

Visible heartbeat and mild chest pains

Answered by a doctor

Hi. I am 17 (although I turn 18 this sunday) . I am pretty lean and relatively muscular. For the last several months I have noticed that my heartbeat is incredibly powerful. So much so that not only can I hear it, but I can literally constantly see it pulsating lightly under my ribcage. When I...

by User avatar Flame2574352098

Chest pain, I have mitral valve regurgitation, antacids haven't helped me

Answered by a doctor

Hello. I had a few questions about some chest pains i have been having. I am 21 years old and a female. I have been having chest pains for a while now, antacids have not helped any only acetaminophen. I will get numbness in both of my arms and a very bad discomforting feeling in them as well. I have...

by User avatar Citygrl

Which patients can undergo Aortic Valve Repair?

Hello. My name is Ellie and I am 47 years old. I have problem with aortic valve and I need to have the surgery as well. My doctor told me that I need to repair it. But I also have some other health condition and one of them is diabetes as well. And now I am scared because of it. So, I really want to...

by User avatar Guest

ST elevation after myocardial infarction: what does it mean?

Hi everyone, My wife had a myocardial infarction recently, she was with me at the time, I took her to the hospital and everything turned out to be alright. I took her to the hospital yesterday for some regular control, she did an echocardiogram test and it showed a ST segment elevation. I...

by User avatar Stradivarius349545