Whenever your body is telling you something, you simply cannot ignore it and hope it goes away. This is when things turn from bad to worse, and then it’s too…
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Heart failure describes the inability or failure of the heart to adequately meet the needs of organs and tissues for oxygen and nutrients. This decrease in cardiac output, the amount…
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Cardiac stress testing, also called exercise testing, can be useful in identifying partial blockages in your coronary arteries. Many times, the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD) are easily missed…
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Cardiac catheterization is a medical procedure used to further investigate cardiac disease or actually treat a condition of the heart. It involves the insertion of a thin, flexible tube, referred…
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Blood is carried from the heart to all parts of your body in vessels called arteries. Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the walls of the…
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What Kinds of Arrhythmias Produce Palpitations? Most people with palpitations have some type of cardiac arrhythmia. Virtually any arrhythmia can cause palpitations, but the most common causes of palpitations are…