...following physical and psychological symptoms must be present:[3] Palpitations, pounding heart or accelerated heart rate Sweating Trembling or shaking Sensations of shortness of breath or smothering Feeling of choking Chest...
...particularly to the lungs and heart. Potential complications of a pulmonary embolism include:[2][9][11] Cardiac arrest, where the heart stops beating and pumping blood around the body Heart attack, where the...
...also reduces the need for open-heart surgery and the risks associated with it. Other benefits of angioplasty include: Reducing the risk of a heart attack Improving blood flow Reducing chest...
...a heart attack, is a serious condition where a coronary artery (a blood vessel of the heart) is blocked and can not supply the heart muscle with blood and oxygen....
...recurrent, or consistent arrhythmia can be dangerous or life threatening. It may indicate heart failure, heart attack, cardiovascular disease, electrolyte imbalance, or injury in the heart, among other things. To...
...Heart Defect * Cardiovascular Disease * Minimally Invasive Procedure * Pediatric Cardiology * Heart Surgery * Blood Flow * Oxygenation * Heart Murmur * Heart Failure * Children’s Heart Health...
...be helpful to improve heart function. Eventually, a procedure to open the narrowed heart blood vessels with a stent, or even bypass surgery may be needed to prevent a heart...
...organs. Severe bleeding Breathing problems Heart attack or stroke Infection Heart rhythm problems Chest pain References: What is heart surgery? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/hs. Barbara Woodward Lips...
...chest Rheumatic fever Endocarditis A previous heart attack Cardiomyopathy, or abnormality in the heart muscle Congenital heart defects, or heart valves that are already damaged at birth Prolonged use of...
...access the heart while the patient is under general anesthesia. The surgeon can then use a heart-lung bypass machine, which circulates the blood throughout the body while the heart’s function...