ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

What is atrial fibrillation? Over 2 million of Americans suffer from atrial fibrillation. It’s characterized by forming of blood clots and the atria tremble instead actual beating. Thus, blood stagnates in the chambers pooling and clotting without changing. If those...
ATHEROSCLEROSIS

ATHEROSCLEROSIS

What is atherosclerosis? Atherosclerosis (from the Greek ‘Athera’ – gruel or paste and ‘sclerosis’ – hardness) is a chronic disease in which the inner wall of the arteries deposited cholesterol and other fats in the form of deposits and plaques and walls themselves...
AORTIC REGURGITATION

AORTIC REGURGITATION

AORTIC REGURGITATION What is aortic regurgitation? Aortic valve insufficiency (or aortic insufficiency) is characterized by incomplete closing of the valve during diastole, resulting in the emergence of reverse diastolic blood flow from the aorta into the left...
AORTIC ANEURYSM

AORTIC ANEURYSM

AORTIC ANEURYSM What is an aortic aneurysm? An aneurysm is a bulge on an inner tube when it’s overinflated. The aorta is the main and the first blood vessel on the way out of the heart. Thus, aortic aneurysm is not less dangerous disease. It can develop at different...
Angina

Angina

Angina Angina pectoris is a term for a coronary heart disease, which is characterized by pain in the human chest because the heart muscle is not getting sufficient amount of blood. In truth, angina is not a illness itself, it’s a symptom, an alarm telling us about...
ANEURYSM

ANEURYSM

What is aneurysm? Aneurysm is a bulge of the artery walls (sometimes of a vein) or the heart in the long run of its thinning or stretching. So forms the so-called aneurysmal sac that can compress tissues disposed near. Aneurysm can be congenital. And, when a child...