It has been demonstrated that our daily habits can significantly influence the onset and progression of cardiovascular diseases. Adopting healthy behaviors, such as a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and fiber, proves crucial for cardiovascular disease prevention.
This article discusses balanced nutrition and alcohol consumption.
Treadmill Stress Echocardiography helps to indirectly determine if there are significant obstructions in the coronary arteries. The test is performed using a treadmill and a cardiac ultrasound to see how the heart’s contraction reacts to effort.
A bundle branch block is an anomaly in the electrical conduction system of the heart. A blockage can occur in either of the two specialized branches of the electrical transmission system when impulses travel to the right and left ventricles.
These conditions are called bundle branch blocks: the Right Bundle Branch Block affects the right branch and the Left one affects the left branch.
Bundle branch blocks can be either intermittent or permanent.
Myocardial perfusion imaging or stress MIBI helps to indirectly determine if there are significant obstructions in the coronary arteries. The test is performed using a radioactive tracer that ‘follows the path’ of oxygen in the heart muscle.
Cardiac ultrasound, or echocardiogram, is an examination that allows the evaluation of the heart’s anatomy and function using ultrasound.
It is an examination of the same nature as the one used to see the baby in pregnant women. In this case, it is the heart that we will see.
t has been demonstrated that our daily habits can significantly influence the onset and progression of cardiovascular diseases. Adopting healthy behaviors, such as quitting smoking, engaging in regular physical activity, consuming a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and fibers, effectively managing stress, and ensuring restorative sleep is crucial for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases..
Mitral valve prolapse occurs when, upon closure, the leaflets of the mitral valve fold back and overlap, thereby forming a bulge towards the left atrium. In some cases, this condition can be described as the leaflets of the mitral valve “sticking out their tongue” towards the left atrium.
When examining data collected on adherence to treatments, nearly 50% of patients with chronic illnesses (such as high blood pressure, diabetes, etc.) do not take their medications regularly.
Breathlessness is a subjective symptom, meaning it can be felt by the individual experiencing it but cannot be objectively measured. Moreover, the perception of breathlessness varies from one patient to another.
Bacterial endocarditis is an infection of the inner lining of the heart that most often attacks one or several heart valves. As its name suggests, bacteria in the bloodstream are the cause of this infectious illness.
This site is intended to provide information and make cardiology comprehensible for all patients; it is not a substitute for a doctor. It does, however, enable a better understanding of how the heart works, the many heart diseases that exist, the tests required to reach a diagnosis, and the drugs and other methods used to treat them.
Where the masculine is used herein, it shall be all-gender inclusive.
