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Cardiology

Life Expectancy of Congestive Heart Failure Patients

Congestive Heart Failure is the inadequacy of the heart to pump sufficient blood as much as is needed by the body. This failure on the part of heart results in blood backing up behind heart. Over a period, body tissues, … Continue reading

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Creatine Use and High Blood Pressure

Creatine is an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both as phosphocreatine and in the free form; it an energy supplier for muscle contraction. Half of the creatin in … Continue reading

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Lecithin for High Cholesterol

We try to know what amount is high cholesterol and what high cholesterol build up does to our hearts. A damage called atherosclerosis, may result after having accumulated high cholesterol in arteries. How does this happen and where does the … Continue reading

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Glyconutrients and Heart disease

When heart does not function normally as it should be, then we have a heart disease. Heart diseases occur most commonly because of a choked artery or a blocked valve or for that matter even blood pressure. A heart disease … Continue reading

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Medications commonly used for Cardiac Patients

Medications used for cardiac patients vary as the diseases. Mind you, the diseases themselves are not distinguishable by patients. In a layman’s language, most of the medications used for cardiac patients are termed at improving the blood flow to damaged … Continue reading

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Congestive Heart Failure and Altitude

Congestive Heart failure means inability of heart to pumping enough blood needed by your body. So congestive heart leads to backing up of blood behind your heart. This is actually the diminished ventrical capacity at any end-diastolic volume and pressure. … Continue reading

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How Diabetes Affects Human Heart

Surveys have established that two out of three diabetics carry a risk of heart attack. Diabetes brings you two to four times the risk carried by non diabetics. It is important to monitor the various parameters of diabetes in order … Continue reading

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Dissolving Coronary Plaque

Coronary plaques are hardened coagulation of fatty deposits with calcium inside arteries. Most patients with a coronary disease have some amount of arterio-calcium because some degree of coronary plaque is already present, even though the obstructive disease is not. Coronary … Continue reading

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Cardiology

Cardiology is the branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart and blood vessels. The field is commonly divided in the branches of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology. Physicians specializing in … Continue reading

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