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Why Does My Heart Beat Faster After Sweet Food?

First of all, it is a good idea to go and see your own GP about this and perhaps have some tests. It could be nothing, but it is always a good idea to check...

Emergency First Aid for Heart Attacks

Unfortunately some heart attacks can be immediately fatal, and those that aren't need immediate medical attention, but the chances of survival of these peopl...

Hole in the Heart

A term that often conjures up some very obscure images, a hole in the heart is not as uncommon as most people think. The correct terminology for this conditi...

Facts and Figures: Heart Disease in the UK

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the countries that make up the United Kingdom have rates of cardiovascular disease, including heart disease, t...

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What is an Aortic Dissection?

It is fairly rare to have an aortic dissection; only one person in 100 000 people in the UK population will be diagnosed with one each year, but it is still...

I Had a Cardiac MRI: A Case Study

Carol was 65 when she first experienced problems. I had been having aches and pains for months, but nothing specific. Just before Christmas two years ago I w...

What Are Aldosterone Antagonists?

Aldosterone antagonists are drugs that are often used to treat heart failure. This occurs when the heart becomes damaged and then cannot act as an efficient...

What is Perfusion Scanning?

Perfusion scanning is basically and advanced form of medical imaging that aims to ‘see’ the passage of fluids through body tissues. The fluids can be oxy...

Natiuretic Peptides and Heart Failure

Heart failure is a serious and fairly common heart condition in the UK. Approximately 70 000 people are diagnosed with it every year and it is more common in...

Laser Surgery for Coronary Artery Disease

Coronary artery disease increases the risk of developing angina and of having a heart attack. Fatty plaques, known as atheroma, build up on the inner walls o...

What is Ventricular Fibrillation?

Atrial fibrillation, is a serious but treatable condition that does not normally endanger life. Ventricular fibrillation is more serious. It is a major reaso...

Stable and Unstable Angina: What's the Difference?

Angina is a common problem that affects hundreds of thousands of older people in the UK. As many as 20 000 new cases are diagnosed each year. The condition i...

What is Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)

Having severe chest pains is usually a reason to call an ambulance straight away as the person involved may be having a heart attack. Medically, a heart atta...

Fibrinogen Treatment Before Heart Surgery

It would have been unthinkable a century ago, but modern surgery now makes it possible for hundreds of thousands of people worldwide to have open heart surge...

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