Heart rhythm disorders - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Many patients do not realise that they have a disorder of the natural heart rhythm. This can include problems with: atrial rhythm, ventricular rhythm, sinus node...
Sudden cardiac death
Sudden card iac death is defined as death from a cardiac cause occurring immediately or up to one hour after the onset of symptoms in a person with previously known or unknown heart disease.
What is hypokalaemia?
Potassium is one of the main electrolytes in the blood. Normal serum potassium levels range from 3.8 to 5.5 mmol/l. Hypokalaemia is a reduction in serum potassium concentration
Dressler syndrome in post-traumatic heart conditions
Cardiovascular diseases are a very important problem for both medicine and governments. They are one of the main causes of mortality and hospitalisation. Increasingly, it is a socially perceived...
Ischaemic disease in the elderly
With age, many changes occur in the cardiovascular system. There is dysfunction of the vascular endothelium, an increase in collagen and a decrease in elastin, a decrease in arterial compliance, an...
Heart in cancer treatment
Today's medicine is equipped with possibilities that are able to help people with cancer. The available drugs and treatments may prolong patients' lives, but unfortunately may cause other risks, e.g....
Atrioventricular blocks
Atrioventricularblocks are the consequence of delayed or interrupted conduction of impulses from the atria to the ventricles. The conduction disturbance can occur at any stage: in the...
How to prevent heart disease?
The first most important prevention of cardiovascular disease is to increase awareness and change lifestyles.
Intraventricular blocks - bundle branch blocks
The occurrence of intraventricular conduction disturbances is caused by a slowing down or interruption of the conduction of the electrical impulse in different parts of the conduction system. The...
Barlow syndrome - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis
Patients with Barlow syndrome are characterised by a slim physique, and 80% are found to have thoracic skeletal abnormalities (suture chest, scoliosis, reduced thoracic kyphosis). Barlow syndrome...
Barlow syndrome - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Barlow synd rome (flaccid valve syndrome, mitral valve leaflet prolapse) is a set of symptoms that occur in a person who has been diagnosed with mitral valve leaflet prolapse.
Alcohol and cardiovascular disease
Alcoholism is a common phenomenon in the adult population. The consumption of alcohol in large quantities can cause various cardiovascular diseases.
What to avoid in heart disease?
Avoiding stress is very important in heart muscle disease. Stress can lead to depressive states and thus to serious consequences for our heart.
Cardiac neurosis - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Many patients complain of a feeling of an irregular heartbeat, palpitations or fluttering in the chest, felt particularly in stressful situations. Can such complaints be called cardiac neurosis and...
Heart palpitations - a symptom of hyperthyroidism - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
The thyroid gland is a small organ located at the base of the neck. Hyperthyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland produces hormones in excess. It affects approximately 1-2% of adults in...
Spongiform cardiomyopathy - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Spongiformcardiomyopathy is classified as a very rare, primary disease of the heart muscle. The mode of inheritance of this disease has not been fully understood or studied. This cardiomyopathy has...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Hypertrophiccardiomyopathy - HCM - is a genetic disease of the heart muscle, characterised by hypertrophy of mainly the left ventricular muscle. It is one of the causes of death in young people,...
PFO - persistent oval opening - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
The oval orifice is an anatomical structure in the heart, essential for proper blood circulation during fetal life. In 70% of individuals it closes after birth in the rest it remains patent, which is...
When the heart falls out of rhythm - arrhythmia
Cardiac arrhythmias are one of the most common cardiac problems that can contribute to cardiac death. It is important that if you experience symptoms, you visit your doctor, who will take a history,...
Coarctation of the aorta - a cause of hypertension - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Coarctation of the aorta, or aortic stenosis, can be one of many causes of hypertension. It leads to the development of hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy. Untreated, it can cause heart...
Atrial fibrillation in pregnant women - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
In pregnant women, a number of different changes can occur in their body under the influence of pregnancy. In the event of problems with the circulatory system, physical and behavioural...
