Pounding Heart When Being On Left Or Right Side
Risk Factors
Nearly 6 million Americans are living with heart failure. About 670,000 new cases of heart failure are diagnosed each year. Although there has been a dramatic increase over the last several decades in the number of people who suffer from heart failure, survival rates have greatly improved.
Coronary artery disease, heart attack, and high blood pressure are the main causes and risk factors of heart failure. Other diseases that damage or weaken the heart muscle or heart valves can also...
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Left-sided heart failure
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Left-sided heart failure is a life-threatening condition in which the left side of the heart cannot pump enough blood to the body. Alternative... Read more »
Right-sided heart failure
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Right-sided heart failure is a condition in which the right side of the heart loses its ability to pump blood efficiently. Alternative Names ... Read more »
Left heart ventricular angiography
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Angiography - left heart; Left ventriculographyWhat the risks areRisks associated with this procedure include:Abnormal heartbeats... Read more »
Hypoplastic left heart
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome occurs when parts of the left side of the heart (mitral valve, left ventricle, aortic valve, and aorta) do not... Read more »
Right heart ventriculography
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Angiography - right heartNormal ValuesSee Swan-Ganz catheterization.What abnormal results meanAbnormal connections between the right and left side of... Read more »
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