Diseases of the heart and blood vessels (cardiology)

Ischemic heart disease: causes and risk factors

Usually IHD develops due to the appearance of atheromatous plaques in the intima of coronary arteries of large and medium caliber, less often due to spasm of coronary arteries.

Acute right ventricular failure: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Isolated acute right ventricular failure is much less common than left ventricular acute heart failure. This is due to the fact that the right ventricle is more resistant to ischemic injury due to a more favorable ratio between its oxygen demand and the conditions of delivery to it.

Heart failure

Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac death, can occur suddenly (within 24 hours of the onset of the first signs of the disease in physically active individuals), this happens outside the hospital, approximately 400,000 people a year (USA), 90% of the cases of cardiac arrest is cause of death.

Deep vein thrombosis of lower extremities: Treatment

Treatment of deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremities is primarily aimed at the prevention of pulmonary embolism, and in the second place - to reduce symptoms, prevent chronic venous insufficiency and post-phlebitis syndrome. Treatment of deep venous thrombosis of the lower and upper extremities is generally the same.

What causes thrombosis of the deep veins of the lower extremities?

Many factors can contribute to deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremities. Deep vein thrombosis of the lower limbs is most often the result of reduced venous return (for example, in immobilized patients), endothelial damage, impaired function (for example, after fractures of the leg) or hypercoagulation.

Deep vein thrombosis of lower extremities: general information

Deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremities [deep venous thrombosis (GVT) occurs when blood is clotted in the deep veins of the extremity (usually the lower leg or thigh)] or pelvis. Deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremities is the main cause of pulmonary embolism.

Heart Tumors: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

Tumors of the heart can be primary (benign or malignant) or metastatic (malignant). Mixoma, a benign primary tumor, is the most frequent neoplasm of the heart.

Sports heart

Sports heart - a set of structural and functional changes that occur in the heart of people who exercise for more than 1 hour almost every day. The condition does not cause subjective complaints.

Sudden cardiac death in athletes: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Presumably, one in 200,000 apparently healthy young athletes develop sudden ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation, and they die suddenly during sports. Men suffer 9 times more often. Basketball players and football players in the US and football players in Europe have the highest risk.

Lymphedema: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Lymphedema - edema of the limb due to hypoplasia of the lymphatic vessels (primary lymphedema) or their obstruction or destruction (secondary). Symptoms include brown skin color and firm (when you press your finger does not leave an impression) swelling of one or more extremities.

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