Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a general term that describes a disease of the heart or blood vessels. Blood flow to the heart, brain or body can be reduced because of a: blood clot (thrombosis) build-up of fatty deposits inside an artery, leading to the artery hardening and narrowing (atherosclerosis)
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Nuclear stress test (or myocardial perfusion scan) is a nuclear medicine cardiac diagnostic method (nuclear medicine examination...
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Coronary artery bypass surgery (Coronary artery bypass surgery, also known as Bypass surgery, also known as Coronary artery bypass graft...
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Mary would feel dizzy whenever she squatted or stood up, and sometimes her vision would be blurred. After going to the hospital for examination,
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The name of Maze surgery comes from its surgical principle. It uses electric cautery, freezing or scalpel cutting to create "scar tissue" on the myocardium..
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Cholesterol is very important to the body, but if it is too high, it may cause a burden on the body and increase the risk of blood vessel obstruction
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Cholesterol index is closely related to eating habits. If you regularly eat foods containing a large amount of saturated fat and trans fat, such as...
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There are many reasons for high cholesterol, but no matter what the cause is, we should control our diet to lower cholesterol to prevent high...
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Hypertension is now a very common chronic disease. According to statistics from the National Health Service around one in three adults in the...
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We all know that the heart beats when a person is alive, but have you noticed that we rarely feel our heart beating? When you really feel...
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Triglycerides are a type of fat found in the blood and can be produced by the liver or obtained through food intake. When the body needs energy...