High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
Your heart pumps blood through a network of arteries, veins, and capillaries. The moving blood pushes against the arterial walls, and this...
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Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is a rare condition in which the pulmonary veins are connected to the heart’s upper-right...
Tetralogy of Fallot
Tetralogy of Fallot is made up of 4 heart defects: A hole in the wall between the lower chambers (the...
Heart Failure
The words “heart failure” sound alarming, but they do not mean that your heart has suddenly stopped working. Instead,...
Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when the heart suddenly stops beating, which stops oxygen-rich blood from reaching the brain and other...
Heart Attack
About 735,000 Americans have heart attacks every year. In fact, it is estimated that about every 34 seconds, somebody in...
Silent Ischemia
Cardiac ischemia refers to lack of blood flow and oxygen to the heart muscle. Cardiac ischemia happens when an artery...
Rheumatic Fever
Rheumatic fever is a complication of untreated strep throat (caused by a group A streptococcal infection). Rheumatic fever can damage...
Sick Sinus Syndrome
Electrical impulses from your heart muscle cause your heart to beat (contract). This electrical signal begins in the sinoatrial node,...
Double Outlet Right Ventricle
Double outlet right ventricle (DORV) is a rare form of congenital heart disease. In a normal heart, the pulmonary artery...
Ebstein’s Anomaly
Ebstein’s anomaly (also called Ebstein’s malformation or simply Ebstein anomaly) is a defect that mainly affects the tricuspid valve. The...
