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3 giorni fa · A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle.
- Usually coronary artery disease
30 apr 2024 · With the help of ECMO, the heart had been kept alive and pumping, outside of any body, for almost twenty-four hours. In a few minutes, it would be transplanted into an animal in the operating...
6 giorni fa · In more extreme and rarer cases, emotional turmoil from a shock — the death of a loved one, a cancer diagnosis, an intense argument — can trigger a syndrome that mimics a heart attack.
8 mag 2024 · According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Heart disease can affect your heart muscle, heart...
5 giorni fa · Coronary heart disease, in which an inadequate supply of oxygen-rich blood is delivered to the myocardium owing to the narrowing or blockage of a coronary artery by fatty plaques, is a leading cause of death worldwide.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- In humans, the heart is situated between the two lungs and slightly to the left of center, behind the breastbone. It rests on the diaphragm, the mu...
- The heart consists of several layers of a tough muscular wall, the myocardium. A thin layer of tissue, the pericardium, covers the outside, and ano...
- The pumping of the heart, or the heartbeat, is caused by alternating contractions and relaxations of the myocardium. These contractions are stimula...
- The rhythmic noises accompanying the heartbeat are called heart sounds. The two distinct sounds are heard, a low, slightly prolonged “lub” (first s...
3 giorni fa · Heart disease is a major cause of death, accounting for an average of 30% of all deaths in 2008, globally. This rate varies from a lower 28% to a high 40% in high-income countries. Doctors that specialise in the heart are called cardiologists.
1 giorno fa · BBC News, Lancashire. 19 minutes ago. People in Blackpool are more than twice as likely to die from heart disease before the age of 75 than those in the wealthiest parts of England, according to ...
