| 4030 |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
Html |
en |
What Is Cardiomyopathy? |
Cardiomyopathy refers to diseases of the heart muscle in which the heart muscle becomes enlarged, thick, or rigid. As cardiomyopathy worsens, the heart becomes weaker. |
| feet | 0.32579 |
| entire site | 0.469037 |
| body | 0.327529 |
| treatments | 0.378288 |
| legs | 0.331097 |
| Search | 0.330825 |
| lungs | 0.334058 |
| weakening | 0.342489 |
| cardiomyopathy worsens | 0.740792 |
| heart failure | 0.575771 |
| heart muscle | 0.606741 |
| Resources section | 0.46518 |
| diseases | 0.361944 |
| list | 0.330742 |
| article | 0.32551 |
| symptoms | 0.398737 |
| condition | 0.325866 |
| irregular heartbeats | 0.472779 |
| certain types | 0.435854 |
| normal electrical rhythm | 0.579756 |
| ankles | 0.34073 |
| rare cases | 0.4578 |
| parents | 0.326476 |
| drop | 0.330512 |
|
| medicines | 0.328072 |
| Acquired | 0.333821 |
| abdomen | 0.339396 |
| cause | 0.331865 |
| nonsurgical procedure | 0.448465 |
| turn | 0.326188 |
| lifestyle changes | 0.439357 |
| times | 0.326232 |
| signs | 0.355861 |
| News | 0.330574 |
| causes | 0.33011 |
| Health Topics section | 0.607097 |
| cardiomyopathy | 0.908767 |
| factor | 0.326787 |
| disease | 0.416161 |
| complications | 0.398563 |
| heart valve problems | 0.572156 |
| certain age groups | 0.556624 |
| scar tissue | 0.466696 |
| people | 0.404376 |
| blood | 0.327558 |
| arrhythmias | 0.380976 |
| NHLBI | 0.344161 |
| ages | 0.325952 |
|
CLICK HERE |
| 4081 |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
Html |
en |
What Causes Heart Valve Disease? |
Heart conditions and other disorders, age-related changes, rheumatic fever, or infections can cause acquired heart valve disease. These factors change the shape or flexibility of once-normal heart valves. The cause of congenital heart valve disease isn't know. |
| strep infection | 0.463022 |
| entire site | 0.447002 |
| Relatively uncommon diseases | 0.473773 |
| mitral valves | 0.483767 |
| rheumatic fever | 0.688034 |
| Autoimmune disorders | 0.470215 |
| Marfan syndrome | 0.471246 |
| strep bacteria | 0.462489 |
| high blood cholesterol | 0.474167 |
| abnormal blood flow | 0.530572 |
| chest area | 0.439728 |
| congenital heart valve | 0.623365 |
| heart valve damage | 0.542162 |
| inner surface | 0.439682 |
| main arteries | 0.446434 |
| heart valve disease | 0.929567 |
| metabolic disorders | 0.468939 |
| heart failure | 0.461464 |
| main artery | 0.443374 |
| body’s defenses | 0.44265 |
| Resources section | 0.447592 |
| pulmonary valves | 0.442241 |
| congenital heart defects | 0.508707 |
| Diet medicines | 0.44022 |
| infective endocarditis | 0.589733 |
|
| Common germs | 0.45204 |
| lymph nodes | 0.440726 |
| radiation therapy | 0.49598 |
| waxy substance | 0.445049 |
| age-related changes | 0.449713 |
| heart attack | 0.460304 |
| oxygen-rich blood | 0.446263 |
| Fabry disease | 0.446923 |
| strep infections | 0.491099 |
| Carcinoid syndrome | 0.441013 |
| Untreated strep throat | 0.500609 |
| Health Topics section | 0.488042 |
| Certain conditions | 0.444846 |
| Congenital disorders | 0.447625 |
| Advanced high blood | 0.482893 |
| Heart conditions | 0.467472 |
| heart valve problems | 0.529376 |
| strep throat | 0.503216 |
| scar tissue | 0.442976 |
| medical devices | 0.441732 |
| connective tissue disorders | 0.471157 |
| older adults | 0.441125 |
| blood clots | 0.481161 |
| existing heart valve | 0.53326 |
|
CLICK HERE |
| 4091 |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
Html |
en |
How is High Blood Pressure Treated? |
Based on your diagnosis, health care providers develop treatment plans for high blood pressure that include lifelong lifestyle changes and medicines to control high blood pressure; lifestyle changes such as weight loss can be highly effective in treating high blood pressure. |
| healthy eating recommendations | 0.342725 |
| health care provider | 0.647149 |
| American heart-healthy recipes | 0.341943 |
| alpha blockers | 0.339604 |
| moderate-intensity aerobic exercise | 0.338253 |
| DASH eating plan | 0.393336 |
| health care providers | 0.466744 |
| new combination medicines | 0.344318 |
| blood pressure | 0.950984 |
| secondary high blood | 0.399267 |
| body mass index | 0.335763 |
| blood vessels | 0.406701 |
| weight loss | 0.342648 |
| healthy lifestyle change | 0.347754 |
| omega-3 fatty acids | 0.336503 |
| blood pressure control | 0.393848 |
| Measuring waist circumference | 0.336637 |
| Blood Institute | 0.343532 |
| sodium | 0.341276 |
| Calcium Channel Blockers | 0.339535 |
| health problems | 0.355619 |
| heart-healthy eating plan | 0.348641 |
| healthy lifestyle habits | 0.436432 |
| intensive treatment plan | 0.348564 |
| primary high blood | 0.380637 |
|
| blood pressure medications | 0.387098 |
| Routine physical activity | 0.337102 |
| normal blood pressure | 0.381993 |
| new exercise plan | 0.342043 |
| lower LDL cholesterol | 0.349449 |
| low-fat dairy products | 0.336443 |
| lower blood pressure | 0.41882 |
| beta blockers | 0.343502 |
| lifestyle changes | 0.39145 |
| Physical Activity Guidelines | 0.337148 |
| vigorous-intensity aerobic exercise | 0.338221 |
| blood pressure readings | 0.406679 |
| possible health risks | 0.343178 |
| uncontrolled blood pressure | 0.390053 |
| aerobic exercise | 0.363394 |
| treatment plans | 0.341584 |
| Community Health Study/Study | 0.346723 |
| blood vessel walls | 0.354375 |
| healthy weight | 0.340822 |
| blood pressure medicines | 0.405842 |
| physical activity | 0.365531 |
| appropriate BMI goal | 0.339961 |
| high blood pressure | 0.923174 |
| lifelong lifestyle changes | 0.38063 |
|
CLICK HERE |
| 4106 |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
Html |
en |
How Can Mitral Valve Prolapse Be Prevented? |
You cannot prevent mitral valve prolapse because most people who have the condition are born with it. |
| valve repair | 0.455147 |
| Resources section | 0.454444 |
| MVP | 0.305364 |
| entire site | 0.489565 |
| mitral valve prolapse | 0.994323 |
| infective endocarditis | 0.571401 |
| irregular heartbeats | 0.5622 |
|
| heart disease | 0.377016 |
| high risk | 0.67232 |
| heart chambers | 0.420441 |
| Health Topics section | 0.855016 |
| dental work | 0.400706 |
| antibiotics | 0.252114 |
|
CLICK HERE |
| 4126 |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
Html |
en |
What Are the Risks of Smoking? |
The chemicals in tobacco smoke, including secondhand smoke and smoke from pipes or cigars, can cause changes in the body. Body changes can include inflammation, damage to blood vessel walls, changes to heart rhythm, an increase in blood pressure, changes in cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and thickened blood. Smoking can increase your risk for heart disease and peripheral artery disease. |
| major risk factor | 0.812228 |
| arteries | 0.61209 |
| entire site | 0.484598 |
| greatly increases | 0.473871 |
| arteries supply | 0.546465 |
| leg arteries | 0.540176 |
| respiratory distress syndrome | 0.53124 |
| secondhand smoke | 0.722084 |
| future coronary heart | 0.559062 |
| blood flow | 0.814477 |
| unhealthy blood cholesterol | 0.582992 |
| blood pressure | 0.624079 |
| heart failure | 0.505013 |
| heart muscle | 0.548261 |
| greater risk | 0.49295 |
| Thicken your blood | 0.509908 |
| tobacco smoke harm | 0.680286 |
| Resources section | 0.486102 |
| blood vessels | 0.748686 |
| Damages heart tissues | 0.552097 |
| birth control pills | 0.540611 |
| plaque buildup | 0.525268 |
| heart work | 0.512746 |
| coronary arteries | 0.552617 |
| highest risk | 0.485247 |
|
| Lower your HDL | 0.47919 |
| unhealthy cholesterol levels | 0.565933 |
| Disturb normal heart | 0.581569 |
| leg amputation | 0.478096 |
| oxygen-rich blood | 0.508768 |
| P.A.D. treatments | 0.473028 |
| Peripheral artery disease | 0.546752 |
| risk factors—such | 0.492236 |
| cigarette smoke | 0.573094 |
| pipe smoke | 0.572572 |
| heart disease | 0.951366 |
| smoking | 0.566703 |
| Health Topics section | 0.559208 |
| heart rate | 0.509449 |
| blood vessel walls | 0.584315 |
| active smoking | 0.494536 |
| blood | 0.868585 |
| people | 0.546684 |
| triglyceride level | 0.48586 |
| smoking contributes | 0.506301 |
| high blood pressure | 0.563055 |
| blood clots | 0.553617 |
| coronary heart disease | 0.677095 |
| heart attack | 0.739626 |
|
CLICK HERE |
| 4240 |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
Html |
es |
Beneficios de la actividad física |
La actividad aeróbica moderada e intensa que se realiza con regularidad, reporta muchos beneficios a la salud, como: fortalecer el corazón, mejorar la función pulmonar, reducir el riesgo de enfermedad coronaria y de tener un segundo ataque cardíaco en personas que ya han tenido uno, disminuir la presión arterial y los triglicéridos en la sangre, elevar los niveles de colesterol HDL (colesterol “bueno”), ayudar al cuerpo a controlar los niveles de azúcar en la sangre, reducir la inflamación en el cuerpo y mantener un peso saludable. |
| principales factores | 0.900253 |
|
|
CLICK HERE |
| 16479 |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
Html |
en |
Bronchoscopy |
Bronchoscopy is a procedure that looks inside the lung airways. It involves inserting a bronchoscope tube, with its light and small camera, through your nose or mouth, down your throat into your trachea, or windpipe, and to the bronchi and bronchioles of your lungs. |
| lung problem | 0.451014 |
| flexible bronchoscopy | 0.816779 |
| entire site | 0.375369 |
| lung airways | 0.502937 |
| general anesthesia | 0.608311 |
| oxygen therapy | 0.351064 |
| airway stents | 0.465662 |
| small tubes | 0.342384 |
| ride home | 0.317483 |
| sore throat | 0.392722 |
| rigid bronchoscope | 0.370303 |
| lungs | 0.323126 |
| Health Topics section | 0.609151 |
| small risk | 0.319534 |
| nose | 0.212828 |
| Visit Bronchoscopy | 0.635696 |
|
| flexible bronchoscope | 0.356536 |
| bronchoscope tube | 0.351359 |
| chest x ray | 0.330576 |
| Resources section | 0.37434 |
| minor bleeding | 0.364102 |
| procedure | 0.914813 |
| laboratory tests | 0.353838 |
| lung problems | 0.634839 |
| doctor | 0.228684 |
| large object | 0.338515 |
| low blood oxygen | 0.552383 |
| liquid medicine | 0.333625 |
| rigid bronchoscopy | 0.914557 |
| excess mucus | 0.436142 |
| hospital operating room | 0.534614 |
|
CLICK HERE |
| 16486 |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
Html |
en |
Catheter Ablation |
Catheter ablation is a procedure that uses energy to make small scars in your heart tissue to prevent abnormal electrical signals from moving through your heart. Radiofrequency (RF) ablation uses high-energy, locally delivered RF signals to make the scars. Cryoablation uses extremely cold temperatures to make the scars. Sometimes, laser light energy is used. |
| entire site | 0.401039 |
| cardiac catheter ablation | 0.817189 |
| heart tissue | 0.53944 |
| Cardiac ablation procedures | 0.603488 |
| atrial fibrillation | 0.404373 |
| flexible tubes | 0.386556 |
| ablation uses | 0.555754 |
| small scars | 0.432622 |
| ride home | 0.381233 |
| healthy tissue | 0.392646 |
| slight risk | 0.384098 |
| catheters | 0.515893 |
| special catheter | 0.515293 |
| electrical impulses | 0.390716 |
| wire electrodes | 0.390517 |
| blood pressure | 0.386847 |
| laser light energy | 0.47035 |
| Resources section | 0.402435 |
| laser light | 0.482999 |
| catheter ablation | 0.988941 |
| ray imaging method | 0.463395 |
| heart | 0.551044 |
| irregular heartbeats | 0.411493 |
| certain types | 0.391564 |
|
| blood vessel damage | 0.450858 |
| high risk | 0.393747 |
| ablation line | 0.520533 |
| heart damage | 0.39362 |
| upper thigh | 0.394652 |
| blood vessel | 0.558435 |
| RF waves | 0.390124 |
| extra steps | 0.381354 |
| Cardiac conduction | 0.407775 |
| correct place | 0.387838 |
| extremely cold temperatures | 0.643084 |
| small area | 0.386636 |
| Health Topics section | 0.489595 |
| arm | 0.356294 |
| ventricular fibrillation | 0.40604 |
| heart rate | 0.396008 |
| abnormal heartbeats | 0.414586 |
| locally delivered RF | 0.486479 |
| groin | 0.347572 |
| small hole | 0.390754 |
| doctor | 0.409483 |
| abnormal electrical signals | 0.648202 |
| arrhythmias | 0.371471 |
| cardiac catheterization | 0.420592 |
|
CLICK HERE |
| 16521 |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
Html |
en |
Coronary Angiography |
Coronary angiography is a procedure that uses contrast dye, usually containing iodine, and x ray pictures to detect blockages in the coronary arteries that are caused by plaque buildup. |
| coronary angioplasty | 0.696306 |
| abnormal results | 0.565246 |
| entire site | 0.567416 |
| percutaneous coronary intervention | 0.745638 |
| ride home | 0.554694 |
| kidney damage | 0.553115 |
| blood flow | 0.562698 |
| blood pressure | 0.560813 |
| invasive cardiac catheterization | 0.614697 |
| Resources section | 0.568319 |
| catheter tube | 0.610601 |
| coronary artery | 0.698073 |
| common procedure | 0.574978 |
| plaque buildup | 0.5762 |
| coronary arteries | 0.728497 |
| blood vessel damage | 0.606195 |
| closure device | 0.556841 |
| upper thigh | 0.562832 |
| Possible complications | 0.558458 |
| blood vessel | 0.716044 |
| chronic kidney disease | 0.597847 |
| heart attack | 0.656214 |
| fluid buildup | 0.558448 |
| cardiac catheterization procedure | 0.738252 |
| imaging test | 0.55653 |
|
| coronary CTA | 0.72223 |
| contrast dye | 0.752245 |
| Health Topics section | 0.626453 |
| movable table | 0.566792 |
| hospital | 0.522326 |
| coronary angiography | 0.972517 |
| important nutrients | 0.567692 |
| heart rate | 0.564581 |
| coronary computed tomography | 0.73857 |
| exercise stress test | 0.61166 |
| blockages | 0.648534 |
| ray pictures | 0.67274 |
| groin | 0.531778 |
| Visit Coronary angiography | 0.800095 |
| small hole | 0.55995 |
| neck | 0.521985 |
| physical activity | 0.564248 |
| allergic reactions | 0.555191 |
| doctor | 0.578244 |
| certain conditions | 0.55388 |
| chest pain | 0.62846 |
| blood clots | 0.561208 |
| coronary heart disease | 0.775201 |
| coronary microvascular disease | 0.768138 |
|
CLICK HERE |
| 16535 |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
Html |
en |
Sleep Studies |
Sleep studies are painless, noninvasive tests that measure how well you sleep and how your body responds to sleep problems. The more common sleep studies monitor and record data about your body during a full night of sleep. |
| sleep center | 0.672935 |
| diagnose sleep-related breathing | 0.430555 |
| portable diagnostic device | 0.358715 |
| entire site | 0.299242 |
| eye movements | 0.296629 |
| body | 0.230067 |
| wakefulness tests | 0.324028 |
| car accidents | 0.282993 |
| sleep study test | 0.661158 |
| wakefulness test measures | 0.395072 |
| Search | 0.216603 |
| record | 0.215242 |
| sleep apnea | 0.628379 |
| small risk | 0.286135 |
| heart failure | 0.279609 |
| chest | 0.215379 |
| daytime maintenance | 0.420339 |
| restless legs syndrome | 0.370229 |
| Resources section | 0.302417 |
| list | 0.216565 |
| sleep study | 0.669479 |
| multiple sleep latency | 0.902466 |
| daytime naps | 0.348261 |
| oxygen levels | 0.284381 |
| brain activity | 0.292265 |
|
| sleep-related movement disorders | 0.419386 |
| brain waves | 0.284092 |
| problems | 0.215361 |
| limbs | 0.219243 |
| Visit Polysomnography | 0.304404 |
| noninvasive tests | 0.306077 |
| muscle movements | 0.287864 |
| duration | 0.216821 |
| common sleep studies | 0.734542 |
| scalp | 0.219644 |
| News | 0.216491 |
| Health Topics section | 0.38914 |
| Untreated sleep disorders | 0.666626 |
| breathing effort | 0.289719 |
| heart rate | 0.284717 |
| Removable sensors | 0.307589 |
| eyelids | 0.221479 |
| irritation | 0.220895 |
| doctor | 0.238144 |
| NHLBI | 0.225917 |
| high blood pressure | 0.349703 |
| sleep latency tests | 0.73553 |
| extreme daytime tiredness | 0.407127 |
| sleep-related seizure disorders | 0.423137 |
|
CLICK HERE |