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Sick sinus syndrome or sino-atrial disease is a heart rhythm disorder often associated with electrical abnormalities in the atria, the heart’s upper chambers....
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Subclavian steal syndrome occurs when arteries in your heart, diverge from the aortic arch and become blocked. The aortic arch sits at the head of the...
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Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a relatively uncommon condition affecting the blood pressure control system (the autonomic nervous system). It...
Diagnostics
Between 19-21 weeks, it is normal for your unborn baby to have their heart scanned. With ultrasound imaging, we can monitor their heart, blood vessels,...
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Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) that causes a sudden, rapid heart beat. SVT happens when there's an electrical...
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Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory bacterial disease, mainly contracted by children between five and fourteen years old. It can develop from complications...
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Ventricular fibrillation causes cardiac arrest and is a fatal event unless normal rhythm is quickly restored by a DC shock. It occurs in patients with...
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VT is a fast heart rhythm caused by abnormal electrical impulses in one of the main pumping chambers of the heart (the ventricles). When the ventricles...
Treatments
Balloon valvuloplasty involves passing a thin plastic tube (catheter) through a large blood vessel into your heart. A balloon is then inflated to open...
Treatments
A hole in the heart is a congenital condition whereby the wall between two chambers within the heart is not fully closed so that the heart may not be able...
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Mitral stenosis occurs when your mitral valve doesn't open as widely it should. The flow of blood through the heart may then become restricted. For milder...
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If one of the valves in your heart becomes diseased it can affect the flow of blood. This can happen in one of two ways: valve stenosis (where the valve...
Conditions
Despite its frightening name, heart failure doesn't mean your heart has stopped beating. Rather, it means your heart is weak or stiff, and so may struggle...
Treatments
Mitral regurgitation is a condition that occurs when the mitral valve does not close properly. It allows blood to flow backwards through the valve into...
Treatments
Pericardial aspiration, also known as pericardiocentesis or a pericardial tap, removes potentially life-threatening fluid that can build up in the pericardium...