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When the heart muscle is not able to pump blood effectively, it can lead to heart failure. Read on to find out how to prevent, spot, treat, and manage heart failure.
What are the symptoms of a heart attack in woman? Women may not always feel the same heart attack symptoms as men do. While they might surely experience the classic signs of a heart attack, such as severe chest pain spreading down one arm, many women also experience ambiguous or even "silent" symptoms that they […]
Reviewed by Lauren Labrador, MD, FPCP, DPCC • Dec 04, 2022
A heart transplant is a medical procedure that removes a person's sick heart and is replaced by a healthy heart. The new heart comes from an organ donor. Before going through a heart transplant, a healthcare provider should be able to tell you if this is the best treatment choice for your heart failure. They will […]
Reviewed by John Paul Abrina, MD • Jul 27, 2022
A timely angioplasty, despite its risks, has immense benefits which can prove life-saving for someone with heart disease. One extremely important component of the angioplasty procedure is a stent. The immediate question that you may have in mind is: What is a stent? That’s where we come with easy explanations that’ll make it possible for […]
Reviewed by Janie-Vi Villamor Ismael-Gorospe, MD • Apr 20, 2022
The heart plays an important function in the human body. It’s the primary muscle responsible for pumping blood throughout the circulatory system. The circulatory system plays the role of carrying oxygen-rich blood to the different organs in the body, which need oxygen to be able to function efficiently. Heart failure, also referred to as congestive heart […]
Reviewed by Mike Kenneth Go Doratan, MD • Dec 13, 2020
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