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About iCardio

Icardio was designed as a support tool for patients, and as a supplement to medical consultation. Written in layman's terms, icardio will help you better understand your condition and better inform your family members and friends. This website is a source of information for people who want to know more about cardiology.

Icardio is also a reference tool for physicians who care about a patient's understanding of a condition, a test or a treatment.

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Dr Gilles Goulet, cardiologist

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Sylvain Plante

Jeannot Potvin

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HEART FAILLURE AND PALLIATIVE CARE: EN-OF-LIFE CARE

The goal of this type of treatment is to provide maximum comfort to the patient, both physical and psychological. Active Listening is part of the comfort care therapy and is more than likely its most useful component at this stage.

THE HOLTER

A Holter monitoring is a continuous recording of the ECG, the electricity generated by your heart, during 24 hours.

FECONDATION

The circulatory system is about to take place a few days after fertilization of the egg by the spermatozoon.

HEART FAILURE CLINIQUE

Heart failure requires regular health follow-ups, which are in fact regular medical monitoring in an external clinic. The frequency of these follow-ups varies according to the evolution of your symptoms and the progression of the disease.