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Cardiac Health Is Our Main Concern

Icardio.ca is intended to be a support tool for the patient, an extension of the medical consultation.
It is also an essential reference for doctors with ensuring their patients have a good understanding of the heart problem they are facing.

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About Icardio.ca

Icardio.ca is intended to be a support tool for patients, an extension of medical consultation. Written in simple and accessible language, it helps to better understand the structure and functioning of the heart. This is where the basis for understanding cardiovascular diseases, diagnostic approaches, and therapy challenges lies.

It is also an educational reference for students in the health field and for anyone wanting to learn more about cardiology. 

Similarly, Icardio.ca proves to be a very useful reference tool for doctors concerned with their patients’ understanding.

 

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This is a cardiology information and popularization website. It does not replace the doctor, but it does allow for a better understanding of how the heart works, possible heart diseases, the tests required for diagnosis, and the treatments used to treat them.

General

Anatomy

How it works

How it works

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Prevention

Valvular & cardiovascular diseases

Valvular & cardiovascular diseases

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Patient-Partner

Patient-Partner

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Congenital diseases

Congenital diseases

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Exams

Environmental cardiology

Environmental cardiology

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History of cardiology

History of cardiology

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Clinical research

Clinical research

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Alimentation

Pharmacy

Pharmacy

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Our collaborators

Our contributors are highly qualified experts passionate about their profession. They are constantly keeping abreast of cutting-edge medical advances and dedicating their careers to providing personalized care of the highest quality. 

These healthcare professionals come from various sectors of cardiology, whether they are specialist doctors practicing general or highly specialized cardiology such as environmental, interventional, structural, pediatric cardiology, or cardiac surgery, and the list goes on. 

Their expertise covers a full range of heart conditions, from prevention to advanced treatments, including diagnostic imaging and clinical research. Our contributors all share the importance of patients understanding the heart disease they are suffering from, first for themselves and then for their loved ones, the challenges involved, the diligence required for their treatment, and a better outcome, eventually. 

They are all driven by the desire to share their knowledge in the simplest way possible for the benefit of people affected directly or indirectly by cardiovascular health problems.

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At Icardio.ca, we have realized that searching the web for information can be complex and time-consuming, often leading to more confusion than answers. 

To simplify this laborious experience, we strive to select and seek the opinions of seasoned experts working in related or highly specialized fields.

Our commitment to patients

Icardio.ca acknowledges that patients may sometimes feel overwhelmed after consulting a healthcare professional for a cardiovascular problem. Time is often limited, questions are numerous, and understanding one’s heart condition can seem complex. It is because of these factors and many others, which would be too numerous to list, that patients may not retain the details of the explanations provided to them in a medical office. 

The essence of our commitment is directed towards these vulnerable individuals. We aim to accompany them with empathy by filling their gaps with general information, sufficiently deepened so that they do not have to endlessly navigate the web and thereby limit their anxieties. 

Our popularized information is an extension of medical consultation, available in an environment that is theirs and that of their loved ones. 

We also aim to be a valuable and appreciated resource for doctors, assisting them in explaining to their patients, helping them to have a clear and precise understanding of their heart problem and its treatment. 

Icardio.ca was designed by and for patients. The addition of patient experience aims to add information based on the daily lives of people with one or more cardiovascular problems.

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Featured articles

Coronary heart diseases

Coronary heart disease (Angina)

Coronary artery disease is caused by the buildup of cholesterol plaques in one or more of the heart’s arteries. The classic symptom, known as angina, presents as chest pain at the center of the chest, often radiating to the left arm and jaw.
This pain is typically relieved quickly with rest and reoccurs with similar exertion. It is important to note that this presentation can vary in form.

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General

Returning to Physical Activity

Resuming physical activity after a period of inactivity should not be taken lightly. It must consider both the type of exercise planned and the health condition of the individual involved.

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How it works

Heart Murmur

A heart murmur is a sound heard when listening to the heart with a stethoscope. It results from the turbulence of blood flow through the heart’s valves, causing the surrounding walls to vibrate, which produces this characteristic sound.

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Food

Lemongrass Salmon

Chef Philippe Laloux offers us a delicious, easy-to-prepare recipe that’s accessible to everyone: Lemongrass Salmon, titled “A Pretext to the Skin!”

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General

Healthy Habits for a Healthy Heart
– Cardiovascular Exercise and a Healthy Weight

It has been demonstrated that our daily habits can significantly influence the onset and progression of cardiovascular diseases. L’adoption de comportements sains, comme faire une activité physique régulière avec la recherche et le maintien d’un poids santé s’avère cruciale pour la prévention des maladies cardiovasculaires. Dans cet article, L’exercice cardiovasculaire et le poids santé sont traitées.

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Coronary heart diseases

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)

A Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) is, as the name suggests, a tear in the wall of a coronary artery that occurs suddenly, without an identified cause.

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Valvular & cardiovascular diseases

Aortic Stenosis

Aortic valve stenosis means that this valve has lost its flexibility, and its opening is reduced.

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General

Healthy Habits for a Healthy Heart – Giving Up Smoking

Increasing the risk of death by around three times, smoking is at the root of the process that causes heart and lung diseases and is linked to a significant number of cancers.
Giving up smoking is strongly recommended and is part of our effort toward improving our lifestyle habits.

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Exams

Coronarography

A coronary angiography allows the doctor to visualize the arteries of the heart, known as the coronary arteries. It makes it possible to detect obstructions, such as atheromatous plaques, in these vessels.

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History of cardiology

Episode 1 – Dr Ludwig Rehn

Ludwig Rehn, a surgeon by training, was born in Germany on April 13, 1849. Considered an innovator, he would become an important figure in the history of cardiology.

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Warning

This site is intended to provide information and make cardiology comprehensible for all patients; it is not a substitute for a doctor. It does, however, enable a better understanding of how the heart works, the many heart diseases that exist, the tests required to reach a diagnosis, and the drugs and other methods used to treat them.

In case of emergency, please call 911