Category: Valvular & cardiovascular diseases

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Environmental cardiology

Heatwave and Heart Failure

Patients suffering from heart failure often require constant attention. The presence of a heatwave can destabilize their condition, potentially requiring hospitalization and, in the most severe cases, leading to death.

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Arrhythmia

Bundle Branch Block

A bundle branch block is an anomaly in the electrical conduction system of the heart. A blockage can occur in either of the two specialized branches of the electrical transmission system when impulses travel to the right and left ventricles.
These conditions are called bundle branch blocks: the Right Bundle Branch Block affects the right branch and the Left one affects the left branch.
Bundle branch blocks can be either intermittent or permanent.

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Valvular & cardiovascular diseases

Mitral Valve Prolapse

Mitral valve prolapse occurs when, upon closure, the leaflets of the mitral valve fold back and overlap, thereby forming a bulge towards the left atrium. In some cases, this condition can be described as the leaflets of the mitral valve “sticking out their tongue” towards the left atrium.

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Coronary heart diseases

Atheroma (Atherosclerosis)

Dès notre naissance, le transport du cholestérol laisse des traces sur la paroi de nos artères. Au fil du temps et avec l’avancée en âge, ces traces s’épaississent et peuvent éventuellement former des plaques à l’intérieur des parois artérielles.

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Valvular & cardiovascular diseases

Aortic sclerosis

Aortic valve sclerosis means that this valve has lost its flexibility without necessarily having a reduced opening.

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Congenital diseases

Aortic Bicuspid Valve – Medical point of view

Aortic bicuspid valve is a congenital anomaly of the aortic valve, present from birth.
Normally, the aortic valve is tricuspid, consisting of three leaflets, but in the case of aortic bicuspid valve, the valve only has two leaflets.

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Arrhythmia

Disorders of Heart Rhythm

The term “arrhythmia” serves as a common descriptor for irregularities in heart rhythm.
Heart rhythm disorders encompass two primary categories: excitation disorders and conduction disorders.

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Arrhythmia

Premature Beats – The Medical Point of View

The heart can skip a beat or beat once too many, often without any associated heart disease.
In reality, extrasystoles, these additional heartbeats, occur in almost everyone every day, without being noticed by the individual

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