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Hypertensive Heart Disease : Complications

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Heart failure
Heart failure, also called congestive heart failure, is a life-threatening condition in which the heart can no longer pump enough blood to the rest of the body.Heart failure is almost always a chronic, long-term condition, although it can sometime...
Source:ADAM
Date:September 23, 2008
Angina
Angina is a type of chest discomfort caused by poor blood flow through the blood vessels(coronary vessels) of the heart muscle(myocardium).
Source:ADAM
Date:May 15, 2008
Angina
Angina is pain, discomfort, or pressure in the chest that is caused by ischemia, an insufficient supply of oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle. It is sometimes also characterized by a feeling of choking, suffocation, or crushing heaviness.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Angina
Angina is pain,"discomfort," or pressure localized in the chest that is caused by an insufficient supply of blood( ischemia) to the heart muscle. It is also sometimes characterized by a feeling of choking, suffocation, or crushing heaviness.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Sudden Cardiac Death
Sudden cardiac death(SCD) is an unexpected death due to heart problems, which occurs within one hour from the start of any cardiac-related symptoms. SCD is sometimes called cardiac arrest.When the heart suddenly stops beating effectively and breat...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Arrhythmias
An arrhythmia is a disorder of the heart rate(pulse) or heart rhythm, such as beating too fast(tachycardia), too slow(bradycardia), or irregularly.Dysrhythmias; Abnormal heart rhythms; Bradycardia; Tachycardia.Normally, the four chambers of the he...
Source:ADAM
Date:May 15, 2008
Arrhythmias
An arrhythmia is an abnormality in the heart''s rhythm, or heartbeat pattern. The heartbeat can be too slow, too fast, have extra beats, skip a beat, or otherwise beat irregularly.Arrhythmias are deviations from the normal cadence of the heartbeat,...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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