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… Target Heart Rate Last updated March 7, 2018 To help create a strong, healthy heart and lungs, it’s necessary to do physical activity at … health-related physical fitness is called your target heart rate (also known as THR and training heart rate). Your …
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… Electrical System of the Heart On this page: Overview Overview The heart has four chambers. The two upper chambers are called … the two lower chambers are called ventricles. Normally, the heartbeat starts in the right atrium in a group of special …
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… Heart Failure Types On this page: Overview Overview Heart failure means that your heart muscle does not pump as much blood as your body needs. …
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… Sudden Heart Failure On this page: Overview Overview Sudden heart failure occurs when heart failure gets worse very quickly. Your heart suddenly …
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… Rheumatic Fever and the Heart On this page: Overview Overview … is a bacterial infection that can cause problems with the heart's aortic and mitral valves. Rheumatic fever is caused … can trigger rheumatic fever. Rheumatic fever can damage heart muscle and heart valves. Not all people who have …
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… Heart Failure Complications On this page: Overview Overview Even if you are treating your heart failure successfully, you may develop a complication … It is important to identify complications of heart failure as soon as possible, because some can be …
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… Heart Failure Symptoms On this page: Overview Overview If you have heart failure , symptoms start to happen when your heart cannot pump enough blood to the rest of your body. …
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… Classification of Heart Failure On this page: Overview Overview Heart failure is classified by how bad symptoms are when you … physical activity does not cause tiredness (fatigue), heart palpitations , trouble breathing, or chest pain. …
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… Fetal Heart Monitoring On this page: Test Overview Why It Is Done … Information Test Overview Electronic fetal heart monitoring is done during pregnancy, labour, and delivery. It keeps track of the heart rate of your baby ( fetus ). It also shows how long …
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… Heart Valve Disease On this page: What are the types of heart valve disease? Heart valve disease can affect any of the four valves. A …
